Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 5, 1948
Place of Birth:
Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK
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Barbara Flynn
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"
Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Beyond Paradise | Anne Lloyd |
| 2018 | Killing Eve | Julia |
| 2016 | The Durrells | Aunt Hermione |
| 2014 | 1864 | Queen Victoria |
| 2013 | Pat & Cabbage | Pat |
| 2012 | Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies | Herself - Narrator |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Patti Grenson |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self - Participant |
| 2010 | My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding | Narrator (voice) |
| 2009 | The Queen | The Queen |
| 2009 | Moving On | Carol |
| 2007 | Cranford | Mrs Jamieson |
| 2006 | The Line of Beauty | Sally Tipper |
| 2005 | Malice Aforethought | Julia Bickleigh |
| 2005 | The Queen's Castle | Narrator (Voice) |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Awsok |
| 2005 | Elizabeth I | Mary Queen of Scots |
| 2004 | Sea of Souls | Lt Col Petra Summers |
| 2004 | He Knew He Was Right | Mrs. French |
| 2002 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Maureen Finnegan |
| 2002 | The Forsyte Saga | |
| 2001 | Perfect | Imogen |
| 2001 | Murder in Mind | Grace Fisher |
| 2000 | Lorna Doone | Sarah Ridd |
| 1999 | Wives and Daughters | Miss Browning |
| 1998 | Hornblower | Mrs Mason |
| 1997 | The Vanishing Man | |
| 1994 | Chandler & Co. | |
| 1993 | Cracker | |
| 1993 | Cracker | Judith Fitzgerald |
| 1993 | Cracker | Judith |
| 1992 | Maigret | |
| 1991 | Joshua Jones | |
| 1991 | Performance | Goneril |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Mrs Allerton |
| 1988 | The Beiderbecke Connection | Jill Swinburne |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Monica Height |
| 1987 | The Beiderbecke Tapes | Jill Swinburne |
| 1986 | A Very Peculiar Practice | Rose Marie |
| 1985 | The Beiderbecke Affair | Jill Swinburne |
| 1982 | The Barchester Chronicles | Mary Bold |
| 1982 | The New Adventures of Lucky Jim | Joanna Lassiter |
| 1976 | Open All Hours | |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Monica Potter |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Jill |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Margaret Hanson |
| 1970 | A Family at War | Freda Ashton |