Doreen Mantle facts for kids

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).

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

Television