Freda Jackson
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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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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 6.19 |
Birthday | 1909-12-29 |
Place of Birth | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK |
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1981
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6.9/770
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A Tale of Two Cities
6.6/17
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5.9/216
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1960
The Brides of Dracula
6.7/231
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1961
The Shadow of the Cat
6.8/32
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1965
Die, Monster, Die!
5.6/62
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1969
The Valley of Gwangi
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1946
Great Expectations
7.3/337
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The Good Die Young
6.4/33
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The Jokers
6/16
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Beware of Pity
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Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
10/1
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5.3/6
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The Crowded Day
5.4/8
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She Fell Among Thieves
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1944
A Canterbury Tale
6.9/113
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No Room at the Inn
7/1
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Henry V
6.6/114
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1951
Flesh and Blood
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Flesh and Blood
1964
Boy With a Flute
10/1
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1956
The Last Man to Hang
5.2/5
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1963
West 11
6.7/10
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1951
Mr. Denning Drives North
6/8
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1964
The Third Secret
6.1/26
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1957
The Flesh Is Weak
5.8/5
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1961
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