Person Details

Birthday: 1935-08-16 12:15:55

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 15

TV Involvements: 12


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Doctor Who
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8

Doctor Who

(1963) Miss Hardaker
Doctor Who
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8

Doctor Who

(2005) Mrs Pitt
The Crown
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8

The Crown

(2016) Vita Sackville-West
Father Brown
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7

Father Brown

(2013) Vera Thimble
Tales of the Tardis
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6

Tales of the Tardis

(2023) Miss Hardaker
The New Pope
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8

The New Pope

(2020) Lady Brannox
Reilly: Ace of Spies
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7

Reilly: Ace of Spies

(1983) Receptionist
The Singing Detective
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8

The Singing Detective

(1986) Schoolteacher

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Miss Hardaker
2022 Viscountess Lady Dalrymple
2021 Society Maven
2020 Lady Brannox
N/A
2019 The Adjudicator
2016 Vita Sackville-West
Mavis Enderbury
Dowager
2015 Ivy
Lady Margaret Pole
2013 Vera Thimble
2012 N/A
2010 Elsie Grindell
2009 The Widow
2005 Mrs Pitt
2002 Mrs. Jex
2001 Aunt Tibby
Aerobics Teacher
Palcharia
2000 N/A
Janice Waily
1999 Julie
1998 Mistress Hecketty Broomhead
Celeste
N/A
1997 Ms. Goldstein
Miss Pym
N/A
1996 Mrs. Yolland
Governess
1994 Miss Twittingham
1992 Mlle Debierre
Mrs. Bale
1991 Miss Purse
1990 Dorothy Cooper
Miss Mapleton
1989 Miss Hardaker
Alice
N/A
1986 Schoolteacher
Landlady
Miss Frobisher
1985 N/A
Teacher
1984 Cranky Woman
Lucy
1983 Lady Blanche
Receptionist
Lady in Intellegence Office (uncredited
1974 Embassy Section Head
1968 N/A
1965 Miss Tillings
1964 N/A
1963 Miss Hardaker
April
Year Character Movie/Tv

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