Background
Balcon was born in Westminster, London, the daughter of Aileen Freda Leatherman (1904–1988) and Michael Balcon.
Balcon was born in Westminster, London, the daughter of Aileen Freda Leatherman (1904–1988) and Michael Balcon.
Central School of Speech and Drama.
She made her film debut in Nicholas Nickleby (1947), though she was best known for her stage, television, and radio work. Her family was Jewish, and originated in Latvia on her father"s side and Poland on her mother"son Balcon attended Roedean School.
Cecil Day-Lewis and Jill Balcon had two children: actor Daniel Day-Lewis and documentary filmmaker/television chef Tamasin Day-Lewis.
Balcon died of a brain tumour on 18 July 2009, aged 84.