Acting · Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK · Born August 16, 1935
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.
TVTales of the Tardis
2023
as Miss Hardaker
MoviePersuasion
2022
as Viscountess Lady Dalrymple
MovieCruella
2021
as Society Maven
TVThe New Pope
2020
as Lady Brannox
MovieSil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
2019
as The Adjudicator
TVSil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
2019
as The Adjudicator
MovieDirty Little Rascals
2018
as Nan
TVThe Crown
2016
as Vita Sackville-West
MovieBridget Jones's Baby
2016
as Mavis Enderbury
MoviePride and Prejudice and Zombies
2016
as Dowager
MovieLondon Road
2015
as Ivy
TVWolf Hall
2015
as Lady Margaret Pole
TVFather Brown
2013
as Vera Thimble
MovieMetamorphosis
2012
Fairytale of London Town
2010
as Elsie Grindell
MovieNational Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well
2009
as The Widow
MovieThe Omen
2006
as Mrs. Horton
TVDoctor Who
2005
as Mrs Pitt
TVTipping the Velvet
2002
as Mrs. Jex
TVThe Basil Brush Show
2002
as Aunt Quartermass
TVMy Uncle Silas
2001
as Aunt Tibby
MovieBlow Dry
2001
as Aerobics Teacher
TVAttila
2001
as Palcharia
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
MovieThe Nine Lives of Tomas Katz
2000
as Janice Waily
MovieDoomwatch: Winter Angel
1999
as Julie
TVThe Worst Witch
1998
as Mistress Hecketty Broomhead
Jilting Joe
1998
as Miss Doughty
MovieEverAfter
1998
as Celeste
MovieSwept from the Sea
1998
MovieThe Man Who Knew Too Little
1997
as Ms. Goldstein
MovieMrs. Dalloway
1997
as Miss Pym
Dual Balls
1997
MovieThe Moonstone
1996
as Mrs. Yolland
MovieThe Treasure Seekers
1996
as Governess
MovieA Pin for the Butterfly
1995
as Mrs. Veverka
MovieDragonworld
1994
as Miss Twittingham
MovieDeadly Obsession
1992
as Kathleen 'Kay' Calhaem
MovieThe Count of Solar
1992
as Mlle Debierre
TVAs Time Goes By
1992
as Mrs. Bale
MovieBernard and the Genie
1991
as Miss Purse
TVIn Suspicious Circumstances
1991
as Hester
The Fool
1990
TVThe Upper Hand
1990
as Dorothy Cooper
TVJeeves and Wooster
1990
as Miss Mapleton
MovieDoctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
1989
as Miss Hardaker
MovieThe Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989
as Alice
TVYoung Charlie Chaplin
1989
as Sister Mills
TVThe Singing Detective
1986
as Schoolteacher
MovieForeign Body
1986
as Landlady
TVLovejoy
1986
as Miss Frobisher
TVOliver Twist
1985
MovieUnfair Exchanges
1985
as Teacher
TVScreen Two
1985
as Teacher
MovieChocky
1984
as Cranky Woman
MovieShe'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas
1984
as Lucy
MovieThe Weather in the Streets
1983
as Lady Blanche
TVReilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Receptionist
MovieFanny Hill
1983
as Lady in Intellegence Office (uncredited
TVChurchill's People
1974
as Charlotte
MovieThe Tamarind Seed
1974
as Embassy Section Head
TVWessex Tales
1973
as Mary
The Jazz Age
1968
as Frau Tonn
MovieStand Up, Nigel Barton
1965
as Miss Tillings
TVMartin Chuzzlewit
1964
TVDoctor Who
1963
as Miss Hardaker
MovieIt's All Happening
1963
as April
