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Janet Henfrey

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Janet Henfrey

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Aug 16, 1935 (91 years old)

Place of Birth

Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK

Biography

Janet E. A. Henfrey (born 16 August 1935) is a British stage and television actress. She is best known for playing Mrs. Bale on As Time Goes By, which is still rerun in the United States on PBS stations, and for her role as the schoolteacher in the BBC Dennis Potter serial The Singing Detective.

Known For

Acting
2023Tales of the TardisMiss Hardaker
2022PersuasionViscountess Lady Dalrymple
2021CruellaSociety Maven
2020The New PopeLady Brannox
2019Sil and the Devil Seeds of ArodorThe Adjudicator
2018Dirty Little RascalsNan
2016Pride and Prejudice and ZombiesDowager
2016Bridget Jones's BabyMavis Enderbury
2016The CrownVita Sackville-West
2015London RoadIvy
2015Wolf HallLady Margaret Pole
2013Father BrownVera Thimble
2012Metamorphosis
2010Fairytale of London TownElsie Grindell
2009National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends WellThe Widow
2006The OmenMrs. Horton
2005Doctor WhoMrs Pitt
2002Tipping the VelvetMrs. Jex
2002The Basil Brush ShowAunt Quartermass
2001Blow DryAerobics Teacher
2001AttilaPalcharia
2001My Uncle SilasAunt Tibby
2000The Nine Lives of Tomas KatzJanice Waily
2000Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
1999Doomwatch: Winter AngelJulie
1998Swept from the Sea
1998Jilting JoeMiss Doughty
1998EverAfterCeleste
1998The Worst WitchMistress Hecketty Broomhead
1997Dual Balls
1997The Man Who Knew Too LittleMs. Goldstein
1997Mrs. DallowayMiss Pym
1996The MoonstoneMrs. Yolland
1996The Treasure SeekersGoverness
1995A Pin for the ButterflyMrs. Veverka
1994DragonworldMiss Twittingham
1992The Count of SolarMlle Debierre
1992Deadly ObsessionKathleen 'Kay' Calhaem
1992As Time Goes ByMrs. Bale
1991Bernard and the GenieMiss Purse
1991In Suspicious CircumstancesHester
1990The Fool
1990Jeeves and WoosterMiss Mapleton
1990The Upper HandDorothy Cooper
1989The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her LoverAlice
1989Doctor Who: The Curse of FenricMiss Hardaker
1989Young Charlie ChaplinSister Mills
1986Foreign BodyLandlady
1986LovejoyMiss Frobisher
1986The Singing DetectiveSchoolteacher
1985Unfair ExchangesTeacher
1985Oliver Twist
1985Oliver TwistMartha
1985Screen TwoTeacher
1984ChockyCranky Woman
1984She'll Be Wearing Pink PyjamasLucy
1983The Weather in the StreetsLady Blanche
1983Fanny HillLady in Intellegence Office (uncredited
1983Reilly: Ace of SpiesReceptionist
1974The Tamarind SeedEmbassy Section Head
1974Churchill's PeopleCharlotte
1973Wessex TalesMary
1968The Jazz AgeFrau Tonn
1965Stand Up, Nigel BartonMiss Tillings
1964Martin Chuzzlewit
1963It's All HappeningApril
1963Doctor WhoMiss Hardaker