Jane Freeman obituary
Veteran stage and screen actor who played Ivy, the formidable cafe owner, in the television comedy series Last of the Summer WineFor 37 years Jane Freeman, who has died aged 81, was known to millions as the opinionated cafe owner Ivy in the long-running TV comedy Last of the Summer Wine. She won the part through her performance as the seaside landlady who swung between aggression and ingratiation in the 1972 TV versi…