The actor on the lasting thrill of a teenage kiss, her crush on Harrison Ford and what she plans to do with her brain
Born in London, Jane Asher, 77, had her first role at five, in the 1952 film Mandy. She went on to appear in Alfie in 1966 and Deep End in 1970, and her extensive stage credits include The Importance of Being Earnest at the Rose in Kingston and An American in Paris at London’s Dominion theatre. She stars in Somerset Maugham’s The Circle at Richmond’s Orange Tree theatre until 17 June. She has three children with the illustrator Gerald Scarfe and lives in West Sussex.
When were you happiest?
The early family skiing holidays – before I’d broken an ankle and Gerald had torn a ligament – were just wonderful.
