Doreen Mantle

Born: 1926-06-22

Doreen Mantle is a South African-born English actress who played Jean Warboys in One Foot in the Grave. She has appeared in many British television series since the 1960s, including The Duchess of Duke Street, The Wild House, Sam Saturday, Chalk, Casualty, The Bill, Doctors, Holby City and Jonathan Creek.


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Scoop

as Joe's Co-Passenger
Released: 2006-07-27

An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an...

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In Love and War

as Emilia
Released: 1996-12-18

After teenage ambulance driver Ernest Hemingway takes shrapnel in the leg during World War I, he...

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Yentl

as Mrs. Shaemen
Released: 1983-11-18

In a time when girls were forbidden to study religious scriptures, a Jewish girl masquerades as...

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Mountains of the Moon

as Mrs. Speke
Released: 1990-02-16

The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find...

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The French Lieutenant's Woman

as Lady on the Train
Released: 1981-08-28

In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about...

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Black Jack

as Mrs Carter
Released: 1979-09-09

When honest young Tolly is forced on the run with ‘Black Jack’, a villainous ruffian, adventure...

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All Creatures Great and Small

as Mrs Seaton
Released: 1975-07-27

James Herriot is a vet in Yorkshire, England, during the 1940's. He is assigned to the practice...

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Fellow Traveller

as Landlady
Released: 1989-09-29

In the Golden Age of Hollywood, two men had it all; one was a top screenwriter, the other a film...

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Late Bloomers

as Nora
Released: 2011-07-13

Late Bloomers stars Isabella Rossellini and William Hurt as a married couple pulled apart by the...

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One Foot in the Algarve

as Jean Warboys
Released: 1993-12-26

The Meldrews go on holiday to Portugal with Mrs Warboys, who is hoping for romance with her...

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Don't Be Silly

as Mary Hunter
Released: 1979-07-24

Play about middle class domestic abuse.

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Claws

as Mrs Venables
Released: 1987-10-04

A tale of cat lovers, the social circle they inhabit and the power struggles between them.

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The Turn of the Screw

as uncredited
Released: 1992-01-01

A young woman is hired by a wealthy but sinister man to tutor his two children at the family's...

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Charlie

as Maggie
Released: 1984-03-23

Charlie Alexander is a private detective who gets caught up in sinister trade union machinations...

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The Secret Agent

as Mrs Waller
Released: 1992-10-28

1992 BBC adaptation of the Joseph Conrad novel of 1907 concerning the mostly inactive spy Alfred...

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Our Lady Blue

as Mother Monica
Released: 1987-08-12

In a Liverpool convent a touching and unusual friendship is forged between Rachel, a young...

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Elizabeth Alone

as Mrs Orpen
Released: 1981-04-03

"Guilty," pleads Elizabeth, "in marriage, in parenthood, in every close relationship. I have...

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Antonio's Breakfast

as Old Woman
Released: 2005-08-31

Teenager Antonio's is looking after his disabled father. While he is desperate to escape and be...

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Eleanor

as Mother
Released: 1974-12-12

Eleanor seems normal enough to her parents and teachers. Why then has she disappeared?

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A Passage to India

as Mrs Flctcher
Released: 1965-11-16

The BBC's 1965 adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, screened as part of their Play of the Month...

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In Hiding

as Margaret
Released: 1980-03-10

A teenager learns about life and death while staying with his aunt during the school holidays.

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Coronation Street

as Joy Fishwick
First aired: 1960-12-09

The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them...

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Casualty

as Mrs. Duffin
First aired: 1986-09-06

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...

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Casualty

as Renee Wainwright
First aired: 1986-09-06

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...

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Doc Martin

as Marianne Walker
First aired: 2004-09-02

Doc Martin is a British television comedy drama series starring Martin Clunes in the title role....

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Father Brown

as Miss Tibby
First aired: 2013-01-14

Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who...

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Hustle

as Anne Foster
First aired: 2004-02-24

A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings.

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Crown Court

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-10-11

Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the...

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Play for Today

as Mother
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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Play for Today

as Julia Branston
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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Play for Today

as Mary Hunter
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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Peak Practice

as Mary Eastman
First aired: 1993-05-10

Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town...

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Lewis

as Joan
First aired: 2007-02-18

Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned...

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Jonathan Creek

as Mrs. Gantry
First aired: 1997-05-09

Working from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek is a magician with a natural...

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The Sarah Jane Adventures

as Mrs Randall
First aired: 2007-09-24

A British science fiction television programme that was produced by BBC Cymru Wales for CBBC,...

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The Bill

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-10-16

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the...

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My Family

as Lillian
First aired: 2000-09-19

Ben Harper is a moderately successful family man and dentist. He is also undergoing a mid-life...

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Secret Army

as Mme. Desmarts
First aired: 1977-09-07

World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being...

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Lovejoy

as Vera
First aired: 1986-01-10

The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East...

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One Foot In the Grave

as Mrs Warboys
First aired: 1990-01-04

One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series The series features the exploits of...

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One Foot In the Grave

as Jean Warboys
First aired: 1990-01-04

One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series The series features the exploits of...

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Public Eye

as Miss Barnwell
First aired: 1965-01-23

Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC...

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Screen Two

as Landlady
First aired: 1985-01-06

Series of single made-for-television dramas.

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Jam and Jerusalem

as Queenie
First aired: 2006-11-24

Jam and Jerusalem is a British sit-com that aired on BBC One from 2006 to 2009. Written by...

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The Gentle Touch

as Beryl King
First aired: 1980-04-11

The Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television...

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Lady Killers

as Mrs. Wheeler
First aired: 1980-07-20

Compelling crime anthology looks at some of Britain's most notorious murder trials, in which...

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Our Friends in the North

as Mrs Wilson
First aired: 1996-01-15

An epic tale of a changing Britain over four decades, seen through the eyes of four friends.

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Mrs. Seaton
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Testament: The Bible in Animation

as Naomi (voice)
First aired: 1996-12-11

A nine-part series of Old Testament stories for younger viewers using various animation...

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Bonekickers

as Mary Cunley
First aired: 2008-07-08

Bonekickers was a BBC drama about a team of archaeologists, set at the fictional Wessex...

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Love Soup

as Mavis Bledsoe
First aired: 2005-09-27

Bittersweet comedy drama about the eternal search for the perfect partner.

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Bill Brand

as Edna James
First aired: 1976-06-07

Following the death of the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament, Bill Brand is selected as...

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The Queen

as uncredited
First aired: 2009-11-29

The Queen was a 2009 British drama-documentary showing Queen Elizabeth II at different points...

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Holby Blue

as uncredited
First aired: 2007-05-08

The police force at Holby South is tasked with the toughest job yet. Not only are they fighting...

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Dirk Gently

as Ruth Jordan
First aired: 2012-03-05

Detective Dirk Gently operates based on the fundamental interconnectedness of all things.

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Chalk

as uncredited
First aired: 1997-02-20

A British television sitcom set in a comprehensive school named Galfast High. Two series written...

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Strange Report

as Mrs. Ogilvie
First aired: 1969-09-21

Strange Report is a British television Adam Strange, a retired Home Office criminologist,...

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Thomas & Sarah

as Mrs. Ryder
First aired: 1979-01-14

Thomas & Sarah is a British drama series that aired on ITV in 1979. A spin-off from the BAFTA...

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Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky

as Marion Chingford
First aired: 2005-04-19

A story of unrequited love set in 1930s London, against the backdrop of grimy streets and public...

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