Who was Ashley Jensen's husband Terence Beesley? Actress 'devastated’ by husband's death
ASHLEY JENSEN’S husband Terence Beesley was found dead at his family home last month, it has emerged. Who was the 60-year-old former actor?
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Terence Beesley, 60, was found unconscious at his family home in the village of Camerton, Somerset, in November.
The actor and writer was pronounced dead at the scene after paramedics were called to the house.
Extras and Ugly Betty star Ashley Jensen, 48, is said to be "devastated” by the death of her husband of ten years.
The couple got married in America in 2007 and have an eight-year-old son, Francis, together.
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The cause of Beelsey’s death is not yet known, but an inquest into his death is expected to take place next year.
Beesley was born in London to Irish parents in September 1957 and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
He had recently starred in ITV’s period drama Victoria and played General Benningsen in BBC One’s War and Peace.
His television work includes The Bill, Where the Heart is, Midsomer Murders, Eastenders and Casualty and he had also appeared in the feature film London Has Fallen.
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Beesley and Jensen met in 1999 during a theatre production of King Lear in London.
Jensen is famous for starring as Maggie Jacobs in Ricky Gervais’s BBC comedy Extras.
She also starred in the hit US series Ugly Betty alongside America Ferrera between 2006 to 2010.
She is currently in the BBC drama Love, Lies and Records which is being broadcast on BBC One.
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A spokesperson for Ms Jensen said: “Ashley is devastated and respectfully asks for privacy at this extremely sad and difficult time.”
A spokesman for Mr Beesley said: “It is with great sadness that I can confirm that Terence passed away at the end of November.”
