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->''"We were young and poor and needed to earn some money. I decided with the wonderful ignorance of youth to earn a living by acting - and luckily, I did."''
Doreen June Mantle, (22 June 1926 -- 9 August 2023), was a British actress best known for playing Mrs. Warboys in ''Series/OneFootInTheGrave''.
She was born to English Parents in South Africa, where she was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand. Her acting career began too, starting with the dramatic society there. She played roles in amateur theatre and the radio. In 1959, she left South Africa for the United Kingdom.
Mantle took a break from acting after giving birth to her first son, and despite returning to the stage by 1967, had a lean period where she found it hard to get work. She was working as a tourist guide in London when she finally got the boost she needed from appearing in the play ''Going Home''. This was followed by roles in plays including ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', ''Theatre/MyFairLady'', ''Theatre/TheSeagull'', and ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'', winning a UsefulNotes/LaurenceOlivierAward for the latter. She also worked on radio for Creator/TheBBC, including the role of Sadie Fine in ''The Attractive Young Rabbi''.
On TV, Mantle wouldn't be well known until she was in her sixties, thanks to the role of Margaret's hapless friend Mrs. Warboys in ''One Foot in the Grave''. She also made guest appearances in two of ''One Foot'' writer David Renwick's other series, ''Love Soup'' and ''Series/JonathanCreek''. Other regular roles she had on the small screen were as Queenie in Series 1 and 2 of ''Series/JamAndJerusalem'' and Joy Fishwick in 10 episodes of ''Series/CoronationStreet''.
She died at the age of 97.
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!!Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:
[[AC:Films]]
* ''Film/{{Privilege}}'' (1967) -- Miss Crawford
* ''{{Film/Frenzy|1972}}'' (1972) -- Woman in Crown (UncreditedRole)
* ''Film/TheFrenchLieutenantsWoman'' (1981) -- Lady on Train
* ''Film/{{Yentl}}'' (1983) -- Mrs. Shaemen
* ''Film/{{Scoop}}'' (2006) -- Joe's Co-Passenger
[[AC:Series]]
* ''Series/StrangeReport'', episode "Report 3906: Cover Girls - Last Year's Model" (1969) -- Mrs. Ogilvie
* ''Series/PlayForToday'', 3 episodes:
** "Eleanor" (1974) -- Mother
** "The Country Party" (1977) -- Julia Branston
** "Don't Be Silly" (1979) -- Mary Hunter
* ''Series/SecretArmy'', episode "Weekend" (1978) -- Madame Desmarts
* ''{{Series/ScreenPlay|BBC}}'', episode "Our Lady Blue" (1987) -- Mother Monica
* ''Series/OneFootInTheGrave'', 18 episodes (1990-2000) -- Mrs. Jean Warboys
* ''Series/ScreenTwo'', episode "Fellow Traveller" (1990) -- Landlady
* ''Series/{{Casualty}}'', 3 episodes:
** 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Love's a Pain", "A Will to Die"[[/labelnote]] (1990) -- Mrs. Duffin
** "Memories" (2002) -- Renee Wainwright
* ''Series/{{Lovejoy}}'', episode "Angel Trousers" (1992) -- Vera
* ''Series/PeakPractice'', episode "Long Weekend" (1994) -- Mary Eastman
* ''Series/OurFriendsInTheNorth'', episode "1995" (1996) -- Mrs. Wilson
* ''WesternAnimation/TestamentTheBibleInAnimation'', episode "Ruth" (1996) -- Naomi
* ''Series/TheWildHouse'', 2 episodes (1997-99) -- Granny
* ''Series/{{Doctors}}'', 8 episodes:
** "Relations" (2001) -- Rose
** "'Ketchup on That?'" (2007) -- Doris Forsyth
** "The Informant" (2009) -- Winnie Carpenter
** 5 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Catflap", "Tree Hug", "Mrs Waverly's Winnings", "A Sticky End", "Painkillers"[[/labelnote]] (2012-19) -- Mrs. Merriam
* ''Series/TheBill'', episode "High Speed Chaos" (2003) -- Anne Culshaw
* ''Series/DocMartin'', episode "Gentlemen Prefer" (2004) -- Marianne Walker
* ''Series/HolbyCity'', 2 episodes:
** "Elf and Happiness" (2004) -- Sylvia Wheeler
** "Smoke and Mirrors" (2009) -- Simone Mannstein
* ''Series/{{Hustle}}'', episode "The Lesson" (2005) -- Anne Foster
* ''Series/JamAndJerusalem'', 12 episodes (2006-08) -- Queenie
* ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'', episode "[[Recap/TheSarahJaneAdventuresS1E3E4EyeOfTheGorgon Eye of the Gorgon: Part One]]" (2007) -- Mrs. Randall
* ''Series/{{Bonekickers}}'', episode "Warriors" (2008) -- Mary Cunley
* ''Series/JonathanCreek'', episode "The Judas Tree" (2010) -- Mrs. Gantry
* ''Series/CoronationStreet'', 10 episodes (2010-11) -- Joy Fishwick
* ''Series/DirkGently'', episode "Pilot" (2010) -- Ruth Jordan
* ''Series/MyFamily'', episode "Harper v Harper" (2011) -- Lillian
* ''Series/{{Lewis}}'', 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"One for Sorrow: Part 1", "One for Sorrow: Part 2"[[/labelnote]] (2015) -- Joan
* ''Series/FatherBrown'', episode "The Kembleford Dragon" (2018) -- Miss Tibby
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->''"We were young and poor and needed to earn some money. I decided with the wonderful ignorance of youth to earn a living by acting - and luckily, I did."''
Doreen June Mantle, (22 June 1926 -- 9 August 2023), was a British actress best known for playing Mrs. Warboys in ''Series/OneFootInTheGrave''.
She was born to English Parents in South Africa, where she was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand. Her acting career began too, starting with the dramatic society there. She played roles in amateur theatre and the radio. In 1959, she left South Africa for the United Kingdom.
Mantle took a break from acting after giving birth to her first son, and despite returning to the stage by 1967, had a lean period where she found it hard to get work. She was working as a tourist guide in London when she finally got the boost she needed from appearing in the play ''Going Home''. This was followed by roles in plays including ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', ''Theatre/MyFairLady'', ''Theatre/TheSeagull'', and ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'', winning a UsefulNotes/LaurenceOlivierAward for the latter. She also worked on radio for Creator/TheBBC, including the role of Sadie Fine in ''The Attractive Young Rabbi''.
On TV, Mantle wouldn't be well known until she was in her sixties, thanks to the role of Margaret's hapless friend Mrs. Warboys in ''One Foot in the Grave''. She also made guest appearances in two of ''One Foot'' writer David Renwick's other series, ''Love Soup'' and ''Series/JonathanCreek''. Other regular roles she had on the small screen were as Queenie in Series 1 and 2 of ''Series/JamAndJerusalem'' and Joy Fishwick in 10 episodes of ''Series/CoronationStreet''.
She died at the age of 97.
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!!Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:
[[AC:Films]]
* ''Film/{{Privilege}}'' (1967) -- Miss Crawford
* ''{{Film/Frenzy|1972}}'' (1972) -- Woman in Crown (UncreditedRole)
* ''Film/TheFrenchLieutenantsWoman'' (1981) -- Lady on Train
* ''Film/{{Yentl}}'' (1983) -- Mrs. Shaemen
* ''Film/{{Scoop}}'' (2006) -- Joe's Co-Passenger
[[AC:Series]]
* ''Series/StrangeReport'', episode "Report 3906: Cover Girls - Last Year's Model" (1969) -- Mrs. Ogilvie
* ''Series/PlayForToday'', 3 episodes:
** "Eleanor" (1974) -- Mother
** "The Country Party" (1977) -- Julia Branston
** "Don't Be Silly" (1979) -- Mary Hunter
* ''Series/SecretArmy'', episode "Weekend" (1978) -- Madame Desmarts
* ''{{Series/ScreenPlay|BBC}}'', episode "Our Lady Blue" (1987) -- Mother Monica
* ''Series/OneFootInTheGrave'', 18 episodes (1990-2000) -- Mrs. Jean Warboys
* ''Series/ScreenTwo'', episode "Fellow Traveller" (1990) -- Landlady
* ''Series/{{Casualty}}'', 3 episodes:
** 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Love's a Pain", "A Will to Die"[[/labelnote]] (1990) -- Mrs. Duffin
** "Memories" (2002) -- Renee Wainwright
* ''Series/{{Lovejoy}}'', episode "Angel Trousers" (1992) -- Vera
* ''Series/PeakPractice'', episode "Long Weekend" (1994) -- Mary Eastman
* ''Series/OurFriendsInTheNorth'', episode "1995" (1996) -- Mrs. Wilson
* ''WesternAnimation/TestamentTheBibleInAnimation'', episode "Ruth" (1996) -- Naomi
* ''Series/TheWildHouse'', 2 episodes (1997-99) -- Granny
* ''Series/{{Doctors}}'', 8 episodes:
** "Relations" (2001) -- Rose
** "'Ketchup on That?'" (2007) -- Doris Forsyth
** "The Informant" (2009) -- Winnie Carpenter
** 5 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Catflap", "Tree Hug", "Mrs Waverly's Winnings", "A Sticky End", "Painkillers"[[/labelnote]] (2012-19) -- Mrs. Merriam
* ''Series/TheBill'', episode "High Speed Chaos" (2003) -- Anne Culshaw
* ''Series/DocMartin'', episode "Gentlemen Prefer" (2004) -- Marianne Walker
* ''Series/HolbyCity'', 2 episodes:
** "Elf and Happiness" (2004) -- Sylvia Wheeler
** "Smoke and Mirrors" (2009) -- Simone Mannstein
* ''Series/{{Hustle}}'', episode "The Lesson" (2005) -- Anne Foster
* ''Series/JamAndJerusalem'', 12 episodes (2006-08) -- Queenie
* ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'', episode "[[Recap/TheSarahJaneAdventuresS1E3E4EyeOfTheGorgon Eye of the Gorgon: Part One]]" (2007) -- Mrs. Randall
* ''Series/{{Bonekickers}}'', episode "Warriors" (2008) -- Mary Cunley
* ''Series/JonathanCreek'', episode "The Judas Tree" (2010) -- Mrs. Gantry
* ''Series/CoronationStreet'', 10 episodes (2010-11) -- Joy Fishwick
* ''Series/DirkGently'', episode "Pilot" (2010) -- Ruth Jordan
* ''Series/MyFamily'', episode "Harper v Harper" (2011) -- Lillian
* ''Series/{{Lewis}}'', 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"One for Sorrow: Part 1", "One for Sorrow: Part 2"[[/labelnote]] (2015) -- Joan
* ''Series/FatherBrown'', episode "The Kembleford Dragon" (2018) -- Miss Tibby
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