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 occasionally the subject of controversy for some of its darker story elements, but nevertheless received a number of awards, including the 1992 BAFTA for Best Comedy. The programme came 80th in the British Film Institute's 100 Greatest British Television Programmes. The series, originally shown on BBC One, is now available on DVD and is regularly repeated in the United Kingdom. Four episodes were remade for BBC Radio 2. The series inspired a novel, published in 1992, featuring the most memorable moments from the first two series and the first Christmas special. The series features the exploits and mishaps of irascible