Jane Freeman

Jane Freeman

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

  • Title: Jane Freeman
  • Popularity: 2.709
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1935-03-15
  • Place of Birth: Brentford, London, England, UK
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Jane Freeman Movies

  • 1984
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    Androcles and the Lion

    Androcles and the Lion

    1 1984 HD

    Shaw used the traditional fable of Andocles to focus on the integrity of religious belief. Androcles, a christian fleeing persecution in Rome, is...

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  • 1982
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    Ghost in the Water

    Ghost in the Water

    6.5 1982 HD

    Judith Allchurch and Ian Stevens star in this drama based on the story by Edward Chitham. When young historians Teresa (Allchurch) and David...

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  • 1980
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    Dark Water

    Dark Water

    5 1980 HD

    In order to enjoy a romantic private swim together, Jo and Eddie hide when their local swimming pool is closing for the evening. But unknown to them,...

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  • 1972
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    The Fishing Party

    The Fishing Party

    10 1972 HD

    Three miners plan a weekend fishing.

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  • 1980
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    Lindsey

    Lindsey

    1 1980 HD

    Mary and Barry Case's second child, Lindsey, has spina bifida. They must decide whether to allow an operation which would save her life but leave her...

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  • 1979
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    All Day on the Sands

    All Day on the Sands

    1 1979 HD

    Mr and Mrs Cooper are staying at a boarding-house in the seaside resort of Morecambe with their small children, Colin and Jennifer. Mr Cooper has...

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  • 1982
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    Scrubbers

    Scrubbers

    5.2 1982 HD

    Inmates fight, pair off, try suicide and attempt escape at a British reform school for girls.

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  • 1978
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    Scully's New Year's Eve

    Scully's New Year's Eve

    8 1978 HD

    Scully invites his mates to gatecrash his mum's New Year's Eve party.

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  • 1977
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    Love on a Gunboat

    Love on a Gunboat

    1 1977 HD

    In 1956 Britain staggers through crises in Suez and Cyprus while Leslie Potter pursues and marries Monica Dobbs. Twenty years later the nation has...

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  • 1975
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    Through the Night

    Through the Night

    1 1975 HD

    The play tells the story of Christine Potts, who undergoes an unexpected mastectomy, and struggles to cope with the aftermath and the deficiencies of...

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  • 1981
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    Marriage

    Marriage

    1 1981 HD

    Councillor Podkolyossin has called on the services of Madame Fyokla, the matchmaker - decision he is already beginning to regret. Against his better...

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  • 1973
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    Last of the Summer Wine

    Last of the Summer Wine

    7.1 1973 HD

    Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire...

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  • 1974
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    Within These Walls

    Within These Walls

    5.3 1974 HD

    Within These Walls is a British television drama programme made by London Weekend Television for ITV and shown between 1974 and 1978. It portrayed...

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  • 1983
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    Blackadder

    Blackadder

    7.976 1983 HD

    Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle...

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  • 1973
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    Last of the Summer Wine

    Last of the Summer Wine

    7.1 1973 HD

    Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire...

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