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Jane Freeman

Actor
Born March 15, 1935Died March 9, 2017 (81 years)
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
Known For
  • Last of the Summer Wine

Filmography

1985
Silas Marner · as Mrs. Kimble
1983
1982
Blackadder (TV Series) · as Mrs. Applebottom
1982
Ghost in the Water · as Mrs. Willetts
1982
Scrubbers · as Sister
1979
Prince Regent (TV Series) · as Lady De Clifford
1979
1974
Within These Walls (TV Series)
1973
Playhouse (TV Series) · as Aunt Arina
1973
Last of the Summer Wine (TV Series) · as Ivy
1972
The Fishing Party · as Audrey
1970
Play for Today (TV Series) · as Audrey
1967
ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mrs. Allen
1964
Crossroads (1964) (TV Series) · as Emily Burrell
1961
Comedy Playhouse (TV Series) · as Ivy
1955
This is Your Life (UK) (TV Series) · as Filmed Tribute

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