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Jane Freeman
Brentford, London, England, UK
Freeman was born in Brentford, London, in 1935 but raised in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, as a child, following the death of her father in an accident when she was 9 years old and…
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Freeman was born in Brentford, London, in 1935 but raised in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, as a child, following the death of her father in an accident when she was 9 years old and her mother's subsequent remarriage. She graduated from the City Cardiff College of Music and Drama in 1955, and after a stay in London joined the Osiris Repertory Theatre touring company, based in Gloucestershire. She joined the Arena Theatre, Sutton Coldfield, in 1958, followed by Birmingham Rep from 1968 and 1973. Her stage appearances include Margaret More in the Welsh Theatre Company's first production, A Man for All Seasons, at Cardiff's New Theatre in 1962. She was best known for her role as café owner Ivy, one of the main characters in the long-running British TV comedy Last of the Summer Wine. Freeman died in March 2017 at the age of 81 from lung cancer. Her age was often incorrectly reported as being 96 at the time of her death, but official birth records prove that she was born in 1935
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
- 1987
- 1986
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1984
A Taste of Honey
Movie Helen
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1984
A Taste of Honey
TV show Helen
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1984
Androcles and the Lion
Movie Megaera
- 1983
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1983
Blackadder
TV show Mrs. Applebottom
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1982
Ghost in the Water
Movie Mrs. Willetts
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1982
Scrubbers
Movie Sister
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1981
Marriage
Movie Aunt Arina
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1980
Lindsey
Movie Mrs. Allen
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1980
Hannah
TV show Lilla Spencer-Smith
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1980
Dark Water
Movie Manager's wife
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1979
All Day on the Sands
Movie
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1978
Scully's New Year's Eve
Movie Mrs Scully
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1977
The Val Doonican Music Show
TV show Self
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1977
Love on a Gunboat
Movie Knitting lady
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1975
Through the Night
Movie Martha Paisley
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1975
Trinity Tales
TV show Cashier
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1975
Zigger Zagger
TV show Mother
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1974
Playhouse
TV show Aunt Arina
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1973
Last of the Summer Wine
TV show Ivy
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1972
The Fishing Party
Movie Audrey
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1967
ITV Playhouse
TV show Mrs. Allen
