Janet Ethne Anne Henfrey[1] (born 16 August 1935) is a British stage and television actress whose career has spanned over 50 years.
A familiar face on stage and screen since the 1960s starring in a variety of British Television favourites.
[2] Other TV credits include: Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (1985); As Time Goes By, The Jewel in the Crown; Reilly, Ace of Spies; Doctor Who (in the serial The Curse of Fenric and the episode "Mummy on the Orient Express"); Jeeves and Wooster; Casualty; Lovejoy; One Foot in the Grave; My Uncle Silas and Simon and the Witch.
She appeared in the 2002 adaptation of the British miniseries Tipping The Velvet playing the character Mrs Jex, based on the novel by Sarah Waters.
She is a member of the Labour Party and a trustee of the International Performers Aid Trust.