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Freda Jackson
Actor

Freda Jackson

29 Dec 1909Born
10 Oct 1990Died
80Age at death
38Credits

Biography

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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.

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She "was reputed to have had a relationship" with Errol Flynn while both were at the Northampton Repertory Theatre.

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Known for

Filmography

  1. 1991Dracula: A Cinematic ScrapbookFilm: Greta (archive footage)
  2. 1981Clash of the TitansFilm: A Stygian Witch
  3. 1979The Old Curiosity ShopSeries: Mrs Jiniwin (3 episodes)
  4. 1978She Fell Among ThievesFilm: Lafone
  5. 1978Blake's 7Series: Tara (1 episode)
  6. 1977BBC2 Play of the WeekSeries: Lafone (1 episode)
  7. 1969The Valley of GwangiFilm: Tia Zorina - the Witch
  8. 1967The JokersFilm: Mrs. Pervis
  9. 1966Adam Adamant Lives!Series: Margo Kane (1 episode)
  10. 1966The SpiesSeries: Imradda (1 episode)
  11. 1965Die, Monster, Die!Film: Letitia Witley
  12. 1965Knock on Any DoorSeries: Mrs. Fieldwalker (1 episode)
  13. 1964The Third SecretFilm: Mrs Bales
  14. 1964Boy With a FluteFilm: Anne Winters
  15. 1963West 11Film: Mrs. Hartley
  16. 1963Tom JonesFilm: Mrs. Seagrim
  17. 1961Serjeant Musgrave's DanceFilm: Mrs Hitchcock
  18. 1961Attempt to KillFilm: Mrs. Weyman
  19. 1961Greyfriars BobbyFilm: Caretaker
  20. 1961The Shadow of the CatFilm: Clara, the Maid
  21. 1960MaigretSeries: Rose Alfonsi (1 episode)
  22. 1960The Brides of DraculaFilm: Greta
  23. 1960Twentieth Century Theatre: ColombeFilm: Madame Georges
  24. 1958A Tale of Two CitiesFilm: Vengeance
  25. 1957The Flesh Is WeakFilm: Trixie
  26. 1956The Last Man to HangFilm: Mrs. Tucker
  27. 1956Armchair TheatreSeries: Mrs. Daphne Ridley (1 episode)
  28. 1956Bhowani JunctionFilm: The Sandani
  29. 1954The Crowded DayFilm: Mrs. Morgan
  30. 1954The Good Die YoungFilm: Mrs. Freeman
  31. 1953Women of TwilightFilm: Mrs. Helen 'Nelly' Alistair
  32. 1951Mr. Denning Drives NorthFilm: Ma Smith
  33. 1951Flesh and BloodFilm: Mrs. Hannah
  34. 1948No Room at the InnFilm: Mrs. Voray
  35. 1946Great ExpectationsFilm: Mrs. Joe
  36. 1946Beware of PityFilm: Gypsy
  37. 1944Henry VFilm: Mistress Quickly
  38. 1944A Canterbury TaleFilm: Prudence Honeywood

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