Janet Henfrey

Acting

Janet Henfrey

Born August 16, 1935Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK66 credits

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

Tales of the Tardis
2023Tales of the Tardis
as Miss HardakerTV
Persuasion
2022Persuasion
as Viscountess Lady DalrympleMovie
Cruella
2021Cruella
as Society MavenMovie
The New Pope
2020The New Pope
as Lady BrannoxTV
The Crown
2016The Crown
as Vita Sackville-WestTV
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016Bridget Jones's Baby
as Mavis EnderburyMovie
London Road
2015London Road
as IvyMovie
Wolf Hall
2015Wolf Hall
as Lady Margaret PoleTV
Father Brown
2013Father Brown
as Vera ThimbleTV
F
2010Fairytale of London Town
as Elsie GrindellMovie
The Omen
2006The Omen
as Mrs. HortonMovie
Doctor Who
2005Doctor Who
as Mrs PittTV
The Basil Brush Show
2002The Basil Brush Show
as Aunt QuartermassTV
My Uncle Silas
2001My Uncle Silas
as Aunt TibbyTV
Blow Dry
2001Blow Dry
as Aerobics TeacherMovie
Attila
2001Attila
as PalchariaTV
The Worst Witch
1998The Worst Witch
as Mistress Hecketty BroomheadTV
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1998Jilting Joe
as Miss DoughtyMovie
EverAfter
1998EverAfter
as CelesteMovie
The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997The Man Who Knew Too Little
as Ms. GoldsteinMovie
Mrs. Dalloway
1997Mrs. Dalloway
as Miss PymMovie
The Moonstone
1996The Moonstone
as Mrs. YollandMovie
The Treasure Seekers
1996The Treasure Seekers
as GovernessMovie
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1995A Pin for the Butterfly
as Mrs. VeverkaMovie
Dragonworld
1994Dragonworld
as Miss TwittinghamMovie
Deadly Obsession
1992Deadly Obsession
as Kathleen 'Kay' CalhaemMovie
The Count of Solar
1992The Count of Solar
as Mlle DebierreMovie
As Time Goes By
1992As Time Goes By
as Mrs. BaleTV
Bernard and the Genie
1991Bernard and the Genie
as Miss PurseMovie
The Upper Hand
1990The Upper Hand
as Dorothy CooperTV
Jeeves and Wooster
1990Jeeves and Wooster
as Miss MapletonTV
Young Charlie Chaplin
1989Young Charlie Chaplin
as Sister MillsTV
The Singing Detective
1986The Singing Detective
as SchoolteacherTV
Foreign Body
1986Foreign Body
as LandladyMovie
Lovejoy
1986Lovejoy
as Miss FrobisherTV
Unfair Exchanges
1985Unfair Exchanges
as TeacherMovie
Screen Two
1985Screen Two
as TeacherTV
Chocky
1984Chocky
as Cranky WomanMovie
The Weather in the Streets
1983The Weather in the Streets
as Lady BlancheMovie
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983Reilly: Ace of Spies
as ReceptionistTV
Fanny Hill
1983Fanny Hill
as Lady in Intellegence Office (uncreditedMovie
The Tamarind Seed
1974The Tamarind Seed
as Embassy Section HeadMovie
T
1968The Jazz Age
as Frau TonnTV
Stand Up, Nigel Barton
1965Stand Up, Nigel Barton
as Miss TillingsMovie
Doctor Who
1963Doctor Who
as Miss HardakerTV