Caryl Jenner born Pamela Penelope Ripman (19 May 1917 – 29 January 1973) was a British theatre director and manager.

[2] In March 1949 the theatre's governors decided that it was no longer financially viable.

[1] Jenner died on 29 January 1973 at the age of 55 in Middlesex Hospital from lung cancer.

[1] Jenner had campaigned for a purpose built children's theatre on the South Bank in London.

The theatre had cost £13m pounds and decades of work and Jenner's contribution was identified as key to its creation.