Sue Jones-Davies

Singer

Birthday January 1, 1949

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace Wales

Age 75 years old

Nationality Wales

#57056 Most Popular

1949

Sue Jones-Davies (born 1 January 1949) is a Welsh actress, singer and local politician.

Sue Jones-Davies was born on 1 January 1949 in Wales.

She lived in Dinas Cross, Pembrokeshire.

She is a graduate of the University of Bristol.

She met the actor and writer Chris Langham, then a fellow student whilst studying at Bristol University.

They married soon after graduation and lived in London.

They have three sons, Siencyn, Glyn and Dafydd.

They later separated and divorced, and Jones-Davies moved to Aberystwyth with her three sons.

Jones-Davies worked in London for several years.

She appeared in the original London production of Jesus Christ Superstar.

Other credits include Monty Python's Life of Brian, Radio On, Rock Follies, French and Saunders, Victoria Wood As Seen On TV and Brideshead Revisited.

1970

In the 1970s she was singer in The Bowles Brothers Band.

She sings in the Welsh-language acoustic band Cusan Tan along with Annie Jones.

She is also a regular performer on Welsh-language television.

1976

In August 1976, Jones-Davies was shortlisted for the part of Leela in the long running BBC series Doctor Who, but lost out to Louise Jameson for the role.

1977

Her role in Rock Follies earned her a chart hit single with "OK" in partnership with Julie Covington, Rula Lenska and Charlotte Cornwell, reaching no.10 in June 1977.

1979

She played Judith Iscariot in the film Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) and was Mayor of Aberystwyth from 2008 to 2009.

1981

In 1981, she played in The Life and Times of David Lloyd George as Megan Lloyd George, the prime minister's daughter.

It subsequently emerged that although Ceredigion county councillors had reviewed the film in 1981, and found parts "quite unacceptable", they did not officially ban it.

She sponsored a charity screening of Life of Brian.

1998

She appeared in The Theory of Flight (1998), alongside Kenneth Branagh and Helena Bonham Carter, Solomon and Gaenor (1999) and voiced the part of Sian in animated film Y Mabinogi (2003).

2008

In 2008, she became a Plaid Cymru town councillor in Aberystwyth.

Between June 2008 and May 2009, she was Mayor of Aberystwyth.

Upon taking the office, she was informed that the town had banned Life of Brian and prohibited it for nearly 30 years because of her nude scene.

In July 2008, Jones-Davies was interviewed on BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio 2 about the film and its status in Aberystwyth.

She was also profiled on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.

2009

The film was screened on 28 March 2009 at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

It was attended by cast members and the co-writers of the film, Michael Palin and Terry Jones.

The event was broadcast on BBC One on 12 May 2009 as a documentary titled Monty Python in Aberystwyth: A Mayor and Two Pythons.