Portrait of Freda Jackson

Freda Jackson

Acting

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Freda Jackson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: December 29, 1909

Place of Birth: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Filmography

1994
The World of Hammer

as Self (archive footage)

1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Greta (archive footage)

1981
Clash of the Titans

as A Stygian Witch

1979
1978
Blake's 7

as Tara

1969
1967
The Jokers

as Mrs. Pervis

1965
Die, Monster, Die!

as Letitia Witley

1964
The Third Secret

as Mrs Bales

1964
Boy With a Flute

as Anne Winters

1963
West 11

as Mrs. Hartley

1963
Tom Jones

as Mrs. Seagrim

1961
1961
Attempt to Kill

as Mrs. Weyman

1961
Greyfriars Bobby

as Caretaker

1961
The Shadow of the Cat

as Clara, the Maid

1960
Maigret

as Rose Alfonsi

1958
1957
1956
The Last Man to Hang

as Mrs. Tucker

1956
Bhowani Junction

as The Sandani

1954
The Crowded Day

as Mrs. Morgan

1954
The Good Die Young

as Mrs. Freeman

1953
Women of Twilight

as Mrs. Helen 'Nelly' Alistair

1951
Flesh and Blood

as Mrs. Hannah

1948
No Room at the Inn

as Mrs. Voray

1946
1946
1944
Henry V

as Mistress Quickly

1944
A Canterbury Tale

as Prudence Honeywood