What is Jeannette Charles?
{{Infobox person | image = <!-- Please do not put a fair-use image here, it will be deleted - see [[WP:NONFREE]] --> | birth_name = Jeannette Dorothea Louise Clark | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|10|15|df=y}} | birth_place = London, England | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|06|02|1927|10|15|df=y}} | death_place = [[Great Baddow]], Essex, England | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1972–2014 | known_for = Resemblance to [[Queen Elizabeth II]] | spouse = {{marriage|Ken Charles|1957|1997|end = died}} | children = 3 }} '''Jeannette Charles''' (15 October 1927 is an English actress. She was known for playing [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] in many television shows and movies, due to her looking very similar to the monarch.<ref>{{cite news |title=Long Live The Pretender, Jeannette Charles |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=da0uAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KNoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2862,71622&dq=jeannette-charles&hl=en |work=[[Beaver County Times]] |date=1 March 1979 |access-date=30 June 2010 }}</ref> She played the Queen in ''[[Secrets of a Superstud]]'' (1976), ''[[Queen Kong]]'' (1976), ''[[All You Need Is Cash]]'' (1978), ''[[National Lampoon's European Vacation]]'' (1985), ''[[The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!]]'' (1988) and ''[[Austin Powers in Goldmember]]'' (2002). Charles was born in [[London]], [[England]]. She retired in 2014. Charles died in [[Great Baddow]], [[Essex]] on 2 June 2024, at the age of 96.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/queen-elizabeth-lookalike-jeanette-charles-dies/|title=Queen Elizabeth lookalike and actress |work=[[LBC]]|first=Kit|last=Heren|date|access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|id=0153055|name=Jeannette Charles}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Charles, Jeannette}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2024 deaths]] [[Category:English movie actors]] [[Category:English television actors]] [[Category:English stage actors]] [[Category:Actors from London]] {{actor-stub}} {{authority control}}