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Janet Henfrey

Cast & creator

Janet Henfrey

1935-08-16 (age 91) Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UKIMDb

Best known for Doctor Who, Doctor Who, The Crown

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.

Movies

39

film credits

Series

28

television credits

Career

67

1963–2023 · acting roles

Credit score

6.9

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Mrs Pitt · 2005

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Miss Hardaker · 1963

The Crown

The Crown

Vita Sackville-West · 2016

Father Brown

Father Brown

Vera Thimble · 2013

Screen Two

Screen Two

Teacher · 1985

Across film & television

Filmography (67)

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Mrs Pitt

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Miss Hardaker

The Crown

The Crown

Vita Sackville-West

Father Brown

Father Brown

Vera Thimble

Screen Two

Screen Two

Teacher

The Singing Detective

The Singing Detective

Schoolteacher

Jeeves and Wooster

Jeeves and Wooster

Miss Mapleton

Lovejoy

Lovejoy

Miss Frobisher

The Upper Hand

The Upper Hand

Dorothy Cooper

Cruella

Cruella

Society Maven

Churchill's People

Churchill's People

Charlotte

Wolf Hall

Wolf Hall

Lady Margaret Pole

As Time Goes By

As Time Goes By

Mrs. Bale

In Suspicious Circumstances

In Suspicious Circumstances

Hester

Reilly: Ace of Spies

Reilly: Ace of Spies

Receptionist

The Worst Witch

The Worst Witch

Mistress Hecketty Broomhead

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

Bridget Jones's Baby

Bridget Jones's Baby

Mavis Enderbury

The Basil Brush Show

The Basil Brush Show

Aunt Quartermass

The New Pope

The New Pope

Lady Brannox

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Dowager

The Jazz Age

Frau Tonn

Tales of the Tardis

Tales of the Tardis

Miss Hardaker

EverAfter

EverAfter

Celeste

The Omen

The Omen

Mrs. Horton

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Alice

Tipping the Velvet

Tipping the Velvet

Mrs Jex

Attila

Attila

Palcharia

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

Martha

The Man Who Knew Too Little

The Man Who Knew Too Little

Ms. Goldstein

Persuasion

Persuasion

Viscountess Lady Dalrymple

My Uncle Silas

My Uncle Silas

Aunt Tibby

Wessex Tales

Wessex Tales

Mary

Young Charlie Chaplin

Young Charlie Chaplin

Sister Mills

Swept from the Sea

Swept from the Sea

Martin Chuzzlewit

Martin Chuzzlewit

The Tamarind Seed

The Tamarind Seed

Embassy Section Head

Blow Dry

Blow Dry

Aerobics Teacher

Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor

Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor

The Adjudicator

Mrs. Dalloway

Mrs. Dalloway

Miss Pym

The Count of Solar

The Count of Solar

Mlle Debierre

Fanny Hill

Fanny Hill

Lady in Intellegence Office (uncredited

It's All Happening

It's All Happening

April

A Pin for the Butterfly

A Pin for the Butterfly

Mrs. Veverka

The Weather in the Streets

The Weather in the Streets

Lady Blanche

Bernard and the Genie

Bernard and the Genie

Miss Purse

The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz

The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz

Janice Waily

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

Miss Hardaker

National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well

National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well

The Widow

The Treasure Seekers

The Treasure Seekers

Governess

Foreign Body

Foreign Body

Landlady

London Road

London Road

Ivy

Stand Up, Nigel Barton

Stand Up, Nigel Barton

Miss Tillings

The Fool

Fairytale of London Town

Elsie Grindell

She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas

She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas

Lucy

Doomwatch: Winter Angel

Doomwatch: Winter Angel

Julie

Dragonworld

Dragonworld

Miss Twittingham

Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor

Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor

The Adjudicator

The Moonstone

The Moonstone

Mrs. Yolland

Unfair Exchanges

Unfair Exchanges

Teacher

Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis

The Cleaner

Dual Balls

Chocky

Chocky

Cranky Woman

Jilting Joe

Jilting Joe

Miss Doughty

Deadly Obsession

Deadly Obsession

Kathleen 'Kay' Calhaem

Dirty Little Rascals

Dirty Little Rascals

Nan