Freda Jackson
Born: 1909-12-29 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Died: 1990-10-10
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1994
- The World of Hammer as Self (archive footage)
1991
- Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Greta (archive footage)
1981
- Clash of the Titans as A Stygian Witch
1979
- The Old Curiosity Shop as Mrs Jiniwin
1978
- Blake's 7 as Tara
- She Fell Among Thieves as Lafone
1977
- BBC2 Play of the Week as Lafone
1969
- The Valley of Gwangi as Tia Zorina
1967
- The Jokers as Mrs. Pervis
1966
- The Spies as Imradda
1965
- Die, Monster, Die! as Letitia Witley
1964
- The Third Secret as Mrs Bales
- Boy With a Flute as Anne Winters
1961
- Greyfriars Bobby as Caretaker
- The Shadow of the Cat as Clara, the Maid
- Serjeant Musgrave's Dance as Mrs Hitchcock
- Attempt to Kill as Mrs. Weyman
1960
- Maigret as Rose Alfonsi
- The Brides of Dracula as Greta
- Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe as Madame Georges
1958
- A Tale of Two Cities as Vengeance
1957
- The Flesh Is Weak as Trixie
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Mrs. Daphne Ridley
- Bhowani Junction as The Sandani
- The Last Man to Hang as Mrs. Tucker
1954
- The Good Die Young as Mrs. Freeman
- The Crowded Day as Mrs. Morgan
1953
- Women of Twilight as Mrs. Helen 'Nelly' Alistair
1951
- Mr. Denning Drives North as Ma Smith
- Flesh and Blood as Mrs. Hannah
1948
- No Room at the Inn as Mrs. Voray
1946
- Great Expectations as Mrs. Joe
- Beware of Pity as Gypsy
1944
- Henry V as Mistress Quickly
- A Canterbury Tale as Prudence Honeywood