Freda Jackson

Born: 1909-12-29

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Freda Maud Jackson (29 December 1907 – 20 October 1990) was an English stage actress who also worked in film and TV. Born in Nottingham, she was famous for her stage role as the cruel landlady Mrs. Voray in the play No Room at the Inn in the mid-1940s; she appeared in the film adaptation of 1948. Her later screen roles were mostly on TV, including a role on the first episode of Adam Adamant Lives and on Blake's 7. Her final film appearance was in 1981; she died nine years later in Northampton, aged 82. She was married to the artist Henry Bird. She "was reputed to have had a relationship" with Errol Flynn while both were at the Northampton Repertory Theatre. Description above from the Wikipedia article Freda Jackson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Clash of the Titans

as A Stygian Witch
Released: 1981-06-12

To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny,...

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Great Expectations

as Mrs. Joe
Released: 1946-12-26

In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious...

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The Brides of Dracula

as Greta
Released: 1960-07-07

A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles...

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Tom Jones

as Mrs. Seagrim
Released: 1963-08-24

Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they...

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Henry V

as Mistress Quickly
Released: 1944-11-24

In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the...

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A Canterbury Tale

as Prudence Honeywood
Released: 1944-08-21

Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.

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The Valley of Gwangi

as Tia Zorina
Released: 1969-07-24

A turn of the century wild west show struggling to make a living in Mexico comes into the...

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Greyfriars Bobby

as Caretaker
Released: 1961-07-17

In Scotland 1865, An old shepherd and his little Skye terrier go to Edinburgh. But when the...

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Bhowani Junction

as The Sandani
Released: 1956-05-01

Anglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal...

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Die, Monster, Die!

as Letitia Witley
Released: 1965-10-26

A young man visits his fiancé's estate to discover that her wheelchair-bound scientist father...

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West 11

as Mrs. Hartley
Released: 1963-10-08

Joe Beckett, seasoned citizen of the bedsitter belt, aged about 22, is the renegade son of...

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The Third Secret

as Mrs Bales
Released: 1964-02-02

A prominent London psychologist seems to have taken his own life, causing stunned disbelief...

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The Shadow of the Cat

as Clara, the Maid
Released: 1961-05-01

Tabitha, once the placid, gentle and devoted pet, adopts all the characteristics of a ferocious,...

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A Tale of Two Cities

as Vengeance
Released: 1958-02-07

British barrister Sydney Carton lives an insubstantial and unhappy life. He falls under the...

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The Good Die Young

as Mrs. Freeman
Released: 1954-03-02

An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van...

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The Jokers

as Mrs. Pervis
Released: 1967-05-15

Brothers Michael and David Tremayne decide to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London,...

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Beware of Pity

as Gypsy
Released: 1946-07-22

A paraplegic baroness mistakes a man's pity for love - and tragedy ensues.

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Mr. Denning Drives North

as Ma Smith
Released: 1951-12-18

When well-off aircraft designer Denning finds his daughter's current boyfriend is a nasty...

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The Crowded Day

as Mrs. Morgan
Released: 1954-10-01

One day in the lives and loves of the staff in a large department store.

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The Flesh Is Weak

as Trixie
Released: 1957-08-06

Giani is a pimp who preys on the naïve, ‘just off the bus’ young women who come to post-war...

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The Last Man to Hang

as Mrs. Tucker
Released: 1956-08-01

A man is tried for the murder of his neurotic wife by means of a sedative overdose.

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Flesh and Blood

as Mrs. Hannah
Released: 1951-03-06

Based upon the play A Sleeping Clergyman by James Bridie, it tells the story of three...

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Boy With a Flute

as Anne Winters
Released: 1964-01-01

An advertisement in the personal column brings elderly Mrs Winters to town with her Salviani...

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Women of Twilight

as Mrs. Helen 'Nelly' Alistair
Released: 1953-01-16

When a nightclub singer is arrested for murder, his pregnant girlfriend moves into a boarding...

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Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Greta (archive footage)
Released: 1991-01-01

A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.

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She Fell Among Thieves

as Lafone
Released: 1978-03-01

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Serjeant Musgrave's Dance

as Mrs Hitchcock
Released: 1961-10-24

Serjeant Musgrave and his small band of men arrive in an impoverished northern coal town,...

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No Room at the Inn

as Mrs. Voray
Released: 1948-11-22

A group of children are evacuated during world war two into the care of an alcoholic woman.

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Attempt to Kill

as Mrs. Weyman
Released: 1961-08-01

A wealthy business man fires one of his employees and becomes the victim of murder attempt. The...

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Blake's 7

as Tara
First aired: 1978-01-02

A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran...

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Maigret

as Rose Alfonsi
First aired: 1960-10-31

BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector...

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BBC2 Play of the Week

as Lafone
First aired: 1977-09-21

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