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- Although Jane Freeman will forever be associated with the redoubtable cafe owner Ivy in Roy Clarke's long-running Last of the Summer Wine - appearing in 274 episodes over a 37-year run and a 1983 stage version - she was also an actor of considerable resources who remained steadfastly committed to the theatre.
If Clarke's BBC hit comedy overshadowed Freeman's later career, she was at pains not to be confined by it, appearing in regional rep, national tours and pantomimes throughout its long television life.
Born in Brentford, near London, she moved to Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, when her mother remarried, her father having died in an accident when she was nine. There she developed an early interest in performing at school. After graduating from the City of Cardiff [now Royal Welsh] College of Music and Drama in 1955, she moved to London before joining the Gloucestershire-based all-female Osiris Repertory Theatre touring company.
In 1958 she joined the Arena Theatre, Sutton Coldfield, where she began to attract attention, and was seen as Margaret More in the inaugural production of the Welsh Theatre Company, Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons, at the New Theatre, Cardiff in 1962.
As a member of Birmingham Rep between 1968 and 1973, she toured to Chicago and made notable appearances in Edward Bond's Saved and the musical Guys and Dolls, and as Maggie Hobson in Harold Brighouse's Hobson's Choice.
When television filming commitments allowed, she could be found playing a number of strong, usually northern, matriarchs in Billy Liar (Nottingham Playhouse, 1980), touring productions of JB Priestley's When We Are Married and Michael Frayn's Noises Off (1987) and Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke's Situation Comedy (1989).
She scored a personal success as the sharp-tongued Emma Hornett in Philip King and Falkland Carey's Sailor Beware! at the Lyric, Hammersmith (1991), subsequently touring with it in 1992 and 1993.
Later theatre appearances included Pam Gems' Deborah's Daughter (Library Theatre, Manchester, 1994) and tours of William Ash's adaptation of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights in 1995 and again in 1998.
She made her television debut in Troy Kennedy-Martin and John McGrath's Marriage, directed by Ken Loach, in 1964. Her Play for Today appearances included Peter Terson's The Fishing Party (1972) and Alan Bleasdale's Scully's New Year's Eve (1978). Other notable credits included Roy Clarke's Of Funerals and Fish (1973), Blackadder (1982) and Mrs Kimble in Silas Marner (1985).
Her few film appearances included Scrubbers (1982), directed by Mai Zetterling.
She was married to Michael Simpson, the former artistic director of Birmingham Rep, from 1971 until his death in December 2007.
Jane Freeman died of lung cancer on March 9, 2017, aged 81. - Ann Beach was born on 7 June 1938 in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Notting Hill (1999), The City of the Dead (1960) and Under Milk Wood (1971). She was married to Francis Coleman. She died on 9 March 2017 in the UK.
- April Perron was born on 27 March 1965 in Willimantic, Connecticut, USA. She died on 9 March 2017 in Canton, Georgia.
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Bobby Byrne was born in 1932 in Jamaica, Queens, New York, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Howard the Duck (1986), Smokey and the Bandit (1977) and Sixteen Candles (1984). He was married to Dorothy Byrne. He died on 9 March 2017.- Julian Zimet was born on 4 July 1919 in The Bronx, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Horror Express (1972), Crack in the World (1965) and The Naked Dawn (1955). He died on 9 March 2017 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Pálma Gyimesi was born on 18 December 1922 in Budapest, Hungary. She was an actress, known for Egy pikoló világos (1955), Angi Vera (1978) and Változó felhözet (1967). She was married to Imre Demeter. She died on 9 March 2017 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Armando Barbeito was born on 25 September 1922 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a producer, known for Los especiales de ATC (1979), El jugador (1979) and Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand (1968). He died on 9 March 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Howard Hodgkin was born on 8 August 1932 in London, England, UK. He is known for The Art Game (1966), Pablo Picasso: The Legacy of a Genius (1981) and Omnibus (1967). He was married to Julia Lane. He died on 9 March 2017 in London, England, UK.- Barbara Helsingius was born on 27 September 1937 in Helsinki, Finland. She was married to William Henry Koski and Henry Koski. She died on 9 March 2017 in Finland.
- Alicia Quiroga was born on 11 February 1928 in Chile. She was an actress, known for Self-Portrait (1973), Bienvenido Hermano Andes (1982) and Angel malo (1986). She died on 9 March 2017 in Chile.
- Karl Korinek was born on 7 December 1940 in Vienna, Austria. He died on 9 March 2017 in Vienna, Austria.