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Janet Henfrey

Actor

Janet Henfrey

Born August 16, 1935 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK39 films

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.

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Cruella posterFirst watchCruella20218.0as Society MavenIn 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs.View film

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EverAfter poster7.5EverAfter1998Bridget Jones's Baby poster6.4Bridget Jones's Baby2016The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover poster7.3The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover1989Pride and Prejudice and Zombies poster6.2Pride and Prejudice and Zombies2016The Man Who Knew Too Little poster6.4The Man Who Knew Too Little1997The Omen poster5.6The Omen2006Persuasion poster6.1Persuasion2022Blow Dry poster5.9Blow Dry2001

Filmography

39 films as actor
  1. 2022PersuasionViscountess Lady Dalrymple
  2. 2021CruellaSociety Maven
  3. 2019Sil and the Devil Seeds of ArodorThe Adjudicator
  4. 2018Dirty Little RascalsNan
  5. 2016Bridget Jones's BabyMavis Enderbury
  6. 2016Pride and Prejudice and ZombiesDowager
  7. 2015London RoadIvy
  8. 2012MetamorphosisThe Cleaner
  9. 2010Fairytale of London TownElsie Grindell
  10. 2009National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends WellThe Widow
  11. 2006The OmenMrs. Horton
  12. 2001Blow DryAerobics Teacher
  13. 2000The Nine Lives of Tomas KatzJanice Waily
  14. 1999Doomwatch: Winter AngelJulie
  15. 1998Jilting JoeMiss Doughty
  16. 1998EverAfterCeleste
  17. 1998Swept from the Sea
  18. 1997The Man Who Knew Too LittleMs. Goldstein
  19. 1997Mrs. DallowayMiss Pym
  20. 1997Dual Balls
  21. 1996The MoonstoneMrs. Yolland
  22. 1996The Treasure SeekersGoverness
  23. 1995A Pin for the ButterflyMrs. Veverka
  24. 1994DragonworldMiss Twittingham
  25. 1992Deadly ObsessionKathleen 'Kay' Calhaem
  26. 1992The Count of SolarMlle Debierre
  27. 1991Bernard and the GenieMiss Purse
  28. 1990The Fool
  29. 1989Doctor Who: The Curse of FenricMiss Hardaker
  30. 1989The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her LoverAlice
  31. 1986Foreign BodyLandlady
  32. 1985Unfair ExchangesTeacher
  33. 1984ChockyCranky Woman
  34. 1984She'll Be Wearing Pink PyjamasLucy
  35. 1983The Weather in the StreetsLady Blanche
  36. 1983Fanny HillLady in Intellegence Office (uncredited
  37. 1974The Tamarind SeedEmbassy Section Head
  38. 1965Stand Up, Nigel BartonMiss Tillings
  39. 1963It's All HappeningApril