
Acting · 90 years old
Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
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.

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
Miss Hardaker

The Crown
Vita Sackville-West

Jeeves and Wooster
Miss Mapleton

Cruella
Society Maven

Doctor Who
Miss Hardaker

Father Brown
Vera Thimble

The New Pope
Lady Brannox

Doctor Who
Mrs Pitt

As Time Goes By
Mrs. Bale

National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well
The Widow

Doomwatch: Winter Angel
Julie

The Worst Witch
Mistress Hecketty Broomhead

The Singing Detective
Schoolteacher

Wolf Hall
Lady Margaret Pole

EverAfter
Celeste

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Alice

Bernard and the Genie
Miss Purse

Lovejoy
Miss Frobisher

The Basil Brush Show
Aunt Quartermass

The Moonstone
Mrs. Yolland