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Jane Asher (born April 5, 1946) is a United
Kingdom|British film and television actor|actress
and the author of several full-length novels.

She was born in Marylebone in London.  After some
roles as a child actress, including an appearance
in the 1955 science-fiction film The Quatermass
Xperiment, she worked as an interviewer on the
BBC's Juke Box Jury. In 1963, Asher interviewed
the Beatles, and then commenced a five year
relationship with Paul McCartney. She inspired
many of McCartney's songs, such as "Here, There
and Everywhere" and "For No One".  Her brother
Peter Asher|Peter was part of the duo Peter &
Gordon, for whom McCartney penned the number one
hit "A World Without Love".

Asher appeared in Roger Corman's The Masque of the
Red Death in 1964, Alfie, opposite Michael Caine
in 1966 and in Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep End in
1970. Thereafter, she was more commonly seen on
television; The Stone Tape (1972); Rumpole of the
Bailey (1978); Brideshead Revisited (1981);
Crossroads (2001).

She guest starred in an episode of the British
television comedy series The Goodies. In 1994, she
portrayed the Doctor Who companion Susan Foreman
in a BBC Radio 4 comedy drama Whatever Happened to
..?|Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman?.

In 1971 she met the illustrator Gerald Scarfe, and
they marriage|married ten years later in 1981.
They have three children.

Now well known as the author of recipe books, Jane
Asher runs a company making novelty cakes for
special occasions, and still acts on television
and in the theatre.

==External links==
* http://www.jane-asher.co.uk/ Jane Asher's
official site
* imdb name|id=0038870|name=Jane Asher