Jenny Worth

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jenny Worth
Occupation	Midwife
Date Of Birth	Sep 25, 1935(1935-09-25)
Age	89
Date Of Death	May 31, 2011
Birthplace	Clacton-on-Sea
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Libra

Jenny Worth Biography

Jenny Worth is one of the most popular and richest Midwife who was born on September 25, 1935 in Clacton-on-Sea, England, United Kingdom.

Jennifer Louise Worth RN RM (née Lee; 25 September 1935 – 31 May 2011) was a British memoirist. She wrote a best-selling trilogy about her work as a nurse and midwife practicing in the poverty-stricken East End of London in the 1950s: Call the Midwife, Shadows of the Workhouse and Farewell to The East End. A television series, Call the Midwife, based on her books, began broadcasting on BBC One on 15 January 2012. After leaving nursing, she re- trained as a musician.

Lee was hired as a staff nurse at the London Hospital in Whitechapel in the 1950s. With the Sisters of St John the Divine, an Anglican community of nuns, she worked to aid the poor. She was then a ward sister at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital in Bloomsbury. She left midwifery to work in palliative care at the Marie Curie Hospice in Hampstead.

Jenny Worth Net Worth

Jenny Worth is one of the richest Midwife from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jenny Worth 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Jennifer Louise Lee was born in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, on 25 September 1935, to Gordon and Elsie (née Gibbs) Lee. Worth was raised in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. She had a younger sister, Christine, and two younger paternal half-sisters. After leaving school at the age of 15 she learned shorthand and typing and became the secretary to the head of Dr Challoner’s Grammar School. She then trained as a nurse at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, and moved to London to receive training to become a midwife.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Jenny Worth Dating?

According to our records, Jenny Worth married to Philip Worth. As of December 1, 2023, Jenny Worth’s is not dating anyone.

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Worth died on 31 May 2011, having been diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus earlier in the year. The first episode of the television series Call the Midwife, based on her experiences in Poplar, London, in the late 1950s, was dedicated to her.

Facts & Trivia

Sheldon Ranked on the list of most popular Midwife. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Jenny Worth celebrates birthday on September 25 of every year.

How true is Call the Midwife?

Not exactly. The show was inspired by a series of memoirs written by Jennifer Worth—Call the Midwife, Shadows of the Workhouse, and Farewell to the East End. Though many of the characters and situations, particularly in the early seasons, are borrowed from Worth’s books, the show is nonetheless a work of fiction.

Why did Jennifer leave Call the Midwife?

Film, radio and television She starred as the lead character Jenny Lee in the first three series of the BBC One drama Call the Midwife. On 9 March 2014, it was announced that Raine was leaving the show at the end of series 3 to pursue a career in film in the United States.

Who did Jenny marry in Call the Midwife?

After taking some time off to grieve, Jenny eventually meets and marries Phillip Worth , who is the cousin of a new mother in Jenny’s care. In the season 3 Christmas special it is revealed that she married Phillip, and they started a family together.

Who plays Jenny Worth?

Vanessa Redgrave, who has narrated three series of Call the Midwife, is to appear on screen in the BBC drama for the first time. The actor plays Jennifer Worth, the writer whose real-life stories formed the basis of the show.

Which midwife is Jennifer Worth?

Jennifer “Jenny” Annabelle Worth (n.e Lee) was a midwife at Nonnatus House from Series 1-3, she left after the death of her boyfriend Alec Jesmond and nursing her friend Chummy’s dying mother.