Janet Henfrey

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Janet Henfrey

Acting 91 August 16, 1935

Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK

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…

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Cruella

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

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EverAfter

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Persuasion

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The Man Who Knew Too Little

The Man Who Knew Too Little

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Father Brown

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2023
    Tales of the Tardis

    TV show Miss Hardaker

  2. 2022
    Persuasion

    Movie Viscountess Lady Dalrymple

  3. 2021
    Cruella

    Movie Society Maven

  4. 2020
    The New Pope

    TV show Lady Brannox

  5. 2019
    Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor

    Movie The Adjudicator

  6. 2019
    Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor

    TV show The Adjudicator

  7. 2018
    Dirty Little Rascals

    Movie Nan

  8. 2016
    The Crown

    TV show Vita Sackville-West

  9. 2016
    Bridget Jones's Baby

    Movie Mavis Enderbury

  10. 2016
    Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

    Movie Dowager

  11. 2015
    London Road

    Movie Ivy

  12. 2015
    Wolf Hall

    TV show Lady Margaret Pole

  13. 2013
    Father Brown

    TV show Vera Thimble

  14. 2012
    Metamorphosis

    Movie The Cleaner

  15. 2010
    Fairytale of London Town

    Movie Elsie Grindell

  16. 2009
    National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well

    Movie The Widow

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  1. 2006
    The Omen

    Movie Mrs. Horton

  2. 2005
    Doctor Who

    TV show Mrs Pitt

  3. 2002
    Tipping the Velvet

    TV show Mrs Jex

  4. 2002
    The Basil Brush Show

    TV show Aunt Quartermass

  5. 2001
    My Uncle Silas

    TV show Aunt Tibby

  6. 2001
    Blow Dry

    Movie Aerobics Teacher

  7. 2001
    Attila

    TV show Palcharia

  8. 2000
    Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

    TV show

  9. 2000
    The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz

    Movie Janice Waily

  10. 1999
    Doomwatch: Winter Angel

    Movie Julie

  11. 1998
    The Worst Witch

    TV show Mistress Hecketty Broomhead

  12. 1998
    Jilting Joe

    Movie Miss Doughty

  13. 1998
    EverAfter

    Movie Celeste

  14. 1998
    Swept from the Sea

    Movie

  15. 1997
    The Man Who Knew Too Little

    Movie Ms. Goldstein

  16. 1997
    Mrs. Dalloway

    Movie Miss Pym

  17. 1997
    Dual Balls

    Movie

  18. 1996
    The Moonstone

    Movie Mrs. Yolland

  19. 1996
    The Treasure Seekers

    Movie Governess

  20. 1995
    A Pin for the Butterfly

    Movie Mrs. Veverka

  21. 1994
    Dragonworld

    Movie Miss Twittingham

  22. 1992
    Deadly Obsession

    Movie Kathleen 'Kay' Calhaem

  23. 1992
    The Count of Solar

    Movie Mlle Debierre

  24. 1992
    As Time Goes By

    TV show Mrs. Bale