Janet Henfrey

Janet Henfrey

Known for
Acting
Born
August 16, 1935 (age 91)
Birthplace
Aldershot, 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

Filmography

2023
Tales of the Tardis poster

Tales of the Tardis

TV · as Miss Hardaker · 1 ep

2022
Persuasion poster

Persuasion

Movie · as Viscountess Lady Dalrymple

2021
Cruella poster

Cruella

Movie · as Society Maven

2020
The New Pope poster

The New Pope

TV · as Lady Brannox · 2 eps

2019
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor poster

Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor

Movie · as The Adjudicator

2019
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor poster

Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor

TV · as The Adjudicator · 4 eps

2018
Dirty Little Rascals poster

Dirty Little Rascals

Movie · as Nan

2016
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies poster

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Movie · as Dowager

2016
Bridget Jones's Baby poster

Bridget Jones's Baby

Movie · as Mavis Enderbury

2016
The Crown poster

The Crown

TV · as Vita Sackville-West · 1 ep

2015
London Road poster

London Road

Movie · as Ivy

2015
Wolf Hall poster

Wolf Hall

TV · as Lady Margaret Pole · 2 eps

2013
Father Brown poster

Father Brown

TV · as Vera Thimble · 1 ep

2012
Metamorphosis poster

Metamorphosis

Movie · as The Cleaner

2010
Fairytale of London Town

Fairytale of London Town

Movie · as Elsie Grindell

2009
National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well poster

National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well

Movie · as The Widow

2006
The Omen poster

The Omen

Movie · as Mrs. Horton

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Mrs Pitt · 1 ep

2002
Tipping the Velvet poster

Tipping the Velvet

TV · as Mrs Jex · 2 eps

2002
The Basil Brush Show poster

The Basil Brush Show

TV · as Aunt Quartermass · 1 ep

2001
Blow Dry poster

Blow Dry

Movie · as Aerobics Teacher

2001
Attila poster

Attila

TV · as Palcharia · 2 eps

2001
My Uncle Silas poster

My Uncle Silas

TV · as Aunt Tibby · 3 eps

2000
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz poster

The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz

Movie · as Janice Waily

2000
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

TV · 1 ep

1999
Doomwatch: Winter Angel poster

Doomwatch: Winter Angel

Movie · as Julie

1998
Swept from the Sea poster

Swept from the Sea

Movie

1998
Jilting Joe poster

Jilting Joe

Movie · as Miss Doughty

1998
EverAfter poster

EverAfter

Movie · as Celeste

1998
The Worst Witch poster

The Worst Witch

TV · as Mistress Hecketty Broomhead · 3 eps

1997
Dual Balls

Dual Balls

Movie

1997
The Man Who Knew Too Little poster

The Man Who Knew Too Little

Movie · as Ms. Goldstein

1997
Mrs. Dalloway poster

Mrs. Dalloway

Movie · as Miss Pym

1996
The Moonstone poster

The Moonstone

Movie · as Mrs. Yolland

1996
The Treasure Seekers poster

The Treasure Seekers

Movie · as Governess

1995
A Pin for the Butterfly poster

A Pin for the Butterfly

Movie · as Mrs. Veverka

1994
Dragonworld poster

Dragonworld

Movie · as Miss Twittingham

1992
The Count of Solar poster

The Count of Solar

Movie · as Mlle Debierre

1992
Deadly Obsession poster

Deadly Obsession

Movie · as Kathleen 'Kay' Calhaem

1992
As Time Goes By poster

As Time Goes By

TV · as Mrs. Bale · 16 eps

1992
Crime Story

Crime Story

TV · as Kay Calhaem · 1 ep

1991
Bernard and the Genie poster

Bernard and the Genie

Movie · as Miss Purse

1991
In Suspicious Circumstances poster

In Suspicious Circumstances

TV · as Hester · 1 ep

1990
The Fool

The Fool

Movie

1990
Jeeves and Wooster poster

Jeeves and Wooster

TV · as Miss Mapleton · 1 ep

1990
The Upper Hand poster

The Upper Hand

TV · as Dorothy Cooper · 1 ep

1990
One Foot in the Grave poster

One Foot in the Grave

TV · as Miss Lander · 1 ep

1989
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover poster

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Movie · as Alice

1989
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric poster

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

Movie · as Miss Hardaker

1989
Young Charlie Chaplin poster

Young Charlie Chaplin

TV · as Sister Mills · 1 ep

1986
Foreign Body poster

Foreign Body

Movie · as Landlady

1986
Lovejoy poster

Lovejoy

TV · as Miss Frobisher · 1 ep

1986
The Singing Detective poster

The Singing Detective

TV · as Schoolteacher · 5 eps

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Teacher · 1 ep

1985
Oliver Twist poster

Oliver Twist

TV · as Martha · 3 eps

1984
Chocky poster

Chocky

Movie · as Cranky Woman

1984
Unfair Exchanges poster

Unfair Exchanges

Movie · as Teacher

1984
She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas poster

She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas

Movie · as Lucy

1983
The Weather in the Streets poster

The Weather in the Streets

Movie · as Lady Blanche

1983
Fanny Hill poster

Fanny Hill

Movie · as Lady in Intellegence Office (uncredited

1983
Reilly: Ace of Spies poster

Reilly: Ace of Spies

TV · as Receptionist · 1 ep

1974
The Tamarind Seed poster

The Tamarind Seed

Movie · as Embassy Section Head

1974
Churchill's People poster

Churchill's People

TV · as Charlotte · 1 ep

1973
Wessex Tales poster

Wessex Tales

TV · as Mary · 1 ep

1968
The Jazz Age

The Jazz Age

TV · as Frau Tonn · 1 ep

1965
Stand Up, Nigel Barton poster

Stand Up, Nigel Barton

Movie · as Miss Tillings

1964
Martin Chuzzlewit poster

Martin Chuzzlewit

TV · 2 eps

1963
It's All Happening poster

It's All Happening

Movie · as April

1963
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Miss Hardaker · 2 eps