Barbara Flynn
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1948-08-05 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK
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"
Acting
(2022)
1978: The Winter of Discontent
as Narrator
(2022)
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
as Narrator
(2013)
The Christmas Candle
as Lady Camdon
(2013)
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
as Narrator (Voice)
(2012)
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
as Aunt Bella
(2011)
Just Henry
as Mrs Beaumont
(2010)
Burlesque Fairytales
as Mrs. Argyle
(2009)
A Lion Called Christian
as Self - Narrator(voice)
(2008)
The Marchioness Disaster
as Eileen Dallaglio
(2007)
Christmas at the Riviera
as Rita
(2006)
Miss Potter
as Helen Potter
(2006)
Cracker: Nine Eleven
as Judith Fitzgerald
(2005)
(2003)
Hornblower: Loyalty
as Mrs. Mason
(2003)
Hornblower: Duty
as Mrs. Mason
(2003)
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
as Narrator
(2003)
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
as Narrator
(2002)
Night Flight
as Moira
(2001)
Lorna Doone
as Sarah Ridd
(1999)
The Escort
as Kim's Mother
(1999)
You're Dead...
as Prof. Corner
(1999)
The Man Who Would Be Kubrick
as Self - Narrator
(1998)
King Lear
as Goneril
(1998)
Dear Nobody
as Chris' Mother
(1997)
The Vanishing Man
as Me Jeffries
(1989)
(1989)
(1986)
Day To Remember
as Judy
(1986)
Season's Greetings
as Belinda
(1982)
Britannia Hospital
as Private Nurse
(1982)
A Mother Like Him
as Jill
(1981)
No Visible Scar
as Margaret Hanson
(1980)
Standing in for Henry
as Heather
(1977)
Love on a Gunboat
as Monica Potter
(1975)
The Flight Fund
as Angie