Freda Jackson
Biography
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Freda Maud Jackson (29 December 1907 – 20 October 1990) was an English stage actress who also worked in film and TV. Born in Nottingham, she was famous for her stage role as the cruel landlady Mrs. Voray in the play No Room at the Inn in the mid-1940s; she appeared in the film adaptation of 1948. Her later screen roles were mostly on TV, including a role on the first episode of Adam Adamant Lives and on Blake's 7. Her final film appearance was in 1981; she died nine years later in Northampton, aged 82.
She was married to the artist Henry Bird. She "was reputed to have had a relationship" with Errol Flynn while both were at the Northampton Repertory Theatre.
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Full filmography
- Blake's 7 (1978) as Tara
- Maigret (1960) as Rose Alfonsi
- BBC2 Play of the Week (1977) as Lafone
- The World of Hammer (1994) as Self (archive footage)
- Clash of the Titans (1981) as A Stygian Witch
- Great Expectations (1946) as Mrs. Joe
- Henry V (1944) as Mistress Quickly
- The Spies (1966) as Imradda
- Armchair Theatre (1956) as Mrs. Daphne Ridley
- The Brides of Dracula (1960) as Greta
- The Old Curiosity Shop (1979) as Mrs Jiniwin
- Tom Jones (1963) as Mrs. Seagrim
- The Valley of Gwangi (1969) as Tia Zorina - the Witch
- Greyfriars Bobby (1961) as Caretaker
- The Third Secret (1964) as Mrs Bales
- Bhowani Junction (1956) as The Sandani
- The Jokers (1967) as Mrs. Pervis
- A Tale of Two Cities (1958) as Vengeance
- The Good Die Young (1954) as Mrs. Freeman
- West 11 (1963) as Mrs. Hartley
- Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991) as Greta (archive footage)
- The Shadow of the Cat (1961) as Clara, the Maid
- Die, Monster, Die! (1965) as Letitia Witley
- A Canterbury Tale (1944) as Prudence Honeywood