Jane Freeman

Born: 1935-03-15

Freeman was born in Brentford, London, in 1935 but raised in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, as a child, following the death of her father in an accident when she was 9 years old and her mother's subsequent remarriage. She graduated from the City Cardiff College of Music and Drama in 1955, and after a stay in London joined the Osiris Repertory Theatre touring company, based in Gloucestershire. She joined the Arena Theatre, Sutton Coldfield, in 1958, followed by Birmingham Rep from 1968 and 1973. Her stage appearances include Margaret More in the Welsh Theatre Company's first production, A Man for All Seasons, at Cardiff's New Theatre in 1962. She was best known for her role as café owner Ivy, one of the main characters in the long-running British TV comedy Last of the Summer Wine. Freeman died in March 2017 at the age of 81 from lung cancer. Her age was often incorrectly reported as being 96 at the time of her death, but official birth records prove that she was born in 1935


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Scrubbers

as Sister
Released: 1982-09-24

Inmates fight, pair off, try suicide and attempt escape at a British reform school for girls.

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Love on a Gunboat

as Knitting lady
Released: 1977-01-04

In 1956 Britain staggers through crises in Suez and Cyprus while Leslie Potter pursues and...

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The Fishing Party

as Audrey
Released: 1972-06-01

Three miners plan a weekend fishing.

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Scully's New Year's Eve

as Mrs Scully
Released: 1978-01-03

Scully invites his mates to gatecrash his mum's New Year's Eve party.

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Ghost in the Water

as Mrs. Willetts
Released: 1982-12-31

Judith Allchurch and Ian Stevens star in this drama based on the story by Edward Chitham. When...

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Marriage

as Aunt Arina
Released: 1981-07-10

Councillor Podkolyossin has called on the services of Madame Fyokla, the matchmaker - decision...

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Androcles and the Lion

as Megaera
Released: 1984-06-12

Shaw used the traditional fable of Andocles to focus on the integrity of religious belief....

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Through the Night

as Martha Paisley
Released: 1975-12-02

The play tells the story of Christine Potts, who undergoes an unexpected mastectomy, and...

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Blackadder

as Mrs. Applebottom
First aired: 1983-06-15

Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders...

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Last of the Summer Wine

as Ivy
First aired: 1973-01-04

Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never...

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Last of the Summer Wine

as Herself
First aired: 1973-01-04

Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never...

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Within These Walls

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-01-04

Within These Walls is a British television drama programme made by London Weekend Television for...

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