Janet Henfrey
Acting1935Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
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.
Known For
Acting History
2023
Tales of the Tardis
TVas Miss Hardaker• 1 eps
2022
Persuasion
as Viscountess Lady Dalrymple
2021
Cruella
as Society Maven
2020
The New Pope
TVas Lady Brannox• 2 eps
2019
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
as The Adjudicator
2018
Dirty Little Rascals
as Nan
2017
The Crown
TVas Vita Sackville-West• 1 eps
2016
Bridget Jones's Baby
as Mavis Enderbury
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
as Dowager
2015
London Road
as Ivy
Wolf Hall
TVas Lady Margaret Pole• 2 eps
2014
Doctor Who
TVas Mrs Pitt• 1 eps
Father Brown
TVas Vera Thimble• 1 eps
2012
2010
Fairytale of London Town
as Elsie Grindell
2009
National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well
as The Widow
2006
The Omen
as Mrs. Horton
2002
The Basil Brush Show
TVas Aunt Quartermass
Tipping the Velvet
TVas Mrs. Jex
2001
2000
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz
as Janice Waily
1999
Doomwatch: Winter Angel
as Julie
1998
1997
1996
The Moonstone
as Mrs. Yolland
The Treasure Seekers
as Governess
1995
A Pin for the Butterfly
as Mrs. Veverka
1994
Dragonworld
as Miss Twittingham
1993
As Time Goes By
TVas Mrs. Bale• 16 eps
Lovejoy
TVas Miss Frobisher• 1 eps
1992
The Count of Solar
as Mlle Debierre
Deadly Obsession
as Kathleen 'Kay' Calhaem
1991
Bernard and the Genie
as Miss Purse
Jeeves and Wooster
TVas Miss Mapleton• 1 eps
1990
The Upper Hand
TVas Dorothy Cooper
1989
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
as Miss Hardaker
Young Charlie Chaplin
TVas Sister Mills
1986
Foreign Body
as Landlady
The Singing Detective
TVas Schoolteacher• 5 eps
1985
Unfair Exchanges
as Teacher
Oliver Twist
TVas Martha
1984
Chocky
as Cranky Woman
1983
Fanny Hill
as Lady in Intellegence Office (uncredited
The Weather in the Streets
as Lady Blanche
Reilly: Ace of Spies
TVas Receptionist
1974
The Tamarind Seed
as Embassy Section Head
Churchill's People
TVas Charlotte
1973
Wessex Tales
TVas Mary
1968
The Jazz Age
TVas Frau Tonn
1965
Stand Up, Nigel Barton
as Miss Tillings
1963
It's All Happening
as April
Doctor Who
TVas Miss Hardaker