Freda Jackson

Freda Jackson
Freda Jackson in The Brides of Dracula
Born	(1907-12-29)29 December 1907 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Died	20 December 1990(1990-12-20) (aged 82) Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Years active	1938–1981
Spouse(s)	Henry Bird (1937-1990) (her death) 1 child

Freda Maud Jackson (29 December 1907 – 20 October 1990) was an English stage actress who also worked in film and TV.

Born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, 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, and in 1952 played a similar role (both on stage and screen) in Women of Twilight. 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, Northamptonshire, 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.^[1]

Partial filmography

• A Canterbury Tale (1944)
• Henry V (1944)
• Beware of Pity (1946)
• Great Expectations (1946)
• No Room at the Inn (1948)
• Women of Twilight (1952)
• Mr. Denning Drives North (1952)
• The Good Die Young (1954)
• The Crowded Day (1954)
• Bhowani Junction (1956)
• The Last Man to Hang? (1956)
• The Flesh Is Weak (1957)
• The Brides of Dracula (1960)
• Shadow of the Cat (1961)
• Greyfriars Bobby (1961)
• Tom Jones (1963)
• West 11 (1963)
• The Third Secret (1964)
• Die, Monster, Die! (1965)
• The Jokers (1967)
• The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
• Clash of the Titans (1981)

References

External links

• Freda Jackson at the Internet Movie Database
• Freda Jackson at the Internet Broadway Database
• Freda Jackson at Find a Grave