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Known For
Acting
Born
1909-12-29
Place of Birth
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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.
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Known For
Acting History
1994
The World of Hammer as Self (archive footage)
1991Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Greta (archive footage)
1981Clash of the Titans as A Stygian Witch
1979The Old Curiosity Shop as Mrs Jiniwin
1978She Fell Among Thieves as Lafone
1978Blake's 7 as Tara
1977BBC2 Play of the Week as Lafone
1969The Valley of Gwangi as Tia Zorina
1967The Jokers as Mrs. Pervis
1966The Spies as Imradda
1965Die, Monster, Die! as Letitia Witley
1964The Third Secret as Mrs Bales
1964Boy With a Flute as Anne Winters
1963West 11 as Mrs. Hartley
1963Tom Jones as Mrs. Seagrim
1961Serjeant Musgrave's Dance as Mrs Hitchcock
1961Attempt to Kill as Mrs. Weyman
1961Greyfriars Bobby as Caretaker
1961The Shadow of the Cat as Clara, the Maid
1960Maigret as Rose Alfonsi
1960The Brides of Dracula as Greta
1960Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe as Madame Georges
1958A Tale of Two Cities as Vengeance
1957The Flesh Is Weak as Trixie
1956The Last Man to Hang as Mrs. Tucker
1956Bhowani Junction as The Sandani
1954The Crowded Day as Mrs. Morgan
1954The Good Die Young as Mrs. Freeman
1953Women of Twilight as Mrs. Helen 'Nelly' Alistair
1951Mr. Denning Drives North as Ma Smith
1951Flesh and Blood as Mrs. Hannah
1948No Room at the Inn as Mrs. Voray
1946Great Expectations as Mrs. Joe
1946Beware of Pity as Gypsy
1944Henry V as Mistress Quickly
1944A Canterbury Tale as Prudence Honeywood









