Janet Henfrey

Biography

Janet E. A. Henfrey (born 16 August 1935) is a British stage and television actress. She is best known for playing Mrs. Bale on As Time Goes By, which is still rerun in the United States on PBS stations, and for her role as the schoolteacher in the BBC Dennis Potter serial The Singing Detective.

Known For

Cruella

as Society Maven

Doctor Who

as Mrs Pitt

Bridget Jones's Baby

as Mavis Enderbury

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

as Dowager

The Crown

as Vita Sackville-West

EverAfter

as Celeste

The Omen

as Mrs. Horton

Doctor Who

as Miss Hardaker

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

as Alice

Persuasion

as Viscountess Lady Dalrymple