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name: "Janet Davies"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/janet-davies"
roles: []
born: "14 September 1927"
died: "22 September 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-18T09:35:45.488328+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Janet Davies

Actor. Born 14 September 1927 in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK. Died 22 September 1986.

## Details

- **Born:** 14 September 1927, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 22 September 1986
- **Active:** 1968–1972
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 86 (1), 1970s 72 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Davies_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6153287, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0203773/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1217435

## Biography

Janet Davies was an English actress. Born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, she trained as a shorthand typist and worked as a secretary for theatrical agencies, including that of Ann Callender, wife of Dad's Army co-creator David Croft. She began her acting career in the 1950s and appeared in numerous television roles from the 1960s onwards.

Davies is best known for playing the recurring character Mrs. Mavis Pike, mother of Private Pike, in 30 episodes of the BBC sitcom *Dad's Army* (1968–1977). She also appeared in series including *All Creatures Great and Small* (1978), *Open All Hours* (1982), *Pride and Prejudice* (1980) and *The Citadel* (1983), as well as episodes of *Last of the Summer Wine*, *Are You Being Served?* and *The Professionals*. She was married to actor Ian Gardiner from 1954 until her death in 1986.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Are You Being Served?* (1972), Fi1m 72, as The Outsize Dress — [page](https://film.one/tv/are-you-being-served.md)
- *Dad's Army* (1968), Fi1m 86, as Mavis Pike — [page](https://film.one/tv/dads-army.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bread* (1986), series, as DHSS Claimant
- *Dalgliesh* (1983), series, as Mrs. Winifred Swaffield
- *Death of an Expert Witness* (1983), series, as Mrs Winifred Swaffield
- *A Cut Above* (1982), series, as Beryl
- *That's My Boy* (1981), series, as Mrs Lacey
- *Pride and Prejudice* (1980), series, as Mrs Hill
- *Testament of Youth* (1979), series, Acting
- *All Creatures Great and Small* (1978), series, as Mrs. Dalby
- *The Professionals* (1977), series, as Roz Hatch
- *Open All Hours* (1976), series, as Mrs Davies
- *Breath* (1975), as Nurse
- *Song at Twilight* (1973), as Rose
- *Last of the Summer Wine* (1973), series, as Miss Jones
- *Are You Being Served?* (1972), series, as The Outsize Dress — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/are-you-being-served.md)
- *Under Milk Wood* (1972), as Woman
- *Dad's Army* (1968), series, as Mavis Pike — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/dads-army.md)
- *Festival* (1963), series, as Mrs. Walsh
- *The Desperate People* (1963), series, as Joyce Naylor
- *The Saint* (1962), series, as Pearl

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