Doreen Mantle - Wikipedia Doreen Mantle Doreen Mantle 1926 ( aged 91 - 92 ) Cape Town, Cape Province Occupation Actress Years active 1960 -- present Doreen Mantle ( born 1926 ) is a South African - born English actress who is probably best known for her role as Jean Warboys in One Foot in the Grave ( 1990 -- 2000 ). She has appeared in many British television series from the 1960s to the present, such as The Duchess of Duke Street, The Wild House, Sam Saturday, Chalk, Casualty, The Bill, Doctors, Holby City and Jonathan Creek. She played lollipop lady Queenie in Jam & Jerusalem ( 2006 -- 09 ). She appeared in episode 63 of Father Brown in January 2018. Mantle has worked extensively on the stage in such productions as My Fair Lady, Keep It in the Family, The Seagull and Hamlet. She also toured Britain in Billy Liar in the role of Florence Boothroyd and performed at the National Theatre in The Voysey Inheritance. In 1979 she was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in Death of a Salesman. She has also done a great deal of radio work for BBC Radio 3 and BBC World Service. Mantle played the long suffering wife of the rabbi in BBC Radio 4 's comedy series The Attractive Young Rabbi. In 1983 Mantle played `` Mrs Shaemen '' in Yentl. In 2011, Mantle appeared in Coronation Street as the mother of Colin Fishwick whose identity was taken by John Stape. Filmography Black Jack ( 1979 ) References Jump up ^ Webber, Richard ( 2006 ). The Complete One Foot in the Grave. London : Orion. p. 48 ; ISBN 0 - 7528 - 7357 - 1. Jump up ^ Dickson, Andrew ( 25 August 2015 ). `` How we made One Foot in the Grave ''. Retrieved 2017 - 10 - 26. Jump up ^ `` The Kembleford Dragon, Series 6, Father Brown - BBC One ''. BBC. Retrieved 2018 - 01 - 08. Jump up ^ `` The Laurence Olivier Awards : Full List of Winners, 1976 - 2008 '' ( PDF ). The Society of London Theatre. 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2014. Jump up ^ Arnold, Steve. `` The Attractive Young Rabbi ''. Retrieved 2017 - 10 - 26. Jump up ^ Monaco, James ( 1992 ). `` The Movie Guide ''. Perigee Books. Retrieved 2018 - 01 - 08. Jump up ^ Kilkelly, Daniel ( 27 October 2010 ). `` ' One Foot in the Grave ' star joins Corrie ''. Digital Spy. Retrieved 28 July 2014. External links Doreen Mantle on IMDb Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role 1977 -- 1984 Actor Nigel Hawthorne ( 1977 ) Robert Eddison ( 1978 ) Patrick Stewart ( 1979 ) David Threlfall ( 1980 ) Joe Melia ( 1981 ) David Healy ( 1982 ) Alan Devlin ( 1983 ) Edward Petherbridge ( 1984 ) Actress Mona Washbourne ( 1977 ) Elizabeth Spriggs ( 1978 ) Doreen Mantle ( 1979 ) Suzanne Bertish ( 1980 ) Gwen Watford ( 1981 ) Anna Massey ( 1982 ) Abigail McKern ( 1983 ) Marcia Warren ( 1984 ) 1985 -- 1990 Merged Imelda Staunton ( 1985 ) Paul Jesson ( 1986 ) Michael Bryant ( 1987 ) Eileen Atkins ( 1988 ) Michael Bryant ( 1989 / 1990 ) 1991 -- 1995 Actor David Bradley ( 1991 ) Oleg Menshikov ( 1992 ) Julian Glover ( 1993 ) Joseph Mydell ( 1994 ) Ken Stott ( 1995 ) Actress Sara Crowe ( 1991 ) Frances de la Tour ( 1992 ) Barbara Leigh - Hunt ( 1993 ) Helen Burns ( 1994 ) Dora Bryan ( 1995 ) 1996 -- 2002 Actor Trevor Eve ( 1997 ) Roger Allam ( 2000 ) Ben Daniels ( 2001 ) Toby Jones ( 2002 ) Actress Deborah Findlay ( 1997 ) Patricia Hodge ( 2000 ) Essie Davis ( 2001 ) Marcia Warren ( 2002 ) Merged Simon Russell Beale ( 1996 ) Sarah Woodward ( 1998 ) Brendan Coyle ( 1999 ) 2003 -- 2009 Merged Essie Davis ( 2003 ) Warren Mitchell ( 2004 ) Amanda Harris ( 2005 ) Noma Dumezweni ( 2006 ) Jim Norton ( 2007 ) Rory Kinnear ( 2008 ) Patrick Stewart ( 2009 ) 2010 -- present Actor Eddie Redmayne ( 2010 ) Adrian Scarborough ( 2011 ) Richard McCabe ( 2013 ) Jack Lowden ( 2014 ) Nathaniel Parker ( 2015 ) Mark Gatiss ( 2016 ) Anthony Boyle ( 2017 ) Bertie Carvel ( 2018 ) Actress Ruth Wilson ( 2010 ) Michelle Terry ( 2011 ) Nicola Walker ( 2013 ) Sharon D. Clarke ( 2014 ) Angela Lansbury ( 2015 ) Judi Dench ( 2016 ) Noma Dumezweni ( 2017 ) Denise Gough ( 2018 ) Merged Sheridan Smith ( 2012 ) VIAF : 222464486 ISNI : 0000 0003 6045 5464 BNF : cb16566638w ( data ) This article about a South African actor or actress is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article about a British television actor or actress is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. 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