Jane Freeman Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Jane Freeman

Jane Freeman

Acting

Biography

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

Filmography Movies

Acting

Androcles and the Lion movie poster
MOVIE

Androcles and the Lion

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Androcles and the Lion
Megaera
Ghost in the Water movie poster
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Ghost in the Water

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Ghost in the Water
Mrs. Willetts
Dark WaterMOVIE
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Dark Water

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Dark Water
Manager's wife
The Fishing Party movie poster
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The Fishing Party

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The Fishing Party
Audrey
LindseyMOVIE
MOVIE

Lindsey

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Lindsey
Mrs. Allen
All Day on the Sands movie poster
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All Day on the Sands

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All Day on the Sands
Scrubbers movie poster
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Scrubbers

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Scrubbers
Sister
Scully's New Year's Eve movie poster
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Scully's New Year's Eve

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Scully's New Year's Eve
Mrs Scully
Love on a Gunboat movie poster
MOVIE

Love on a Gunboat

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Love on a Gunboat
Knitting lady
Through the Night movie poster
MOVIE

Through the Night

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Through the Night
Martha Paisley

Gallery

Jane Freeman portrait