Jean Lodge obit

Jean Lodge, British Actress and Mother of ‘Nanny’ Actor Charles Shaughnessy, Dies at 99

She worked opposite Alan Ladd in ‘The Black Knight’ and alongside Kenneth More in ‘Brandy for the Parson.’ 

She was not on the list.

Jean Lodge, a British actress who appeared with Alan Ladd in the 1954 medieval adventure film The Black Knight, has died. She was 99.

Lodge died Wednesday, one day after her birthday, her granddaughter Amy Shaughnessy announced.

Survivors include her sons, Charles Shaughnessy, known for his turns as Maxwell Sheffield on The Nanny and Shane Donovan on Days of Our Lives, and David Shaughnessy, a producer on The Young and the Restless and a director on The Bold and The Beautiful.

Her husband was two-time Emmy-nominated screenwriter Alfred Shaughnessy, who developed and served as head writer and producer on the acclaimed 1971-75 ITV series Upstairs, Downstairs. They were married from 1948 until his death in 2005.

Jean Margaret Lodge was born on Aug. 4, 1927, in Hull, Yorkshire, England. She started out on the stage at the Windsor Repertory Company and in 1949 appeared in her first two films, Dick Barton Strikes Back and Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress.

She played Queen Guinevere, wife of King Arthur, in The Black Knight, also featuring Peter Cushing. Earlier, she co-starred with Kenneth More in the comedy Brandy for the Parson (1952).

Her credits included the films White Corridors (1951), Final Appointment (1954), Accidental Death (1963), The Eyes of Annie Jones (1963) and Invasion (1966).

“My grandmother was a beautiful, talented, complicated, passionate, emotional, energetic woman who was always on the move and full of life,” Amy Shaughnessy wrote.

“The perfect hostess, Jean enjoyed parties, friends, socializing, the theatre, feeding the ducks, museums, gardening, music, culture, long walks in nature, animals, painting (she was amazing!), cooking, art, traveling … the list goes on.”

She also is survived by granddaughters Jenny, Katie, Maddy and Josie and great-grandsons Julian and Noa.

Actress

Invasion (1966)

Invasion

5.6

Barbara Gough

1966

 

Curse of the Voodoo (1965)

Curse of the Voodoo

3.7

Mrs. Lomas

1965

 

Vincent Price in The Masque of the Red Death (1964)

The Masque of the Red Death

6.9

Scarlatti's Wife (uncredited)

1964

 

ITV Play of the Week (1955)

ITV Play of the Week

6.6

TV Series

Brenda

1964

1 episode

 

Accidental Death (1963)

Accidental Death

6.0

Brenda

1963

 

The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1959)

The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre

7.7

TV Series

Brenda

1963

1 episode

 

Francesca Annis and Richard Conte in The Eyes of Annie Jones (1963)

The Eyes of Annie Jones

5.9

Geraldine Wheeler

1963

 

The Scales of Justice (1962)

The Scales of Justice

7.8

TV Series

Madge Petworth

1962

1 episode

 

The Hellfire Club (1961)

The Hellfire Club

5.3

Lady Netherden

1961

 

Theatre Night (1957)

Theatre Night

8.1

TV Series

Dorothy (Lady Plynne)

1959

1 episode

 

The Blazing Caravan (1954)

Crime of Honour

6.5

Short

Julia Branston

1958

 

ITV Television Playhouse (1955)

ITV Television Playhouse

8.3

TV Series

Alaine Thomas

1958

1 episode

 

Our Lady's Tumbler

TV Movie

Fleshly Lusts

1956

 

The Last Appointment (1954)

The Last Appointment

6.1

Laura Robens

1954

 

Naomi Chance and William Lundigan in Terror Ship (1954)

Terror Ship

5.7

Vivian Bolton

1954

 

The Black Knight (1954)

The Black Knight

5.2

Queen Guenevere

1954

 

The Blazing Caravan (1954)

The Silent Witness

6.7

Short

Miss Price

1954

 

The Manor of Northstead

TV Movie

Lady June Pym

1954

 

Johnny on the Spot (1954)

Johnny on the Spot

4.6

Sally Erskine

1954

 

Glad Tidings! (1953)

Glad Tidings!

4.9

Celia Forester

1953

 

The Foolish Gentlewoman

TV Movie

Jacqueline Brown

1953

 

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in Rheingold Theatre (1953)

Rheingold Theatre

8.0

TV Series

Sheila

1953

1 episode

 

The Accused

Sheila

1953

 

Portrait of Peter Perowne

TV Movie

Madeleine

1952

 

Renée Asherson in Happy and Glorious (1952)

Happy and Glorious

TV Series

Lady Jane

1952

1 episode

 

Brandy for the Parson (1952)

Brandy for the Parson

5.7

Petronilla Brand

1952

 

Death of an Angel (1952)

Death of an Angel

5.6

Ann Marlow

1952

 

Petula Clark, James Donald, and Googie Withers in White Corridors (1951)

White Corridors

6.9

Night Nurse

1951

 

Blackout (1950)

Blackout

5.6

Nurse

1950

 

No Trace (1950)

No Trace

6.2

Party Guest (uncredited)

1950

 

The Dancing Years (1950)

The Dancing Years

6.0

Ladies of the Theatre

1950

 

High Jinks in Society (1949)

High Jinks in Society

Sheila (uncredited)

1949

 

Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress (1949)

Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress

5.6

Cynthia Mason

1949

 

Sebastian Cabot, Don Stannard, and Bruce Walker in Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949)

Dick Barton Strikes Back

5.3

Tina

1949

 

The Good Companions

TV Movie

Elsie Longstaff

1949

 

Self

Call My Bluff (1965)

Call My Bluff

7.1

TV Series

Self

1967

2 episodes