Jane Attenborough, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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English arts administrator and manager
Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1955
Place of Birth: London
Date of Death: 26-Dec-2004
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Jane Attenborough
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- Jane Mary Attenborough (30 September 1955 – 26 December 2004) was an English arts administrator and arts manager.
- The eldest daughter of the actor and filmmaker Richard Attenborough and the actress Sheila Sim, she was first employed as overseas membership secretary at the Royal Academy of Dance.
- Attenborough later joined the Arts Council of Great Britain to its national touring programme in 1979 before moving to the Rambert Dance Company as dance liaison officer, expanding its education programme from schools activities to local community events.
- In 1985, she became administrator for the National Organisation for Dance and Mime (later Dance UK).
- Attenborough was later promoted its executive director, expanding the organisation's activities to help companies and choreographers to produce works by ignoring financial means and developed a programme to maintain the fitness of dancers.
- She worked as arts manager for the Paul Hamlyn Foundation from early 2000, promoting music education in schools in North East England and established links with four London theatres.
- In her final years Attenborough was manager of the experimental Musical Futures project.
- She was killed by the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami while holidaying in Thailand in December 2004. After Attenborough's death, Dance UK established the Jane Attenborough One Dance UK Industry Award in her name and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation awarded the Jane Attenborough Dance in Education Fellowship to assist a retiring dancer transition to community and education work from 2005 to 2009.
- A drama and music facility at Waterford Kamhlaba in Eswatini and a small studio at the University of Sussex were named after her.
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