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Janet Henfrey

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Biography

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.

Notable films

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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Dragonworld

As Miss Twittingham

Bernard and the Genie

As Miss Purse

The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz

As Janice Waily

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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The Neat Lawn Hides the Ear

A chain of films where the picket fence, the drawing room and the operating theatre keep their surfaces immaculate while something unspeakable breathes undernea...

7 films

Rewinding the Reel: How VHS Championed British Independents

From Thatcher's Britain to the video shop era, discover how VHS gave gritty, daring British films a second life and a devoted audience.

9 films

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