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Janet Henfrey

Acting Born Aug 16, 1935 Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK 24 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.

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Full filmography

  • Doctor Who (2005) as Mrs Pitt
  • The Crown (2016) as Vita Sackville-West
  • Doctor Who (1963) as Miss Hardaker
  • Father Brown (2013) as Vera Thimble
  • Screen Two (1985) as Teacher
  • Jeeves and Wooster (1990) as Miss Mapleton
  • Cruella (2021) as Society Maven
  • Lovejoy (1986) as Miss Frobisher
  • Wolf Hall (2015) as Lady Margaret Pole
  • As Time Goes By (1992) as Mrs. Bale
  • The Upper Hand (1990) as Dorothy Cooper
  • Churchill's People (1974) as Charlotte
  • The Jazz Age (1968) as Frau Tonn
  • The New Pope (2020) as Lady Brannox
  • Attila (2001) as Palcharia
  • Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983) as Receptionist
  • The Basil Brush Show (2002) as Aunt Quartermass
  • The Worst Witch (1998) as Mistress Hecketty Broomhead
  • The Omen (2006) as Mrs. Horton
  • Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) as Dowager
  • In Suspicious Circumstances (1991) as Hester
  • Tales of the Tardis (2023) as Miss Hardaker
  • Tipping the Velvet (2002) as Mrs. Jex
  • EverAfter (1998) as Celeste