Janet Henfrey
British actress · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Born 1935 · age 91
Janet Ethne Anne Henfrey is an English actress with a career spanning seven decades. She is a familiar face on stage and screen since the 1960s starring in a variety of British Television favourites.
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2023
Tales of the TardisSeries, Miss Hardaker2022
PersuasionFilm, Viscountess Lady Dalrymple2019
Sil and the Devil Seeds of ArodorFilm, The Adjudicator2016
The CrownSeries, Vita Sackville-West
Bridget Jones's BabyFilm, 2016Mavis Enderbury2013
Father BrownSeries, Vera Thimble2012
MetamorphosisFilm, The Cleaner2006
The OmenFilm, Mrs. Horton2002
The Basil Brush ShowSeries, Aunt Quartermass2000Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)Series
The Nine Lives of Tomas KatzFilm, 2000Janice Waily1998
The Worst WitchSeries, Mistress Hecketty Broomhead
EverAfterFilm, 1998Celeste1996
The MoonstoneFilm, Mrs. Yolland1994
DragonworldFilm, Miss Twittingham1991
In Suspicious CircumstancesSeries, Hester
Bernard and the GenieFilm, 1991Miss Purse1986
LovejoySeries, Miss Frobisher
Foreign BodyFilm, 1986Landlady1984
ChockyFilm, Cranky Woman1983
Reilly: Ace of SpiesSeries, Receptionist1974
The Tamarind SeedFilm, Embassy Section Head1973
Wessex TalesSeries, Mary1963
It's All HappeningFilm, April1935Born16 August 1935
Tales of the TardisSeries, Miss Hardaker2022PersuasionFilm, Viscountess Lady Dalrymple2019Sil and the Devil Seeds of ArodorFilm, The Adjudicator2016The CrownSeries, Vita Sackville-WestBridget Jones's BabyFilm, 2016Mavis Enderbury2013Father BrownSeries, Vera Thimble2012MetamorphosisFilm, The Cleaner2006The OmenFilm, Mrs. Horton2002The Basil Brush ShowSeries, Aunt Quartermass2000Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)SeriesThe Nine Lives of Tomas KatzFilm, 2000Janice Waily1998The Worst WitchSeries, Mistress Hecketty BroomheadEverAfterFilm, 1998Celeste1996The MoonstoneFilm, Mrs. Yolland1994DragonworldFilm, Miss Twittingham1991In Suspicious CircumstancesSeries, HesterBernard and the GenieFilm, 1991Miss Purse1986LovejoySeries, Miss FrobisherForeign BodyFilm, 1986Landlady1984ChockyFilm, Cranky Woman1983Reilly: Ace of SpiesSeries, Receptionist1974The Tamarind SeedFilm, Embassy Section Head1973Wessex TalesSeries, Mary1963It's All HappeningFilm, April1935Born16 August 1935People around Janet
Close ties
Oliver Ford Davies Also in An Ideal Husband and Mrs Dalloway
John Standing Also in The Crown- Patrick Godfrey Also in Mr. Turner, Ever After and Foreign Body
Lena Headey Also in Mrs Dalloway and Mrs. Dalloway
Michael Gambon Also in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989)
Peter Greenaway Directed The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989)
Toby Jones Also in Les Misérables, Ever After and EverAfter
Jeroen Krabbé Also in Ever After and An Ideal Husband
Eileen Atkins Wrote Mrs Dalloway and Mrs. Dalloway
Alex Kingston Also in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989)
Anna Chancellor Also in The Crown
Marleen Gorris Directed Mrs Dalloway (1997)
Lee Ingleby Also in Mr. Turner, Ever After and EverAfter
Roger Ashton-Griffiths Also in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1990)
Alistair Petrie Also in Mrs Dalloway and Mrs. Dalloway
Ben Crompton Also in Les Misérables (1998)
Amelia Bullmore Also in The Crown and Mrs Dalloway
Will Keen Also in The Crown
Faith Brook Also in Mrs Dalloway (1997)
Liz Smith Also in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1990)
Helen Mirren Also in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989)
Emma Thompson Also in Cruella (2021)
Jeanne Moreau Also in Ever After and EverAfter
David Bradley Also in Doomwatch: Winter Angel and Blow Dry
Known for
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Cruella 2021
EverAfter 1998
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover 1989
Bridget Jones's Baby 2016
Swept from the Sea 1998
Filmography 39
67 credits on file
Television 24
About this person
She is perhaps best known for playing Mrs. Bale on As Time Goes By, and for her role as the schoolteacher in the Dennis Potter television play Stand Up, Nigel Barton (1965) and Potter's serial The Singing Detective (1986), also as a schoolteacher.
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1935 · age 91
