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Freda Jackson

Freda Jackson

Born: 1909-12-29 • Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

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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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Filmography
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook poster
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 • Greta (archive footage)
Clash of the Titans poster
Clash of the Titans
1981 • A Stygian Witch
She Fell Among Thieves poster
She Fell Among Thieves
1978 • Lafone
The Valley of Gwangi poster
The Valley of Gwangi
1969 • Tia Zorina
The Jokers poster
The Jokers
1967 • Mrs. Pervis
Die, Monster, Die! poster
Die, Monster, Die!
1965 • Letitia Witley
The Third Secret poster
The Third Secret
1964 • Mrs Bales
Boy With a Flute poster
Boy With a Flute
1964 • Anne Winters
West 11 poster
West 11
1963 • Mrs. Hartley
Tom Jones poster
Tom Jones
1963 • Mrs. Seagrim
Serjeant Musgrave's Dance poster
Serjeant Musgrave's Dance
1961 • Mrs Hitchcock
Attempt to Kill poster
Attempt to Kill
1961 • Mrs. Weyman
Greyfriars Bobby poster
Greyfriars Bobby
1961 • Caretaker
The Shadow of the Cat poster
The Shadow of the Cat
1961 • Clara, the Maid
The Brides of Dracula poster
The Brides of Dracula
1960 • Greta
Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe poster
Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe
1960 • Madame Georges
A Tale of Two Cities poster
A Tale of Two Cities
1958 • Vengeance
The Flesh Is Weak poster
The Flesh Is Weak
1957 • Trixie
The Last Man to Hang poster
The Last Man to Hang
1956 • Mrs. Tucker
Bhowani Junction poster
Bhowani Junction
1956 • The Sandani
The Crowded Day poster
The Crowded Day
1954 • Mrs. Morgan
The Good Die Young poster
The Good Die Young
1954 • Mrs. Freeman
Women of Twilight poster
Women of Twilight
1953 • Mrs. Helen 'Nelly' Alistair
Mr. Denning Drives North poster
Mr. Denning Drives North
1951 • Ma Smith
Flesh and Blood poster
Flesh and Blood
1951 • Mrs. Hannah
No Room at the Inn poster
No Room at the Inn
1948 • Mrs. Voray
Great Expectations poster
Great Expectations
1946 • Mrs. Joe
Beware of Pity poster
Beware of Pity
1946 • Gypsy
Henry V poster
Henry V
1944 • Mistress Quickly
A Canterbury Tale poster
A Canterbury Tale
1944 • Prudence Honeywood