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Jane Freeman

Jane Freeman

Actor · 1935 – 2017 · Brentford, London, England, UK

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

Movies13

  • Movie8.0
  • Movie
  • Movie
  • Movie
  • Movie5.0

    Dark Water

    1980 · 1 votes

  • Movie9.0
  • Movie
  • Movie7.0

    All Day on the Sands

    1979 · 2 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie6.7

    Ghost in the Water

    1982 · 3 votes

  • Movie5.2

    Scrubbers

    1982 · 25 votes

  • Movie8.5

    The Fishing Party

    1972 · 2 votes

  • Movie

Series9

  • TV7.2

    Last of the Summer Wine

    1973 · 41 votes

  • TV7.0

    Playhouse

    1974 · 1 votes

  • TV7.0

    ITV Playhouse

    1967 · 3 votes

  • TV8.0

    Blackadder

    1983 · 580 votes

  • TV
  • TV
  • TV
  • TV

    Hannah

    1980

  • TV