Doreen Mantle

Doreen Mantle was a South African-born British actress who was probably best known for her role as Mrs Jean Warboys in One Foot in the Grave (1990-2000).

She played Mrs. Randall in The Sarah Jane Adventures two-part television story Eye of the Gorgon.

She appeared in many British television series from the 1960s to the present, such as The Duchess of Duke Street, The Wild House, Chalk, Casualty, The Bill, Doctors, Holby City and Jonathan Creek. She played lollipop lady Queenie in Jam & Jerusalem (2006-2009).

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.