Doreen Mantle
Doreen Mantle
Doreen Mantle | |
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| Born | 22 June 1926 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1960–present |
Doreen June Mantle (born 22 June 1926) is a South African-born[1] English actress who is best known for her role as Jean Warboys in One Foot in the Grave (1990–2000).[2]
She is the daughter of Barrett and Hilda Mantle (born Hilda Greenberg circa 1903, died 1988). She is the sister of Alan Mantle who was born in the UK, whilst Doreen herself was born in South Africa. The family travelled to England in 1926 when Doreen was just six weeks old and spent the next four years in London before leaving again for South Africa in 1930 when her brother Alan (who was born in London, England) was just two months old.[3] Mantle, who married when she was young and has one child, is also a qualified social worker and returned to England in her twenties.
She has appeared in many British television series from the 1960s to the present, such as The Duchess of Duke Street, The Wild House, Sam Saturday, Chalk, Casualty, The Bill, Doctors, Holby City and Jonathan Creek. She played lollipop lady Queenie in Jam & Jerusalem (2006–09).
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.[4] She has also done a great deal of 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.[5]
Mantle played "Mrs Shaemen" in Yentl (1983).
Later from 1989 she was a regular on the BBC dark comedy sitcom One Foot in the Grave and appeared in 18 episodes over the next decade as Jean Warboys, neighbour and friend of Margaret Meldrew (Annette Crosbie) and Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson).
In 2011, Mantle went on to appear in Coronation Street as the mother of Colin Fishwick whose identity was taken by John Stape.[6]
She appeared in episode 63 of Father Brown in January 2018.[7]
Filmography
- Black Jack (1979)
References
- ^ Webber, Richard (2006). The Complete One Foot in the Grave. London: Orion. p. 48; ISBN 0-7528-7357-1.
- ^ Dickson, Andrew (25 August 2015). "How we made One Foot in the Grave". Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0544140/bio?ref_=nm_ql_1
- ^ "The Laurence Olivier Awards: Full List of Winners, 1976-2008" (PDF). The Society of London Theatre. 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ Arnold, Steve. "The Attractive Young Rabbi". Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (27 October 2010). "'One Foot in the Grave' star joins Corrie". Digital Spy. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Brown_(2013_TV_series)#Series_6_(2017–18)
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