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Jenny Tomasin

Acting Born Mar 22, 1938 Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK 14 credits

Biography

Jenny Tomasin was a British actress most famous for her role as the "adorable, doe-eyed" scullery maid Ruby Finch in the ITV period drama Upstairs, Downstairs. Tomasin was born in Leeds to a working-class family that initially did not support her acting ambitions. Despite her household fame, she often felt that being typecast as a maid limited her later career.

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Known for

Film

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

as Tasambeker
Film

Being John Malkovich

as Ruby Finch
Film

Being John Malkovich

as self

That's My Boy

as Brenda Cross
Film

Black Beauty

as Minnie

Full filmography

  • Doctor Who (1963) as Tasambeker
  • Upstairs, Downstairs (1971) as Ruby Finch
  • Upstairs, Downstairs (1971) as self
  • The Love School (1975) as Jane's Sister
  • That's My Boy (1981) as Brenda Cross
  • Martin Chuzzlewit (1994) as Maidservant
  • Tripper's Day (1984) as Minnie
  • Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks (1985) as Tasambeker
  • Cinderella (2000) as Cook
  • Eskimo Nell (1975) as Shy Casting Girl (uncredited)
  • Just Ask for Diamond (1988) as Traffic Warden
  • The Trouble with Spies (1987) as Martha
  • The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972) as Sarah Gort
  • After Upstairs Downstairs (2002) as Self