Jane Freeman

Birthday: 1935-03-15
Deathday: 2017-03-09
Birthplace: Brentford, London, England, UK
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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

Credits

Year Title Character
1984-06-12 Androcles and the Lion Megaera
1982-12-31 Ghost in the Water Mrs. Willetts
1982-09-24 Scrubbers Sister
1981-07-10 Marriage Aunt Arina
1980-07-22 Lindsey Mrs. Allen
1980-01-01 Dark Water Manager's wife
1979-02-24 All Day on the Sands
1978-01-03 Scully's New Year's Eve Mrs Scully
1977-01-04 Love on a Gunboat Knitting lady
1975-12-02 Through the Night Martha Paisley
1972-06-01 The Fishing Party Audrey