Name Freda Dowie | Role Actress | |
Born 22 July 1928 (age 95) ( 1928-07-22 ) Carlisle, Cumberland, England Nominations European Film Award for Best Supporting Actress Movies and TV shows Distant Voices - Still Lives, The Omen, Butterfly Kiss, Our Friends in the North, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Similar People Terence Davies, Jonathan Miller, Michael Winterbottom, Richard Donner, Beeban Kidron | ||
Freda Dowie (born 22 July 1928 in Carlisle, Cumberland) is an English actress.
Her television credits include: Dixon of Dock Green, Doomwatch, Edna, the Inebriate Woman, Upstairs, Downstairs, The Carnforth Practice, I, Claudius, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Pickwick Papers, Lillie, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Our Friends in the North, Lovejoy and Heartbeat.
Her film career includes roles in Subterfuge (1968), The Omen (1976), The Monk (1990), Butterfly Kiss (1995), Jude (1996) and Fragile (2005). However she is perhaps best known for co-starring as the Mother in the 1988 film Distant Voices, Still Lives, for which she was nominated for a European Film Award.
Filmography
Actress
1992
Heartbeat (TV Series) as
Edna / Phyllis / Muriel Gerard
- The Open Door (2009) - Edna
- Waifs and Strays (2003) - Phyllis
- Primal Instinct (1992) - Muriel Gerard
2007
The Royal (TV Series) as
Dora Rigby
- Scabs (2007) - Dora Rigby
2007
Midsomer Murders (TV Series) as
Amie Pearce
- The Animal Within (2007) - Amie Pearce
2005
Fragile as
Old Lady 1
2003
Death in Holy Orders (TV Mini Series) as
Agatha Betterton
- Episode #1.2 (2003) - Agatha Betterton
- Episode #1.1 (2003) - Agatha Betterton
2002
How We Used to Live: A Giant in Ancient Egypt (TV Mini Series) as
Old Sarah
2002
Outside the Rules (TV Series) as
Freda Marshall
2000
Maisie's Catch (Short) as
Maisie
2000
Trick of the Light (Short) as
Beatrice
2000
Wildwood (TV Movie) as
Wise woman
2000
Jason and the Argonauts (TV Mini Series) as
Hera as Old Peasant Woman
- Episode #1.2 (2000) - Hera as Old Peasant Woman
- Episode #1.1 (2000) - Hera as Old Peasant Woman
1999
The Bill (TV Series) as
Anne Jefferson
- Eyes Everywhere (1999) - Anne Jefferson
- Badlands (1999) - Anne Jefferson
1998
Cider with Rosie (TV Movie) as
Granny Wallon
1997
Insiders (TV Series) as
Peggy Edwards
- Good Behaviour (1997) - Peggy Edwards
1994
Common As Muck (TV Series) as
Dulcie Green
- Episode #2.2 (1997) - Dulcie Green
- One More Battle to Fight (1994) - Dulcie Green
- Cash Bonus (1994) - Dulcie Green
- The Weekend (1994) - Dulcie Green
- Keeping the Refuse Tender (1994) - Dulcie Green
- The Nose Out of Joint (1994) - Dulcie Green
1996
Black Eyes (Short) as
Gran
1996
Beck (TV Series) as
Freda Doyle
- Episode #1.2 (1996) - Freda Doyle
1996
Jude as
Elderly Landlady
1996
Our Friends in the North (TV Mini Series) as
Florrie Hutchinson
- 1995 (1996) - Florrie Hutchinson
- 1987 (1996) - Florrie Hutchinson
- 1984 (1996) - Florrie Hutchinson
- 1979 (1996) - Florrie Hutchinson
- 1974 (1996) - Florrie Hutchinson
- 1970 (1996) - Florrie Hutchinson
- 1964 (1996) - Florrie Hutchinson
1995
Butterfly Kiss as
Elsie
1994
Moving Story (TV Series) as
Mrs. Kimball
- Last Stand at Laurel Way (1994) - Mrs. Kimball
1994
Middlemarch (TV Mini Series) as
Mrs Waule / Jane Waule
- Episode #1.3 (1994) - Mrs Waule
- Episode #1.2 (1994) - Mrs Waule
- Episode #1.1 (1994) - Jane Waule
1993
Crime Story (TV Series) as
Lady Peggy Hudson
- The Ladies Man: Archibald Hall (1993) - Lady Peggy Hudson
1992
Boon (TV Series) as
Eileen Wooley
- Love or Money (1992) - Eileen Wooley
1992
Thacker (TV Movie) as
Edith Folland
1991
Stay Lucky (TV Series) as
Neighbour
- Shingle Beach (1991) - Neighbour
1991
Kinsey (TV Series) as
Maureen Spencer
- It's Going to Be a Close Call, Kinsey (1991) - Maureen Spencer
1990
The Monk as
Sister Ursula
1990
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (TV Mini Series) as
Mrs. Green
- Episode #1.3 (1990) - Mrs. Green
- Episode #1.2 (1990) - Mrs. Green
- Episode #1.1 (1990) - Mrs. Green
1989
Goldeneye (TV Movie) as
Harley Street doctor
1989
Poirot (TV Series) as
Eliza Dunn
- The Adventure of the Clapham Cook (1989) - Eliza Dunn
1988
Sophia and Constance (TV Series) as
Maria Insull
- Episode #1.6 (1988) - Maria Insull
- Episode #1.5 (1988) - Maria Insull
- Episode #1.3 (1988) - Maria Insull
- Episode #1.2 (1988) - Maria Insull
- Episode #1.1 (1988) - Maria Insull
1988
Distant Voices, Still Lives as
Mother
1988
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) as
Mrs Porter
- The Devil's Foot (1988) - Mrs Porter
1986
Call Me Mister (TV Series) as
Mrs. Oaks
- Tour De Force (1986) - Mrs. Oaks
1986
EastEnders (TV Series) as
Clerk
- Episode #1.152 (1986) - Clerk
1986
Lovejoy (TV Series) as
Mrs. Springer
- Friends, Romans and Enemies (1986) - Mrs. Springer
1986
Alice in Wonderland (TV Mini Series) as
Cook
- Episode #1.4 (1986) - Cook
- Episode #1.2 (1986) - Cook
1985
Cover Her Face (TV Mini Series) as
Alice Liddell
- Episode #1.2 (1985) - Alice Liddell
- Episode #1.1 (1985) - Alice Liddell
1985
The Pickwick Papers (TV Series) as
Rachel Wardle
- Episode #1.4 (1985) - Rachel Wardle
- Episode #1.3 (1985) - Rachel Wardle
- Episode #1.2 (1985) - Rachel Wardle
1983
Hungry Times (TV Movie) as
Edith
1983
Hallelujah! (TV Series) as
Mildred Cooper
- Counselling (1983) - Mildred Cooper
1979
The Old Curiosity Shop (TV Mini Series) as
Sally Brass
- Episode #1.9 (1980) - Sally Brass
- Episode #1.8 (1980) - Sally Brass
- Episode #1.7 (1980) - Sally Brass
- Episode #1.5 (1980) - Sally Brass
- Episode #1.4 (1979) - Sally Brass
- Episode #1.2 (1979) - Sally Brass
1978
Lillie (TV Mini Series) as
Mathilde Peat
- Fifty Cents a Dance (1978) - Mathilde Peat
1978
Angels (TV Series) as
Mrs. Czechpinski
- First Impressions (1978) - Mrs. Czechpinski
1976
I, Claudius (TV Mini Series) as
The Sybil / Caesonia
- Old King Log (1976) - The Sybil
- Hail Who? (1976) - Caesonia
- A Touch of Murder (1976) - The Sybil
1976
The Omen as
Nun
1975
The Puritan Experience: Making of a New World (Short) as
Goody Adams
1975
Within These Walls (TV Series) as
Elsie Storbridge
- Prison Cat (1975) - Elsie Storbridge
1975
The Poisoning of Charles Bravo (TV Series) as
Mrs. Cox
- Public Exposure (1975) - Mrs. Cox
- Marital Rights (1975) - Mrs. Cox
- Intimate Relations (1975) - Mrs. Cox
1972
Crown Court (TV Series) as
Helen Lord / Sadie Dickinson
- My Mother Said I Never Should-: Part 3 (1975) - Sadie Dickinson
- My Mother Said I Never Should-: Part 2 (1975) - Sadie Dickinson
- R v. Lord: Part Three (1972) - Helen Lord
- R v. Lord: Part Two (1972) - Helen Lord
- R v. Lord: Part One (1972) - Helen Lord
1975
The Hanged Man (TV Mini Series) as
Jean MacKinnon
- Chariot of Earth (1975) - Jean MacKinnon
1974
Father Brown (TV Series) as
Opal Banks
- The Man with Two Beards (1974) - Opal Banks
1974
Upstairs, Downstairs (TV Series) as
Maria Schoenfeld
- The Beastly Hun (1974) - Maria Schoenfeld
1974
Miss Nightingale (TV Movie) as
Sister Elizabeth Wheeler
1974
The Carnforth Practice (TV Series) as
Mrs. Pollock
- Undue Influence (1974) - Mrs. Pollock
1973
The Brontës of Haworth (TV Mini Series) as
Miss Branwell
- Home and Abroad (1973) - Miss Branwell
- The Little King (1973) - Miss Branwell
1973
Once Upon a Time (TV Series) as
Mother
- Ishmael (1973) - Mother
1973
Jack the Ripper (TV Mini Series) as
Amelia Palmer
- The First Two (1973) - Amelia Palmer
1972
Cranford (TV Series) as
Miss Brown
- Part 1 (1972) - Miss Brown
1971
Cider with Rosie (TV Movie) as
Crabby
1971
Play for Today (TV Series) as
Mother Superior, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
- Edna The Inebriate Woman (1971) - Mother Superior, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
1971
Doomwatch (TV Series) as
Hilda
- No Room for Error (1971) - Hilda
1970
Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) as
Mrs. Armstrong
- Lilly: Part 2 (1970) - Mrs. Armstrong
- Lilly: Part 1 (1970) - Mrs. Armstrong
1969
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm (TV Series) as
Mrs. Flittersnoop
- Branestawm's Theatre (1969) - Mrs. Flittersnoop
- Branestawm and Time (1969) - Mrs. Flittersnoop
- Branestawm, Water and Fred (1969) - Mrs. Flittersnoop
- Branestawm and Paper (1969) - Mrs. Flittersnoop
- Branestawm's Disappearing Abolisher (1969) - Mrs. Flittersnoop
- Branestawm, Bandits and Bombs (1969) - Mrs. Flittersnoop
- Branestawm's Treasure Hunt (1969) - Mrs. Flittersnoop
1968
Subterfuge as
Waitress
1968
ITV Playhouse (TV Series)
- The Retreat (1968)
1968
Omnibus (TV Series documentary) as
Maid
- Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968) - Maid
1967
The Newcomers (TV Series) as
Staff Nurse Murdoch
- Episode #1.220 (1967) - Staff Nurse Murdoch
- Episode #1.219 (1967) - Staff Nurse Murdoch
1967
Six Bites of the Cherry (TV Series) as
Various roles
- Death (1967) - Various roles
- Maturity (1967) - Various roles
- Manhood (1967) - Various roles
- Youth (1967) - Various roles
- Adolescence (1967) - Various roles
- Infancy (1967) - Various roles
1963
ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) as
Sarah / Bronwen Iorweth / Princess Marie
- ITV Summer Playhouse #7: A Brand New Scrubbing Brush (1967) - Sarah
- The Stone Dance (1963) - Bronwen Iorweth
- War and Peace (1963) - Princess Marie
1967
Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV Series) as
Beth Geddes
- Call in Cameron (1967) - Beth Geddes
1966
Alice in Wonderland (TV Movie) as
Nurse
1966
Dixon of Dock Green (TV Series) as
Mrs. Newman
- The Golden Year (1966) - Mrs. Newman
1966
North and South (TV Mini Series) as
Fanny Thornton
- Meeting Again (1966) - Fanny Thornton
- Looking South (1966) - Fanny Thornton
- Dark Nights (1966) - Fanny Thornton
- Men and Gentlemen (1966) - Fanny Thornton
1966
Sunday Night (TV Series documentary) as
Xanthippe
- The Death of Socrates (1966) - Xanthippe
1965
It's Dark Outside (TV Series) as
Martha Singer
- A Slight Case of Matrimony (1965) - Martha Singer
1964
Diary of a Young Man (TV Series) as
Chief marcher
- Relationships (1964) - Chief marcher
1963
Maupassant (TV Series) as
Mlle Zoe
- Wives and Lovers (1963) - Mlle Zoe
1963
Armchair Theatre (TV Series) as
Elsie
- The Monkey and the Mohawk (1963) - Elsie
1963
BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) as
Lillian, Gimlet's conductress
- Just You Wait (1963) - Lillian, Gimlet's conductress
1962
The Bacchae (TV Series) as
Chorus
- Part 2 (1962) - Chorus
- Part 1 (1962) - Chorus
1962
Antigone (TV Mini Series) as
Antigone
- Part 2 (1962) - Antigone
- Part 1 (1962) - Antigone
1961
The Wakefield Shepherd's Play (Short) as
Mary
1961
Doctor Faustus (TV Series) as
Duchess of Vanholt
- Episode #1.2 (1961) - Duchess of Vanholt
1961
ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) as
Waitress
- I Having Dreamt Awake (1961) - Waitress
1959
The Eustace Diamonds (TV Series) as
Ellen
- Episode #1.6 (1959) - Ellen
Self
1968
Tempo (TV Series documentary) as
Ariel
- The Actor and the Role: Michael Hordern (1968) - Ariel
1962
Antigone (TV Mini Series) as
Self / Antigone
- Introduction (1962) - Self / Antigone
References
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