Janet Henfrey
Acting
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Acting Credits
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.
Known For
Filmography
Tales of the Tardis
2023
as Miss Hardaker
Persuasion
2022
as Viscountess Lady Dalrymple
Cruella
2021
as Society Maven
The New Pope
2020
as Lady Brannox
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
2019
as The Adjudicator
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
2019
as The Adjudicator
Dirty Little Rascals
2018
as Nan
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2016
as Dowager
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016
as Mavis Enderbury
The Crown
2016
as Vita Sackville-West
London Road
2015
as Ivy
Wolf Hall
2015
as Lady Margaret Pole
Father Brown
2013
as Vera Thimble
Metamorphosis
2012
as The Cleaner
Fairytale of London Town
2010
as Elsie Grindell
National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well
2009
as The Widow
The Omen
2006
as Mrs. Horton
Doctor Who
2005
as Mrs Pitt
Tipping the Velvet
2002
as Mrs Jex
The Basil Brush Show
2002
as Aunt Quartermass
Blow Dry
2001
as Aerobics Teacher
Attila
2001
as Palcharia
My Uncle Silas
2001
as Aunt Tibby
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz
2000
as Janice Waily
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
Doomwatch: Winter Angel
1999
as Julie
Swept from the Sea
1998
Jilting Joe
1998
as Miss Doughty
EverAfter
1998
as Celeste
The Worst Witch
1998
as Mistress Hecketty Broomhead
Dual Balls
1997
The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997
as Ms. Goldstein
Mrs. Dalloway
1997
as Miss Pym
The Moonstone
1996
as Mrs. Yolland
The Treasure Seekers
1996
as Governess
A Pin for the Butterfly
1995
as Mrs. Veverka
Dragonworld
1994
as Miss Twittingham
The Count of Solar
1992
as Mlle Debierre
Deadly Obsession
1992
as Kathleen 'Kay' Calhaem
As Time Goes By
1992
as Mrs. Bale
Bernard and the Genie
1991
as Miss Purse
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991
as Hester
The Fool
1990
Jeeves and Wooster
1990
as Miss Mapleton
The Upper Hand
1990
as Dorothy Cooper
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989
as Alice
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
1989
as Miss Hardaker
Young Charlie Chaplin
1989
as Sister Mills
Foreign Body
1986
as Landlady
Lovejoy
1986
as Miss Frobisher
The Singing Detective
1986
as Schoolteacher
Unfair Exchanges
1985
as Teacher
Screen Two
1985
as Teacher
Oliver Twist
1985
as Martha
Chocky
1984
as Cranky Woman
She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas
1984
as Lucy
The Weather in the Streets
1983
as Lady Blanche
Fanny Hill
1983
as Lady in Intellegence Office (uncredited
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Receptionist
The Tamarind Seed
1974
as Embassy Section Head
Churchill's People
1974
as Charlotte
Wessex Tales
1973
as Mary
The Jazz Age
1968
as Frau Tonn
Stand Up, Nigel Barton
1965
as Miss Tillings
Martin Chuzzlewit
1964
It's All Happening
1963
as April
Doctor Who
1963
as Miss Hardaker