
Actor
Jane Freeman
Born March 15, 1935 in Brentford, London, England, UKDied March 9, 201715 films
Freeman was born in Brentford, London, in 1935 but raised in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, as a child, following the death of her father in an accident when she was 9 years old and her mother's subsequent remarriage. She graduated from the City Cardiff College of Music and Drama in 1955, and after a stay in London joined the Osiris Repertory Theatre touring company, based in Gloucestershire. She joined the Arena Theatre, Sutton Coldfield, in 1958, followed by Birmingham Rep from 1968 and 1973. Her stage appearances include Margaret More in the Welsh Theatre Company's first production, A Man for All Seasons, at Cardiff's New Theatre in 1962.
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She was best known for her role as café owner Ivy, one of the main characters in the long-running British TV comedy Last of the Summer Wine. Freeman died in March 2017 at the age of 81 from lung cancer. Her age was often incorrectly reported as being 96 at the time of her death, but official birth records prove that she was born in 1935
Filmography
15 films as actor- 1987Last of the Summer Wine: Big Day at Dream AcresIvy
- 1986Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the BrideIvy
- 1984A Taste of HoneyHelen
- 1984Androcles and the LionMegaera
- 1983Last of the Summer Wine: Getting Sam HomeIvy
- 1982Ghost in the WaterMrs. Willetts
- 1982ScrubbersSister
- 1981MarriageAunt Arina
- 1980LindseyMrs. Allen
- 1980Dark WaterManager's wife
- 1979All Day on the Sands
- 1978Scully's New Year's EveMrs Scully
- 1977Love on a GunboatKnitting lady
- 1975Through the NightMartha Paisley
- 1972The Fishing PartyAudrey