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Born · March 15, 1935
Died · March 9, 2017 (81 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Brentford, London, England, UK
Freeman was born in Brentford, London, in 1935 but raised in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, as a child, following the death of her father in an accident when she was 9 years old and her mother's subsequent remarriage. She graduated from the City Cardiff College of Music and Drama in 1955, and after a stay in London joined the Osiris Repertory Theatre touring company, based in Gloucestershire. She joined the Arena Theatre, Sutton Coldfield, in 1958, followed by Birmingham Rep from 1968 and 1973. Her stage appearances include Margaret More in the Welsh Theatre Company's first production, A Man for All Seasons, at Cardiff's New Theatre in 1962. She was best known for her role as café owner Ivy, one of the main characters in the long-running British TV comedy Last of the Summer Wine. Freeman died in March 2017 at the age of 81 from lung cancer. Her age was often incorrectly reported as being 96 at the time of her death, but official birth records prove that she was born in 1935
Megaera
0.0
1984
Mrs. Applebottom · (1 episode)
8.0
1983
Mrs. Willetts
6.5
1982
Sister
5.2
1982
Aunt Arina
0.0
1981
Mrs. Allen
0.0
1980
Manager's wife
5.0
1980
0.0
1979
Mrs Scully
8.0
1978
Knitting lady
0.0
1977
Martha Paisley
0.0
1975
(2 episodes)
5.3
1974
Ivy · (294 episodes)
7.1
1973
Herself · (1 episode)
7.1
1973
Audrey
10.0
1972