8.0
8.0
King Lear
1998
as Goneril
Barbara Flynn
Acting
Born:August 5, 1948(age 78)
Birthplace:Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
Education:Guildhall School of Music and Drama
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CommunityBiography
Barbara Joy Flynn (born 5 August 1948) is an English actress. She first came to prominence playing Freda Ashton in the ITV drama series A Family at War (1970–1972). She went on to play the milk woman in the BBC comedy Open All Hours (1976–1985), Jill Swinburne in The Beiderbecke Trilogy (1985–1988), Dr. Rose Marie in the BBC series A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–1988), Judith Fitzgerald in the ITV drama Cracker (1993–1995), and Mrs. Jamieson in Cranford (2007–2009). In 2021, she appeared in Doctor Who: Flux as Tecteun, a founder of Time Lord society and The Doctor's adopted mother. Starting in 2023, she acted in Beyond Paradise, playing the mother of the detective's girlfriend. This included some episodes in 2024 where she was reunited with Peter Davison, her A Very Peculiar Practice co-star. In her own words, she tends to play "feisty, strong women"
Filmography (34 movies)
7.8
7.8
A Lion Called Christian
2009
as Self - Narrator(voice)
7.3
7.3
Hornblower: Duty
2003
as Mrs. Mason
7.2
7.2
Hornblower: Loyalty
2003
as Mrs. Mason
7.0
7.0
Cracker: Nine Eleven
2006
as Judith Fitzgerald
6.6
6.6
Miss Potter
2006
as Helen Potter
6.6
6.6
Just Henry
2011
as Mrs Beaumont
6.4
6.4
You're Dead...
1999
as Prof. Corner
6.0
6.0
Night Flight
2002
as Moira
5.8
5.8
The Christmas Candle
2013
as Lady Camdon
5.7
5.7
Lorna Doone
2001
as Sarah Ridd
5.6
5.6
Burlesque Fairytales
2010
as Mrs. Argyle
5.5
5.5
The Marchioness Disaster
2008
as Eileen Dallaglio
5.4
5.4
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
2012
as Aunt Bella
5.2
5.2
The Escort
1999
as Kim's Mother
3.8
3.8
Christmas at the Riviera
2007
as Rita
2.0
2.0
Benefactors
1989
2.0
2.0
Dear Nobody
1998
as Chris' Mother
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
2003
as Narrator
The Vanishing Man
1997
as Me Jeffries
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
2003
as Narrator
Love on a Gunboat
1977
as Monica Potter
No Visible Scar
1981
as Margaret Hanson
A Mother Like Him
1982
as Jill
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
2013
as Narrator (Voice)
The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation
2005
as Voice
Bosses From Hell
1989
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
2022
as Narrator
The Man Who Would Be Kubrick
1999
as Self - Narrator
Day To Remember
1986
as Judy
The Flight Fund
1975
as Angie
1978: The Winter of Discontent
2022
as Narrator
Standing in for Henry
1980
as Heather
Season's Greetings
1986
as Belinda
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