Jane Freeman

Biography

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

Filmografi

Marriage1981 · Aunt ArinaLast of the Summer Wine: Getting Sam Home1983 · IvyLast of the Summer Wine: Big Day at Dream Acres1987 · IvyLast of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride1986 · IvyA Taste of Honey1984 · HelenThe Fishing Party1972 · AudreyDark Water1980 · Manager's wifeAll Day on the Sands1979 · Scrubbers1982 · SisterGhost in the Water1982 · Mrs. WillettsLove on a Gunboat1977 · Knitting ladyAndrocles and the Lion1984 · MegaeraScully's New Year's Eve1978 · Mrs ScullyThrough the Night1975 · Martha PaisleyLindsey1980 · Mrs. Allen