Chrystabel Leighton-Porter

Chrystabel Leighton -Porter ( according to other sources: Christabel Leighton -Porter, born April 11, 1913 in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England; † December 6, 2000 in Horsham, West Sussex, England) was an English model represented by the cartoon character Jane and their representation in a film became famous.

Life and work

Leighton -Porter was born along with her ​​twin sister as Christabel Jane Drewry as the youngest of eleven children. After finishing school, she was already teenage artist model, as it was not big enough as a model in the fashion industry. When Norman Pett, the signatories of the appearing since 1932 cartoon character Jane, in the late 1930s, a new model was looking for, because his wife, Mary, for it would not longer available to him, he chose Leighton - Porter. He discovered, as Leighton -Porter, model standing in an art school in Birmingham, where she worked as a telephone operator. Through their model activity gained Leighton -Porter such popularity in the London Palladium that she was awarded the title of "Britain's Perfect Girl " and a based on the comic book Burleskshow went on tour from the early 1940s. In 1949, she starred in the comic book adaptation The Adventures of Jane in the title role.

Leighton -Porter died in 2000 from the effects of cancer. She was married from 1934 until her death with an engineer, with whom she had a son.