
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

as Aunt Arina

as Ivy
1973

as Mrs. Applebottom
1983

as Aunt Arina
1974

as Mrs. Allen
1967
as Self
1977
as Manager's wife
1980

as Megaera
1984

as Sister
1982

as Aunt Arina
1981

as Mrs. Willetts
1982

as Cashier
1975

as Knitting lady
1977
as Mrs. Willetts
1982

as Megaera
1984

as Ivy
1983

as Mrs. Willetts
1982

as Sister
1982

as Aunt Arina
1981
as Mrs. Allen
1980
as Manager's wife
1980

1979

as Mrs Scully
1978

as Knitting lady
1977

as Martha Paisley
1975

as Audrey
1972
as Aunt Arina
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