1948-08-05 Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK
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"
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Diana: The Curse of the Spencers | Narrator | 2022-11-14 |
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1978: The Winter of Discontent | Narrator | 2022-10-02 |
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The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance | Narrator (Voice) | 2013-03-04 |
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The Christmas Candle | Lady Camdon | 2013-11-22 |
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Cheerful Weather for the Wedding | Aunt Bella | 2012-12-07 |
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Just Henry | Mrs Beaumont | 2011-12-18 |
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Burlesque Fairytales | Mrs. Argyle | 2010-01-01 |
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A Lion Called Christian | Self - Narrator(voice) | 2009-03-28 |
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The Marchioness Disaster | Eileen Dallaglio | 2008-11-01 |
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Christmas at the Riviera | Rita | 2007-12-23 |
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Miss Potter | Helen Potter | 2006-12-03 |
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Cracker: Nine Eleven | Judith Fitzgerald | 2006-10-30 |
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The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation | Voice | 2005-10-27 |
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Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady | Narrator | 2003-04-27 |
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George Orwell: A Life In Pictures | Narrator | 2003-06-14 |
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Hornblower: Duty | Mrs. Mason | 2003-01-06 |
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Hornblower: Loyalty | Mrs. Mason | 2003-01-05 |
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Night Flight | Moira | 2002-02-02 |
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Lorna Doone | Sarah Ridd | 2001-03-11 |
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The Man Who Would Be Kubrick | Self - Narrator | 1999-09-04 |
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You're Dead... | Prof. Corner | 1999-10-01 |
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Mauvaise passe | Kim's Mother | 1999-11-17 |
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King Lear | Goneril | 1998-03-21 |
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Dear Nobody | Chris' Mother | 1998-02-27 |
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The Vanishing Man | Me Jeffries | 1997-04-02 |
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Bosses From Hell | 1989-01-01 | |
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Benefactors | 1989-01-02 | |
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Day To Remember | Judy | 1986-12-21 |
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Season's Greetings | Belinda | 1986-12-24 |
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A Mother Like Him | Jill | 1982-11-16 |
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Britannia Hospital | Private Nurse | 1982-05-27 |
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No Visible Scar | Margaret Hanson | 1981-11-17 |
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Standing in for Henry | Heather | 1980-12-19 |
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Love on a Gunboat | Monica Potter | 1977-01-04 |
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The Flight Fund | Angie | 1975-07-14 |
