Freda Jackson

Biography

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.

Known For

Blake's 7

Maigret

BBC2 Play of the Week

Clash of the Titans

The World of Hammer

Great Expectations

The Old Curiosity Shop

The Valley of Gwangi

All Movies (30)

• Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook1991 · as Greta (archive footage)
• Clash of the Titans1981 · as A Stygian Witch
• She Fell Among Thieves1978 · as Lafone
• The Valley of Gwangi1969 · as Tia Zorina
• The Jokers1967 · as Mrs. Pervis
• Die, Monster, Die!1965 · as Letitia Witley
• The Third Secret1964 · as Mrs Bales
• Boy With a Flute1964 · as Anne Winters
• West 111963 · as Mrs. Hartley
• Tom Jones1963 · as Mrs. Seagrim
• Serjeant Musgrave's Dance1961 · as Mrs Hitchcock
• Attempt to Kill1961 · as Mrs. Weyman
• Greyfriars Bobby1961 · as Caretaker
• The Shadow of the Cat1961 · as Clara, the Maid
• The Brides of Dracula1960 · as Greta
• Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe1960 · as Madame Georges
• A Tale of Two Cities1958 · as Vengeance
• The Flesh Is Weak1957 · as Trixie
• The Last Man to Hang1956 · as Mrs. Tucker
• Bhowani Junction1956 · as The Sandani
• The Crowded Day1954 · as Mrs. Morgan
• The Good Die Young1954 · as Mrs. Freeman
• Women of Twilight1953 · as Mrs. Helen 'Nelly' Alistair
• Mr. Denning Drives North1951 · as Ma Smith
• Flesh and Blood1951 · as Mrs. Hannah
• No Room at the Inn1948 · as Mrs. Voray
• Great Expectations1946 · as Mrs. Joe
• Beware of Pity1946 · as Gypsy
• Henry V1944 · as Mistress Quickly
• A Canterbury Tale1944 · as Prudence Honeywood

All TV Shows (7)

• The World of Hammer1994 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Old Curiosity Shop1979 · as Mrs Jiniwin
• Blake's 71978 · as Tara
• BBC2 Play of the Week1977 · as Lafone
• The Spies1966 · as Imradda
• Maigret1960 · as Rose Alfonsi
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Mrs. Daphne Ridley