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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 . Related Stories TV The Man Behind David Lynch, Kathryn Bigelow and 'Beverly Hills, 90210' Is Getting His Moment at Locarno Movies Zurich Fest to Honor Director Martin McDonagh
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.
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