Career Highlights: Women of Twilight, The Shadow of the Cat, The Brides of Dracula
First Major Screen Credit: No Room at the Inn (1948)
Biography
Educated at the University of England at Nottingham, Freda Jackson made her professional stage bow in 1934. In films, Jackson cornered the market in spiteful (or at the very least, disgruntled) middle-aged shrews. She played such well-known literary harpies as Mistress Quickly in Henry V (1944), Mrs. Joe Gargery in Great Expectations (1947), and "Vengeance" in Tale of Two Cities (1958). Freda Jackson's final film was Clash of the Titans (1981), in which she played three blind witches. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Freda Jackson (29 December 1907 – 20 October 1990) was an Englishstageactress who also worked in Film and TV. Born in Nottingham, she was famous for her stage role as the cruel landlady Mrs. Voray in the play No Room at the Inn in the mid-1940s; she appeared in the film adaptation of 1948. Her later screen roles were mostly on TV, including a role on Blake's 7. Her final film appearance was in 1981; she died nine years later in Northampton, aged 82.