Doreen Mantle Doreen Mantle 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
One Foot in the Grave were a constantly cheerful, but incredibly boring, couple who provided yet another annoyance to the Meldrews, who dreaded any upcoming visits to them; Victor once said that he had hoped they were both dead. In "The Worst Horror of All", when the couple attempted a surprise visit, the Meldrews hid in their house to give the impression they were away on holiday, and then took the phone off the hook for several days afterwards, though these efforts to avoid them were in vain. They are referenced a number of times in the series for giving the Meldrews bizarre and always