Freda Dowie

Freda Dowie (22 July 1928 – 10 August 2019[1]) was an English actress. She was born in Carlisle, Cumberland. She died on 10 August 2019 in Suffolk.[2]

Freda Dowie
Born(1928-07-22)22 July 1928
Carlisle, Cumberland, England
Died10 August 2019(2019-08-10) (aged 91)

Her television credits include: Dixon of Dock Green, Doomwatch, Edna, the Inebriate Woman, Upstairs, Downstairs, The Carnforth Practice, I, Claudius, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Pickwick Papers, Lillie, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Our Friends in the North, Common As Muck, Lovejoy, Poirot and Heartbeat.

Dowie frequently portrayed long-suffering roles,[3] most notably as the Mother in the 1988 film Distant Voices, Still Lives, for which she was nominated for a European Film Award. Her film career also includes roles in Subterfuge (1968), The Omen (1976), The Monk (1990), Butterfly Kiss (1995), Jude (1996), Cider with Rosie (1998), and Fragile (2005).

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1968SubterfugeWaitress
1968Whistle and I'll Come to YouMaid
1976The OmenNun
1988Distant Voices, Still LivesMother
1989GoldeneyeHarley Street Doctor
1990The MonkSister Ursula
1995Butterfly KissElsie
1996JudeElderly Landlady
1996Black EyesGran
1998Cider with RosieGranny WallonTV movie
2005FragileOld Lady #1

References
  1. Hayward, Anthony (23 August 2019). "Freda Dowie obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  2. "FREDA MARY THOMPSON (née DOWIE)". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  3. Obituaries, Telegraph (22 August 2019). "Freda Dowie, actress who excelled as the long-suffering abused mother in Terence Davies's 'Distant Voices, Still Lives' – obituary". Retrieved 9 September 2019 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
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