Barbara Flynn
Acting
- Born
- August 5, 1948
- Place of Birth
- Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK
- Known For
- Женский
Biography
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
Doctor Who
as Awsok
2005
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mrs Allerton
1989
Death in Paradise
as Patti Grenson
2011
Silent Witness
as Carol Fisher
1996
Inspector Morse
as Monica Height
1987
Killing Eve
as Julia
2018
The Borgias
as Isabella
2011
The Durrells
as Aunt Hermione
2016
Beyond Paradise
as Anne Lloyd
2023
Hornblower
as Mrs Mason
1998
Cracker
as Judith, as Judith Fitzgerald
1993
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as Maureen Finnegan
2002
The Forsyte Saga
as Emily
2002
Cranford
as Mrs Jamieson
2007
Wives and Daughters
as Miss Browning
1999
Open All Hours
as The Milk Woman
1976
1864
as Queen Victoria
2014
The Line of Beauty
as Sally Tipper
2006
Elizabeth I
as Mary Queen of Scots
2005