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Doreen Mantle
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Born | |
Died | 9 August 2023 England
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(aged 97)
Alma mater | University of the Witwatersrand |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1964–2023 |
Television | Coronation Street (2010–2011) One Foot in the Grave (1990–2000) The Duchess of Duke Street (1976) |
Spouse(s) |
Graham Smith
(m. 1953, divorced) |
Children | 2 |
Doreen June Mantle (22 June 1926 – 9 August 2023) was a South African-born British actress who played Jean Warboys in One Foot in the Grave (1990–2000). She 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, Coronation Street and Jonathan Creek. She played lollipop lady Queenie in Jam & Jerusalem (2006–2009).
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Career
Mantle 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. She also undertook 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.
Mantle played Mrs Shaemen in Barbra Streisand's film version of Yentl (1983). From 2010 to 2011, Mantle appeared in Coronation Street as Joy Fishwick, the mother of Colin Fishwick (David Crellin), whose identity was taken by John Stape (Graeme Hawley).
Personal life
Doreen June Mantle was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 22 June 1926. She attended the University of the Witwatersrand and moved to the United Kingdom at the age of 23, out of opposition to Apartheid, and settled in London.
Mantle married Graham Smith in 1953; they had two sons and later divorced. Mantle died on 9 August 2023, at the age of 97.
Filmography
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Films
Year | Title | Role | Note |
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1967 | Privilege | Miss Crawford | |
1972 | Frenzy | Woman in Crowd | Uncredited |
1975 | All Creatures Great and Small | Mrs Seaton | TV movie |
1979 | Black Jack | Mrs Carter | |
1979 | Secret Orchards | Aunt Bunny | TV movie |
1981 | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Lady on Train | |
1983 | Yentl | Mrs Shaemen | |
1983 | St. Ursula's in Danger | Miss Cowley | |
1984 | Home Video | ||
1985 | Star Quality: Bon Voyage | Mrs Teitelbaum | TV movie |
1990 | Mountains of the Moon | Mrs Speke | |
1992 | The Turn of the Screw | Doreen | |
1994 | A Man You Don't Meet Every Day | Mrs Norton | |
1996 | In Love and War | Emilia | |
1997 | So This Is Romance? | Clairvoyant | |
2004 | Suzie Gold | Nana's Friend | |
2005 | Antonio's Breakfast | Lady with Rubbish | Short |
2006 | Scoop | Joe's Co-Passenger | |
2010 | Two Ladies & a Hill | Hillary | Short |
2011 | Late Bloomers | Nora | |
2012 | The Owner | Felicity | |
2012 | Over the Hill? | Mrs Parker | |
2013 | Fire Horse | Ada | Short |
2017 | 55 Steps | Eleanor's Mother | |
2018 | Knock at the Door | Mrs. Harris | Short |
2018 | Jean | Jean | Short |
2019 | Blind | Mrs Wood | Short |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1964–1965 | Emergency Ward 10 | Mrs Cox | |
1965 | A Passage to India (Play of the Month) | Mrs Fletcher | |
1966–1973 | Love Story | Mrs Driver / Madge / Mrs Bryant | |
1967 | Uncle Charles | American Wife | |
1969 | Strange Report | Mrs Ogilive | |
1969 | The Letter | Madame Joyce | |
1969–1973 | Special Branch | Miss Mitchell / Mrs Harris | |
1972 | Kate | Harriet Bates | |
1972 | Six Days of Justice | Probation Officer | |
1972–1977 | Crown Court | Vera Tilley / Mrs Verity Holt-Mattthews | |
1973 | Armchair 30 | Miss Fanshaw | |
1973 | Public Eye | Miss Barnwell | |
1973 | Vienna 1900 | Frau Arbesbacher | |
1973 | The Song of Songs | Frau Czepanek | |
1974 | Intimate Strangers | Dorothy | |
1974 | Marked Personal | Mrs Hastings | |
1974–1979 | Play for Today | Mary Hunter / Julia Branston / Mother | |
1976 | The Duchess of Duke Street | Mrs Catchpole | |
1976 | Billy Brand | Edna James | |
1977 | Esther Waters | Mrs Randal | |
1977 | Headmaster | Chairwoman | |
1977 | Eleanor Marx | Frau Marx | |
1978 | Secret Army | Mme. Desmarts | |
1979 | Mystery!: Malice Aforethought | Hilda | |
1979 | Thomas & Sarah | Mrs Ryder | |
1980 | The Gentle Touch | Beryl King | |
1980 | Ladykillers | Mrs Wheeler | |
1980 | Pride and Prejudice | Mrs Reynolds | |
1980–1981 | BBC2 Playhouse | Mrs Orpen / Margaret | |
1983 | The Home Front | Medora | |
1984 | Charlie | Maggie | |
1985 | Summer Season | Matron | |
1985 | Connie | Miss Greer | |
1987 | Sunday Premiere | Mrs Venables | |
1987 | Screenplay | Mother Monica | |
1990 | Screen Two | Landlady | |
1990–2000 | One Foot in the Grave | Mrs Warboys | 18 episodes |
1990–2002 | Casualty | Renee Wainwright / Mrs Duffin | |
1991 | Stanley and the Women | Lady Bailey | |
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 | |
1994 | Class Act | Hilda Skoric | |
1994 | Peak Practice | Mary Eastman | |
1996 | Testament: The Bible in Animation | Naomi | |
1996 | Our Friends in the North | Mrs Wilson | |
1996 | The Vet | Edie Davenport | |
1997 | Chalk | Dr. Eleanor Gillespie | |
1997–1999 | The Wild House | Granny | |
2000 | Where the Heart Is | Miriam Stone | |
2001–2019 | Doctors | Mrs Merriam / Winnie Carpenter / Doris Forsyth / Rose | Recurring roles |
2003 | The Bill | Anne Culshaw | |
2004 | Doc Martin | Marianne Walker | |
2004 | Shadow Play | Queen Victoria | |
2004–2009 | Holby City | Simone Mannstein / Sylvia Wheeler | |
2005 | Love Soup | Mavis Bledsoe | |
2005 | Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky | Marion Chingford | |
2005 | Hustle | Anne Foster | |
2006 | Brief Encounters | Frances | |
2006–2008 | Jam & Jerusalem | Queenie | |
2007 | The Sarah Jane Adventures | Mrs Randall | |
2007 | Holby Blue | Maureen Jessie | |
2008 | Bonekickers | Mary Cunley | |
2009 | The Queen | The Queen Mother | |
2010 | Dirk Gently | Ruth Jordan | |
2010 | Jonathan Creek | Mrs Gantry | |
2010–2011 | Coronation Street | Joy Fishwick | 10 episodes |
2011 | My Family | Lillian | |
2013–2014 | The Mimic | Martin's Grandma / Martin's Nan | |
2015 | Lewis | Joan | |
2018 | Father Brown | Miss Tibby | |
2023 | One Foot in the Grave - 30 Years Of Laughs | Herself/Mrs Warboys |