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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.
Filmography29 titles
The Crown
2016as Vita Sackville-West
2016as Vita Sackville-West
Cruella
2021as Society Maven
2021as Society Maven
Doctor Who
1963as Miss Hardaker
1963as Miss Hardaker
The New Pope
2020as Lady Brannox
2020as Lady Brannox
Father Brown
2013as Vera Thimble
2013as Vera Thimble
Doctor Who
2005as Mrs Pitt
2005as Mrs Pitt
The Worst Witch
1998as Mistress Hecketty Broomhead
1998as Mistress Hecketty Broomhead
Wolf Hall
2015as Lady Margaret Pole
2015as Lady Margaret Pole
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
1998as Celeste
1998as Celeste
As Time Goes By
1992as Mrs. Bale
1992as Mrs. Bale
Lovejoy
1986as Miss Frobisher
1986as Miss Frobisher
Bernard and the Genie
1991as Miss Purse
1991as Miss Purse
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983as Receptionist
1983as Receptionist
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz
2000as Janice Waily
2000as Janice Waily
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016as Mavis Enderbury
2016as Mavis Enderbury
Swept from the Sea
1997
1997
The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997as Ms. Goldstein
1997as Ms. Goldstein
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2016as Dowager
2016as Dowager
The Tamarind Seed
1974as Embassy Section Head
1974as Embassy Section Head
Persuasion
2022as Viscountess Lady Dalrymple
2022as Viscountess Lady Dalrymple
Blow Dry
2001as Aerobics Teacher
2001as Aerobics Teacher
Oliver Twist
The Omen
2006as Mrs. Horton
2006as Mrs. Horton
Mrs Dalloway
1997as Miss Pym
1997as Miss Pym
London Road
2015as Ivy
2015as Ivy
Dragonworld
1994as Miss Twittingham
1994as Miss Twittingham
Foreign Body
1986as Landlady
1986as Landlady
The Weather in the Streets
1983as Lady Blanche
1983as Lady Blanche
Metamorphosis
2012
2012