Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1935-08-16 (89 years)
- Place of BirthAldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
- Also Known As-
Janet Henfrey
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.
Acting Career
- 2023
Tales of the Tardis
As: Miss Hardaker
- 2022
Persuasion
As: Viscountess Lady Dalrymple
- 2021
Cruella
As: Society Maven
- 2020
The New Pope
As: Lady Brannox
- 2019
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
As: The Adjudicator
- 2016
The Crown
As: Vita Sackville-West
- 2016
Bridget Jones's Baby
As: Mavis Enderbury
- 2016
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
As: Dowager
2015London Road
As: Ivy
2015Wolf Hall
As: Lady Margaret Pole
2013Father Brown
As: Vera Thimble
2009National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well
As: The Widow
- 2006
The Omen
As: Mrs. Horton
2005Doctor Who
As: Mrs Pitt
2002Tipping the Velvet
As: Mrs. Jex
2001My Uncle Silas
As: Aunt Tibby
2001Blow Dry
As: Aerobics Teacher
2001Attila
As: Palcharia
2000The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz
As: Janice Waily
1999Doomwatch: Winter Angel
As: Julie
1998The Worst Witch
As: Mistress Hecketty Broomhead
- 1998
EverAfter
As: Celeste
1997The Man Who Knew Too Little
As: Ms. Goldstein
1997Mrs. Dalloway
As: Miss Pym
1996The Moonstone
As: Mrs. Yolland
1996The Treasure Seekers
As: Governess
1994Dragonworld
As: Miss Twittingham
1992Deadly Obsession
As: Kathleen 'Kay' Calhaem
1992The Count of Solar
As: Mlle Debierre
1992As Time Goes By
As: Mrs. Bale
1991Bernard and the Genie
As: Miss Purse
1990The Upper Hand
As: Dorothy Cooper
1990Jeeves and Wooster
As: Miss Mapleton
1989Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
As: Miss Hardaker
1989The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
As: Alice
1989Young Charlie Chaplin
As: Sister Mills
1986The Singing Detective
As: Schoolteacher
1986Foreign Body
As: Landlady
1986Lovejoy
As: Miss Frobisher
1985Oliver Twist
As: Martha
1985Unfair Exchanges
As: Teacher
1984Chocky
As: Cranky Woman
1984She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas
As: Lucy
1983The Weather in the Streets
As: Lady Blanche
1983Reilly: Ace of Spies
As: Receptionist
1983Fanny Hill
As: Lady in Intellegence Office (uncredited
1974The Tamarind Seed
As: Embassy Section Head
1965Stand Up, Nigel Barton
As: Miss Tillings
1963Doctor Who
As: Miss Hardaker
1963It's All Happening
As: April