Freda Dowie

Freda Mary Dowie was an English actress. Her television credits include: Dixon of Dock Green, Doomwatch, Edna, the Inebriate Woman, Upstairs, Downstairs, I, Claudius, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Pickwick Papers, Lillie, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Our Friends in the North, Common As Muck, Lovejoy, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Crown Court and Heartbeat.

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Distant Voices, Still Lives

Agatha Christie's Poirot · S1, E1

The Adventure of the Clapham Cook

Mrs Todd from Clapham comes to ask Hercule Poirot if he will help her find her cook Eliza who has disappeared. Poirot is at first insulted by such a trivial request for his talents, but then decides the case could be intriguing. As usual, his instincts are correct and soon uncovers an elaborate plot to hide an ever darker crime.
Upstairs, Downstairs · S4, E3

The Beastly Hun

The sinking of the Lusitania causes a wave of anti-German feeling to sweep the country. When a local tradesman and his family are found to be of German origin, Hudson uses this to vent his frustration at not being able to fight in the war.