What Is Jane Asher Famous For?

Jane Asher achieved early fame as a child actress and has worked extensively in film and TV throughout her career. Asher has appeared in TV shows and films such as Deep End (1970), The Masque of the Red Death (1964), Alfie (1966), The Mistress, Crossroads, Death at a Funeral and the Old Guys.

Aside from acting, Asher has written three novels: The Longing, The Question, and Losing It, and published more than a dozen lifestyle, costuming and cake decorating books. Asher owns a company that makes party cakes and sugar crafts for special occasions.

Asher is a shareholder in Private Eye and president of the National Autistic Society.

Asher is also president of the National Autistic Society. She was a speaker at the 2006 launch of the National Autistic Society’s Make School Make Sense campaign and is the president of Parkinson’s UK. In March 2010, Asher became vice president to Autistica, a UK Charity raising funds for autism research.