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