Jill Freud’s Mysterious Departure: What ‘Love Actually’ Left Unsaid and the Secret That Shook Hollywood Stars!
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So, here we are on a day when the stars seem a tad melancholic—Jupiter, the big-hearted, is doing a slow dance with somber Saturn, nudging us to reflect on legacies and the echoes we leave behind. What better backdrop for the news that beloved actress Jill Freud has gracefully taken her final bow at 98? Now, Jill wasn’t just any actress; she was more like the British Forrest Gump, threading through iconic moments and rubbing elbows with cultural giants — all while serving up a slice of charm in the beloved holiday romp, Love Actually. You’ve got to wonder, did the cosmos smile upon her wit and warmth, making her a muse not just on screen but even for C.S. Lewis’s Lucy? As her daughter so poignantly shared, Jill’s last act was equal parts feisty and loving — telling everyone to “fuck off” before drifting into eternal sleep. It makes you think: can a life lived with that much spark ever really dim? Let’s tip our hats to a dazzling star who lived on her own terms—wily, kind, mischievous, and absolutely unforgettable. LEARN MORE
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We have sad news to report out of London today:
Beloved actress Jill Freud, who is best known for her work in the beloved holiday romcom Love Actually, has passed away at the age of 98.
Freud may not have been a household name as a result of her acting, but she crossed paths with famous historical and cultural figures so frequently that she was basically the British answer to Forrest Gump.
News of her death comes courtesy of her daughter, Emma Freud:
“My beautiful 98-year-old mum has taken her final bow. After a loving evening — where we knew she was on her way — surrounded by children, grandchildren and pizza, she told us all to fuck off so she could go to sleep. And then she never woke up. Her final words were ‘I love you,’” Emma wrote on social media on Monday.
Born June Frewett, Jill adopted the stage name Jill Raymond early in her career and was usually known as Jill Freud after her marriage to Clement Freud, the grandson of Sigmund Freud.
As a teenager during World War II, she was evacuated from London to Oxford, where she eventually found work as a housekeeper at the Kilns, the house Lewis shared with his brother, Warnie.
Lewis was so impressed by hew character that he reportedly modeled the character Lucy in his Chronicles of Narnia series after Freud.
“I have never really met anything like her unselfishness and patience and kindness and shall feel deeply in her debt as long as I live,” Lewis wrote of Freued in a letter from 1945 (via The Guardian).
As an actress, Jill is best known for her final professional role, playing Hugh Grant’s housekeeper in Love Actually.
In her statement, Emma Freud wrote that Jill was a mentor to “hundreds of actors who loved her for her passion, her care, her shepherd’s pie, her devotion to regional theatre and her commitment to actors’ rights.”
She added that her mother “had the same lunch every day – a glass of red wine and a packet of crisps, and during Covid, aged 93, locked up with three other Freud gals, she took part in a tap class every morning.
“She was 98, mother of five, grandmother of 17, great-grandmother of seven — she was feisty, outrageous, kind, loving and mischievous,” Emma continued, adding:
“Lucky old heaven getting such a dazzling newcomer.”
Our thoughts go out to Jill Freud’s loved ones during this enormously difficult time.
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