Doreen Mantle
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 | |
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Born | Johannesburg, South Africa[1] | 22 June 1926
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 |
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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 |
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2023 | One Foot in the Grave - 30 Years Of Laughs | Herself/Mrs Warboys | |
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
- "Remarkable Highgate Women" (PDF). p.13. Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- Wyllie, Rosalind (2019). "A Woman of Purpose: The inspirational Doreen Mantle on life in her 90's". Age Matters, p. 6-7. Age UK. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- 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". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- "The Kembleford Dragon, Series 6, Father Brown – BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- "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 26 October 2017.
- Monaco, James (1992). The Movie Guide. Perigee Books. ISBN 9780399517808. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- Kilkelly, Daniel (27 October 2010). "'One Foot in the Grave' star joins Corrie". Digital Spy. Retrieved 28 July 2014.