---
name: "Janina Faye"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/janina-faye"
fi1m_id: "janina-faye"
imdb_id: "nm0269668"
tmdb_id: 588902
wikidata_id: "Q16120891"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 April 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T08:50:09.282588+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Janina Faye

## Identity

Janina Faye

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/janina-faye
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** janina-faye
- **IMDb ID:** nm0269668
- **TMDB ID:** 588902
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16120891
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janina_Faye, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16120891, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0269668/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/588902

Actor. Born 16 April 1948 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 April 1948, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
- **Also known as:** Janina Faye Smigielski
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janina_Faye, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16120891, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0269668/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/588902

## Biography

Janina Faye (née Smigielski) is an English actress and director. Born in Hammersmith, London, in 1948, she began her career as a child performer in the mid-1950s with uncredited film roles.

She is known for appearances in British horror and fantasy films, including Tania in *Dracula* (1958), Jean Carter in *Never Take Sweets from a Stranger* (1960) and Susan in *The Day of the Triffids* (1963). Other credits include *Room at the Top* (1959). Faye also worked in theatre, playing Helen Keller in a 1961 London production of *The Miracle Worker* and later appearing with the National Theatre. In 1998 she co-starred in the short film *Green Fingers*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, janinafaye.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Dracula* (1958), Fi1m 81, as Tania — [page](https://film.one/film/dracula-1958.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Room at the Top* (1958), Fi1m 82, as Young Girl (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/room-at-the-top.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Green Fingers* (2000), as Nurse Foley
- *Life Begins at Forty* (1978), series, as Maureen
- *Wilde Alliance* (1978), series, as The Girl
- *Good Salary, Prospects, Free Coffin* (1975), as Wendy Phillips
- *Napoleon and Love* (1974), series, as Caroline
- *John Keats: His Life and Death* (1973), as Fanny Brawne
- *Little Women* (1970), series, as Amy March
- *The Rivals* (1970), as Lucy
- *Destiny of a Spy* (1969), as Elena Vanin
- *The Smashing Bird I Used to Know* (1969), as Susan
- *The Dance of Death* (1969), as Judith
- *ITV Saturday Night Theatre* (1969), series, as Jenny
- *Please Sir!* (1968), series, as Hermione
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Sue
- *Boy Meets Girl* (1967), series, as Tamara
- *All Gas and Gaiters* (1967), series, as Miss Stevens
- *Bindle (One of Them Days)* (1966), as Millie
- *Tomorrow, Just You Wait* (1965), as Sheila
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Lucy
- *The World of Wooster* (1965), series, as Maid
- *The Likely Lads* (1964), series, as Beryl
- *The Beauty Jungle* (1964), as Elaine Freeman
- *Theatre 625* (1964), series, as Terry Orton
- *The Day of the Triffids* (1963), as Susan - Child on the Train
- *Don't Talk to Strange Men* (1962), as Ann Painter
- *The Hands of Orlac* (1960), as Child
- *Never Take Sweets from a Stranger* (1960), as Jean Carter
- *The Headless Ghost* (1959), as Veronica (Uncredited)
- *Room at the Top* (1958), as Young Girl (uncredited) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/room-at-the-top.md)
- *Dracula* (1958), as Tania — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/dracula-1958.md)
- *Seven Thunders* (1957), as French child
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Felicity Mellors

## Gallery

- ![Janina Faye](https://film.one/media/person/1240112/gallery-3636584f0b2f.jpg) Janina Faye — Image via TMDB
- ![Janina Faye](https://film.one/media/person/1240112/gallery-017c3eaba6c0.jpg) Janina Faye — Image via TMDB
- ![Janina Faye](https://film.one/media/person/1240112/gallery-574952da86f1.jpg) Janina Faye — Image via TMDB

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/janina-faye