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Doreen Mantle (born 22 June 1926)[1][2] is a South African-born British actress, who played Jean Warboys in One Foot in the Grave (1990–2000).[3][4] She has appeared in many British television series since the 1960s, including The Duchess of Duke Street, The Wild House, Sam Saturday, Chalk, Casualty, The Bill, Doctors, Holby City, Lovejoy and Jonathan Creek. She played lollipop lady Queenie in Jam & Jerusalem (2006–09). She appeared in episode 63 of Father Brown in January 2018.[5]

Doreen Mantle
Born	(1926-06-22) 22 June 1926 (age 96) Johannesburg, South Africa[1]
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1964–present
Television	Coronation Street (2010-2011) One Foot in the Grave (1990–2000) The Duchess of Duke Street (1976)

Mantle has worked extensively on the stage in such productions as My Fair Lady, Keep It in the Family, The Seagull and Hamlet. She also toured Britain in Billy Liar in the role of Florence Boothroyd and performed at the National Theatre in The Voysey Inheritance. In 1979, she was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in Death of a Salesman.[6] She has also undertaken radio work for BBC Radio 3 and BBC World Service. Mantle played the long suffering wife of the rabbi in BBC Radio 4's comedy series The Attractive Young Rabbi.[7]

Mantle played Mrs Shaemen in Barbra Streisand's film version of Yentl (1983).[8] From 2010 to 2011, Mantle appeared in Coronation Street as the mother of Colin Fishwick, whose identity was taken by John Stape.[9]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Note
2019	Blind	Mrs Wood	Short
2018	Knock at the Door	Mrs. Harris	Short
2018	Jean	Jean	Short
2017	55 Steps	Eleanor's Mother
2013	Fire Horse	Ada	Short
2012	The Owner	Felicity
2012	Over the Hill?	Mrs Parker
2011	Late Bloomers	Nora
2010	Two Ladies & a Hill	Hillary	Short
2006	Scoop	Joe's Co-Passengers
2005	Antonio's Breakfast	Lady with Rubbish	Short
2004	Suzie Gold	Nana's Friend
1997	So This Is Romance?	Clairvoyant
1996	In Love and War	Emilia
1994	A Man You Don't Meet Every Day	Mrs Norton
1992	The Turn of the Screw	Doreen
1990	Mountains of the Moon	Mrs Speke
1985	Star Quality: Bon Voyage	Mrs Teitelbaum	TV Movie
1984	Home Video
1983	St. Ursula's in Danger	Miss Cowley
1983	Yentl	Mrs Shaemen
1981	The French Lieutenant's Woman	Lady on Train
1979	Secret Orchards	Aunt Bunny	TV Movie
1979	Black Jack	Mrs Carter
1975	All Creatures Great and Small	Mrs Seaton	TV Movie
1972	Frenzy	Woman in Crowd	Uncredited
1967	Privilege	Miss Crawford

Television

Year	Title	Role	Note
2001–2019	Doctors	Mrs Merriam / Winnie Carpenter / Doris Forsyth / Rose
2018	Father Brown	Miss Tibby
2015	Lewis	Joan
2013–2014	The Mimic	Martin's Grandma / Martin's Nan
2011	My Family	Lillian
2010–2011	Coronation Street	Joy Fishwick	10 episodes
2010	Dirk Gently	Ruth Jordan
2010	Jonathan Creek	Mrs Gantry
2009	The Queen	The Queen Mother
2004–2009	Holby City	Simone Mannstein / Sylvia Wheeler
2008	Bonekickers	Mary Cunley
2006–2008	Jam & Jerusalem	Queenie
2007	The Sarah Jane Adventures	Mrs Randall
2007	Holby Blue	Maureen Jessie
2006	Brief Encounters	Frances
2005	Love Soup	Mavis Bledsoe
2005	Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky	Marion Chingford
2005	Hustle	Anne Foster
2004	Doc Martin	Marianne Walker
2004	Shadow Play	Queen Victoria
2003	The Bill	Anne Culshaw
1990–2002	Casualty	Renee Wainwright / Mrs Duffin
1990–2000	One Foot in the Grave	Mrs Warboys	18 episodes
2000	Where the Heart Is	Miriam Stone
1997–1999	The Wild House	Granny
1997	Chalk	Dr. Eleanor Gillespie
1996	Testament: The Bible in Animation	Naomi
1996	Our Friends in the North	Mrs Wilson
1996	The Vet	Edie Davenport
1994	Class Act	Hilda Skoric
1994	Peak Practice	Mary Eastman
1992	Nice Town	Jean Thompson
1992	The Secret Agent	Mrs Waller
1992	Sam Saturday	Rita Sterne
1992	Mr Wakefield's Crusade	Chrissie
1992	Lovejoy	Vera
1991	Stanley and the Women	Lady Bailey
1990	Screen Two	Landlady
1987	Sunday Premiere	Mrs Venables
1987	Screenplay	Mother Monica
1985	Summer Season	Matron
1985	Connie	Miss Greer
1984	Charlie	Maggie
1983	The Home Front	Medora
1980–1981	BBC2 Playhouse	Mrs Orpen / Margaret
1980	The Gentle Touch	Beryl King
1980	Ladykillers	Mrs Wheeler
1980	Pride and Prejudice	Mrs Reynolds
1974–1979	Play for Today	Mary Hunter / Julia Branston / Mother
1979	Mystery!: Malice Aforethought	Hilda
1979	Thomas and Sarah	Mrs Ryder
1978	Secret Army	Mme. Desmarts
1972–1977	Crown Court	Vera Tilley / Mrs Verity Holt-Mattthews
1977	Esther Waters	Mrs Randal
1977	Headmaster	Chairwoman
1977	Eleanor Marx	Frau Marx
1976	The Duchess of Duke Street	Mrs Catchpole
1976	Billy Brand	Edna James
1974	Intimate Strangers	Dorothy
1974	Marked Personal	Mrs Hastings
1973	Vienna 1900	Frau Arbesbacher
1973	The Song of Songs	Frau Czepanek
1969–1973	Special Branch	Miss Mitchell / Mrs Harris
1973	Armchair 30	Miss Fanshaw
1973	Public Eye	Miss Barnwell
1966–1973	Love Story	Mrs Driver / Madge / Mrs Bryant
1972	Kate	Harriet Bates
1972	Six Days of Justice	Probation Officer
1969	Strange Report	Mrs Ogilive
1969	W. Somerset Maugham	Madame Joyce
1967	Uncle Charles	American Wife
1965	BBC Play of the Month	Mrs Fletcher
1964–1965	Emergency-Ward 10	Mrs Cox

References

External links

• Doreen Mantle at IMDb

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