Bio
Lesley-Anne Down is an English actress best known for her roles as Georgina Worsley in the ITV period drama Upstairs, Downstairs; as Madeline Fabray LaMotte in North and South; and as Jacqueline Payne Marone in the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.
Down was born in 1954 in London. At the age of 10, she began modeling and acting in her native Britain. She won several beauty pageants and at the age of 15, she was voted Britain's Most Beautiful Teenager.
At about this time she began a 10-year relationship with British actor/director Bruce Robinson (creator and writer of the cult film Withnail And I).
From 1973 to 1975, Down portrayed Georgina Worsley on the popular British series Upstairs, Downstairs. She went on to star in such feature films as The Pink Panther Strikes Again, A Little Night Music, and Hanover Street, opposite Harrison Ford.
Down is also known for her roles in television movies and miniseries, including North and South and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
She portrayed Olivia Richards on the soap opera Sunset Beach from the show's debut in January 1997 until its cancellation in December 1999.
She has played Jacqueline Payne Marone on The Bold And The Beautiful since March 2003.