Janet Henfrey

91, from Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK

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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.

Timeline

2022Aged 87

  • Poster for Persuasion

    Viscountess Lady Dalrymple

2021Aged 86

  • Poster for Cruella

    Society Maven

2019Aged 84

  • Poster for Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor

    The Adjudicator

2018Aged 83

  • Poster for Dirty Little Rascals

    Nan

2016Aged 81

  • Poster for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

    Dowager

  • Poster for Bridget Jones's Baby

    Mavis Enderbury

2015Aged 80

  • Poster for London Road

    Ivy

2012Aged 77

  • Poster for Metamorphosis

    The Cleaner

2010Aged 75

2009Aged 74

  • Poster for National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well

    The Widow

2006Aged 71

  • Poster for The Omen

    Mrs. Horton

2001Aged 66

  • Poster for Blow Dry

    Aerobics Teacher

2000Aged 65

  • Poster for The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz

    Janice Waily

1999Aged 64

  • Poster for Doomwatch: Winter Angel

    Julie

1998Aged 63

  • Poster for Swept from the Sea

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for EverAfter

    Celeste

  • Poster for Jilting Joe

    Miss Doughty

1997Aged 62

1996Aged 61

  • Poster for The Treasure Seekers

    Governess

  • Poster for The Moonstone

    Mrs. Yolland

1995Aged 60

  • Poster for A Pin for the Butterfly

    Mrs. Veverka

1994Aged 59

  • Poster for Dragonworld

    Miss Twittingham

1992Aged 57

  • Poster for The Count of Solar

    Mlle Debierre

  • Poster for Deadly Obsession

    Kathleen 'Kay' Calhaem

1991Aged 56

  • Poster for Bernard and the Genie

    Miss Purse

1990Aged 55

1989Aged 54

  • Poster for The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    Alice

  • Poster for Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

    Miss Hardaker

1986Aged 51

  • Poster for Foreign Body

    Landlady

1984Aged 49

  • Poster for She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas

    Lucy

  • Poster for Chocky

    Cranky Woman

  • Poster for Unfair Exchanges

    Teacher

1983Aged 48

  • Poster for Fanny Hill

    Lady in Intellegence Office (uncredited

  • Poster for The Weather in the Streets

    Lady Blanche

1974Aged 39

  • Poster for The Tamarind Seed

    Embassy Section Head

1965Aged 30

  • Poster for Stand Up, Nigel Barton

    Miss Tillings

1963Aged 28

  • Poster for It's All Happening

    April

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