Jean Gilpin

Years active1971 - present

Jean Gilpin (born c. 1950) is an English actress.

Gilpin was born c. 1950 in London. Her father worked for the United Nations and she thus lived in various locations while growing up, such as China, Cuba, France, Switzerland, Thailand, the Congo, the U.S. (specifically New York City), and Zambia. She attended schools in England, France, Switzerland, and Thailand. She gained a BA in Drama and English from Bristol University before training at the Drama Centre London.^[1]

Gilpin first made some brief appearances in BBC Bristol productions as a student in the Bristol University Drama Department. Her first professional theatrical job was a season with the Nottingham Playhouse Company where she received her Equity card. She spent three years at the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre, playing principal boy in their traditional pantomimes, and performing in Noël Coward's Semi-Monde directed by Philip Prowse.

Gilpin spent a year with the Royal Shakespeare Company. She played the Duchess of Vanholt in Faustus with Ian McKellen, directed by John Barton. Her first credited appearance on British television was in the role of Julia in The Duchess of Malfi for the BBC. She's also Janet Milton (the found Mum of John) in the episode Reunion, third season of Survivors.

Gilpin is perhaps best known to British television audiences as Sylvia, a precocious Auxiliary Territorial Service member, the niece of Chief Warden Hodges, who attempts unsuccessfully to seduce Private Pike in "The Making of Private Pike" (first broadcast 9 October 1977) in the final series of Dad's Army.^[2] Gilpin also won minor roles in several British films of the 1970s including Catch Me a Spy (1971), Feelings (1974), The Stud (1978) and The World Is Full of Married Men (1979). She also featured in several British television commercials, notably as The Avon Lady.

After ten years working in British theatre and television, Gilpin moved to Los Angeles. Her first role there was in Anne Sexton's Transformations at the Coronet Theatre. She also began to take roles in TV and film. She performed in Steven Berkoff's Greek at the Matrix Theatre and the ensemble won the BATCC Award. She co-produced and appeared in the LA premiere of Jean Reynolds' Dance With Me, which was nominated for an LADCC for ensemble.

Since the 1980s, Gilpin has mainly worked as a voice actress on more than 200 projects. She worked regularly on Max Steel. More recently, she has featured as a voice actor in video games, including Neverwinter Nights and James Bond 007: Nightfire. In particular, she has worked regularly for Bethesda Softworks, and can be heard in such games as The Elder Scrolls Online and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as Elenwen, Boethiah, and Meridia.^[3] She is also featured in Dragon Age II as the character Meredith, Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars,^[4] in King's Quest as Pillare and Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn in the English version of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, credited as Jean Elizabeth. She also voiced Sangheili character Makhee 'Chava in Halo 5: Guardians and voiced Amanra in Age of Mythology and its sequels.

Gilpin voiced a computer called Stacie in the film Nuclear Hurricane in 2007. She also voiced Mother Helen and various characters in 2011's Dead Island, credited as Elizabeth Gilpin, and voiced The Mother in Dying Light: The Following in 2016. She provided a vocal cameo in the 2021 film Dune as an Ancestral Bene Gesserit.

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1972	Stage 2	Julia	Episode: The Duchess of Malfi
1973	Wessex Tales	Mrs. Sarah Drenkard	Episode: Barbara of the House Grebe
1976	Softly, Softly: Task Force	Terrorist	Episode: There's Always Tomorrow
	Angels	Deborah Harper	Episode: Babes in the Woods
1977	Survivors	Janet Millon	Episode: Reunion
	Z-Cars	Marie	Episode: Skeletons
	Dad's Army	Sylvia	Episode: The Making of Private Pike
1978	Come Back Mrs. Noah	The Technician	Episode: The Housing Problem
	Premiere	Attendant	Episode: Something's Wrong
	Tycoon	Helena	Episode: Out of the Speaking Dark
	The Professionals	Debra	Episode: First Night
	Play for Today	Sandra	Episode: Return Fare
1979	The Omega Factor	Sarah Ashley	Episode: St. Anthony's Fire
1981	Quincy, M.E.	Mrs. Eddington	Episode: By Their Faith
2017	Legion	Color Lady / Hat Lady	Episode: Chapter 1
2023	Candis Cayne's Secret Garden	Poppy Seeds	Episode: I Have a Secret

List of dubbing performances in anime series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	3×3 Eyes	Ms. Wong / Newscaster	English verison

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
2000	Max Steel	Scientist / Civillians	Episode: Shadows
2017	Dragons: Race to the Edge Season 4	Dragon Trainer	Episode: Dire Straites
2018	Dragons: Race to the Edge Season 7	Lady / Crowds lady	Episode: No Bark, All Bite
2022	Dragon Age: Absolution	Meredith Stannard	Episode: The Price of Salvation
2024	Blood of Zeus	Gaia	Episode: A Shadow Emerges

List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1971	To Catch a Spy	Ground Stewardess
1974	The Stud	Nika
	Feelings	Receptionist	Base on Feelings
1976	The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones	Lady at Ball
1979	The World Is Full of Married Men	Miss Field
	The Bitch	Party Lady
1980	The Scarlett O'Hara War	Margeret Sullivan
1981	Nighthawks	Cop lady / Metropolitan Museum of Art Lady / Party ladies
1984	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind	Valley's lady / Child's mother	Additional voices
1985	Police Story	Sergeant / Operator / Town civillians	English dub
1988	Outlaw of Gor	Shop Lady	Additional voices
1990	Flashback	Elizabeth
	Three Men and a Little Lady	Jean	Voice
1991	Armour of God II: Operation Condor	Hotel receptionist	Additional voices
1992	The Muppet Christmas Carol	Puppet / Customer / Children	Voice
1996	First Strike	Australian Group Lady	English verison
	Independence Day	New York citizens / Soldiers / Lady	Additional voices
	Jingle All the Way	Christmas celebrating lady / Shop worker	Voices
1997	Zeus and Roxanne	Neighbor lady
	Mr. Nice Guy	Announcement lady	English dub
1998	Quest for Camelot	Camelot civillians	Additional voices
	Godzilla	Students / Computer voice	Voices
1999	That Marino Thing	The Therapist	Short
	Diplomatic Siege	Embassy Lady
2000	The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas	Lady in car
2001	Cats & Dogs	Factory worker
	Shrek	Fairies / Duloc civillians / Fairy-tale creatures	Additional voices
	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	Researcher
2003	Atlantis: Milo's Return	Inger
	Just Married	Hotel lady
2004	EuroTrip	Bus stop lady
	The Chronicles of Riddick	Hooded lady	Additional voices
2005	Lincoln's Eyes	Lady	Short
2006	Eragon	Magician	Additional voices
	The Omen	Kid's mother
	Flushed Away	Rats / Rita's siblings	Additional voices
	A Good Year	Cafe Lady / London lady	Additional voices
	Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties	Animals / London people / Park lady	Additional voices
2007	The Seeker	Warrior
	Nuclear Hurricane	Staci
	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	Civillians	Additional voices
2008	The Day the Earth Stood Still	Alien	Voice
2010	Shrek Forever After	Witches	Additional voices
	Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon	Villager lady	Additional voices
2011	Rio	Rio's civillians / Rio Carnival parade ladies	Additional voices
	Fatboy	Mother	Short
	Your Highness	Maiden	Voices
	Monte Carlo	Hotel customer
2012	Chronicle	High School Teacher
	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	Casino Lady / Casino workers / Circus crowds	Additional voices
	Life of Pi	Indian teacher
2013	Runner Runner	Police
	47 Ronin	Warrior	English dub
	The East	Agent
	Frozen	Arendelle's people / Arendelle's lady	Additional voices
2014	How to Train Your Dragon 2	Dragons / Village women / Crowds
	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	Female Apes / Survivor
	X-Men: Days of Future Past	Civillians / Lady	Additional voices
	Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb	Archaeologist
	Postman Pat: The Movie	Miss Hubbard / Crowd Lady / Pat Wannabe 3
	The Fault in Our Stars	Nurse / Doctor / ER Nurse	Additional voices
2015	The Last Witch Hunter	Witches voice / Airplane passenger
2016	Now You See Me 2	Women in crowd
	The House Guest	Womba	Short
	Trolls	Troll	Additional voices
2017	The Mountain Between Us	Airport Lady	Additional voices
2018	Aquaman	Villager / Store Keeper	Voices
	Incredibles 2	Citizens / Fleeing lady / Scared girl	Additional voices
2019	Dark Phoenix	City lady	Voice
	Detective Pikachu	Lady	Additional voices
	How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	Villagers / Dragons
	Missing Link	Old Worlder
2020	The Call of the Wild	Passerby	Additional voices
2021	Validation	Mrs. Trafecante	Short
	Dune	Bene Gesserit Ancestors	Voice
2022	Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers	Mrs. House	Voice
2023	The Nun II	Nun	Voice

List of voice performances in podcast

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
2018	Lady Windermere's Fan: The Radio Play	Lady Jedburgh	Voice

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Titanic Explorer	Laura Francatelli	PC
2002	Neverwinter Nights	The Guardian	PC
	Age of Mythology	Amanra	macOS
	James Bond 007: Nightfire	Civillians	PlayStation 2
2009	Legendary	Civillians / Monsters	Xbox 360
2010	Final Fantasy XIV	Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn	English verison
	Dead Island	Mother Helen / Claire / Deanna	Xbox 360
2011	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Elenwen / Meridia / Boethiah	Xbox 360 / PC / PlayStation 3
	Dragon Age II	Meredith Stannard	Xbox 360
2012	Kinect Star Wars	TC-38	Xbox 360
	Dragon's Dogma	Lola / Pawns / Agnes / Sofiah	Additional voices
	Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn	Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn	English verison
2013	Dead Island: Riptide	Jane Hanson / Nina / Kitty	Xbox 360
2015	King's Quest	Pillare	PlayStation 4
	Halo 5: Guardians	Mahkee 'Chava	Xbox One
2016	Dying Light: The Following	Mother	PlayStation 4
	Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars	Klackon Empress	PC
2020	Final Fantasy VII Remake	Civillians	PlayStation 4

• Jean Gilpin at IMDb