Jill Ireland
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Jill Ireland (24 April 1936 – 18 May 1990; age 54) was an English actress who played Leila Kalomi in TOS: "This Side of Paradise".
She was married to David McCallum from May 11, 1957 to 1967, with whom she had three sons, including their adoptive son Jason McCallum Bronson, who died of a drug overdose in 1989. From October 5, 1968 until her death, she was married to actor Charles Bronson. (Coincidentally, both Bronson and McCallum appeared in the movie The Great Escape.)
Among her early film credits is the 1955 film Oh... Rosalinda!! (with K.L. Smith). Through the 1970s, she appeared in many movies starring her husband Charles Bronson including The Mechanic (1972, with Steve Vinovich, Celeste Yarnall, and Alan Gibbs); Breakout (1975, with Roy Jenson); and Breakheart Pass (1975, with Ed Lauter).
Her television credits include a 1968 episode of Mannix with Richard Derr and Sabrina Scharf.
Late in her life, Ireland wrote two autobiographical books, Life Wish (1987, about her experiences after being diagnosed with breast cancer) and Life Lines (1989, about her adoptive son's drug addiction).
Ireland died of breast cancer at the age of 54 in California.
