Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

63

Gender

Female

Birthday

1935-08-16 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK

Also Known As

Janet Henfrey

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.

Known For

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Cruella

Cruella

Bernard and the Genie

Bernard and the Genie

National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well

National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

EverAfter

EverAfter

Doomwatch: Winter Angel

Doomwatch: Winter Angel

Acting

Foreign Body

1986

Foreign Body

as

Landlady

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

1989

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

as

Alice

Swept from the Sea

1998

Swept from the Sea

as

The Weather in the Streets

1983

The Weather in the Streets

as

Lady Blanche

The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz

2000

The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz

as

Janice Waily

Chocky

1984

Chocky

as

Cranky Woman

The Moonstone

1996

The Moonstone

as

Mrs. Yolland

The Count of Solar

1992

The Count of Solar

as

Mlle Debierre

Cruella

2021

Cruella

as

Society Maven

Persuasion

2022

Persuasion

as

Viscountess Lady Dalrymple

Dual Balls

1997

Dual Balls

as

It's All Happening

1963

It's All Happening

as

April

Unfair Exchanges

1985

Unfair Exchanges

as

Teacher

The Treasure Seekers

1996

The Treasure Seekers

as

Governess

London Road

2015

London Road

as

Ivy

Fanny Hill

1983

Fanny Hill

as

Lady in Intellegence Office (uncredited

Bernard and the Genie

1991

Bernard and the Genie

as

Miss Purse

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

2016

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

as

Dowager

The Fool

1990

The Fool

as

Deadly Obsession

1992

Deadly Obsession

as

Kathleen 'Kay' Calhaem

Jilting Joe

1998

Jilting Joe

as

Miss Doughty

National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well

2009

National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well

as

The Widow

The Man Who Knew Too Little

1997

The Man Who Knew Too Little

as

Ms. Goldstein

Fairytale of London Town

2010

Fairytale of London Town

as

Elsie Grindell

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

1989

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

as

Miss Hardaker

Dragonworld

1994

Dragonworld

as

Miss Twittingham

Metamorphosis

2012

Metamorphosis

as

EverAfter

1998

EverAfter

as

Celeste

Bridget Jones's Baby

2016

Bridget Jones's Baby

as

Mavis Enderbury

Stand Up, Nigel Barton

1965

Stand Up, Nigel Barton

as

Miss Tillings

She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas

1984

She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas

as

Lucy

Blow Dry

2001

Blow Dry

as

Aerobics Teacher

Mrs. Dalloway

1997

Mrs. Dalloway

as

Miss Pym

Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor

2019

Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor

as

The Adjudicator

The Tamarind Seed

1974

The Tamarind Seed

as

Embassy Section Head

Doomwatch: Winter Angel

1999

Doomwatch: Winter Angel

as

Julie

The Omen

2006

The Omen

as

Mrs. Horton

A Pin for the Butterfly

1995

A Pin for the Butterfly

as

Mrs. Veverka

Dirty Little Rascals

2018

Dirty Little Rascals

as

Nan

Jeeves and Wooster

Jeeves and Wooster

as

Miss Mapleton

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as

Miss Hardaker

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

as

Lovejoy

Lovejoy

as

Miss Frobisher

The Worst Witch

The Worst Witch

as

Mistress Hecketty Broomhead

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

as

Martin Chuzzlewit

Martin Chuzzlewit

as

Young Charlie Chaplin

Young Charlie Chaplin

as

Sister Mills

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as

Mrs Pitt

Father Brown

Father Brown

as

Vera Thimble

My Uncle Silas

My Uncle Silas

as

Aunt Tibby

The Crown

The Crown

as

Vita Sackville-West

The Upper Hand

The Upper Hand

as

Dorothy Cooper

Attila

Attila

as

Palcharia

Tales of the Tardis

Tales of the Tardis

as

Miss Hardaker

Tipping the Velvet

Tipping the Velvet

as

Mrs. Jex

As Time Goes By

As Time Goes By

as

Mrs. Bale

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

as

Martha

The New Pope

The New Pope

as

Lady Brannox

Wolf Hall

Wolf Hall

as

Lady Margaret Pole

Reilly: Ace of Spies

Reilly: Ace of Spies

as

Receptionist

The Jazz Age

The Jazz Age

as

Frau Tonn

The Singing Detective

The Singing Detective

as

Schoolteacher

Churchill's People

Churchill's People

as

Charlotte

Production

Crew

Directing