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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as A Stygian Witch
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Tom Jones

as Mrs. Seagrim
Released: 1963-08-24

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The Brides of Dracula

as Greta
Released: 1960-07-07

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Great Expectations

as Mrs. Joe
Released: 1946-12-26

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The Valley of Gwangi

as Tia Zorina
Released: 1969-07-24

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Henry V

as Mistress Quickly
Released: 1944-11-24

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Greyfriars Bobby

as Caretaker
Released: 1961-07-17

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A Canterbury Tale

as Prudence Honeywood
Released: 1944-08-21

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as Letitia Witley
Released: 1965-10-26

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The Third Secret

as Mrs Bales
Released: 1964-02-02

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Bhowani Junction

as The Sandani
Released: 1956-05-01

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The Shadow of the Cat

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

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A Tale of Two Cities

as Vengeance
Released: 1958-02-07

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The Good Die Young

as Mrs. Freeman
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as Greta (archive footage)
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as Mrs. Pervis
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The Last Man to Hang

as Mrs. Tucker
Released: 1956-08-01

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West 11

as Mrs. Hartley
Released: 1963-10-08

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Flesh and Blood

as Mrs. Hannah
Released: 1951-03-06

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No Room at the Inn

as Mrs. Voray
Released: 1948-11-22

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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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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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Women of Twilight

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

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The Flesh Is Weak

as Trixie
Released: 1957-08-06

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as Mrs Hitchcock
Released: 1961-10-24

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as Ma Smith
Released: 1951-12-18

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She Fell Among Thieves

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Released: 1978-03-01

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Attempt to Kill

as Mrs. Weyman
Released: 1961-08-01

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Boy With a Flute

as Anne Winters
Released: 1964-01-01

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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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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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