Barbara Flynn
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 5, 1948 (age 78)
- Birthplace
- Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK
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"
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Filmography
Open All Hours: Inside Out
Movie · as Self
Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths
TV · as Narrator · 10 eps
Beyond Paradise
TV · as Anne Lloyd · 24 eps
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
Movie · as Narrator
1978: The Winter of Discontent
Movie · as Narrator
Kate & Koji
TV · as Councillor Lavinia Bone · 6 eps
Killing Eve
TV · as Julia · 1 ep
The Durrells
TV · as Aunt Hermione · 5 eps
1864
TV · as Queen Victoria, Dronning Victoria
The Christmas Candle
Movie · as Lady Camdon
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
Movie · as Narrator (Voice)
Pat & Cabbage
TV · as Pat · 6 eps
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Movie · as Aunt Bella
Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies
TV · as Herself - Narrator · 2 eps
Just Henry
Movie · as Mrs Beaumont
Death in Paradise
TV · as Patti Grenson · 1 ep
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep
The Borgias
TV · as Isabella · 1 ep
Burlesque Fairytales
Movie · as Mrs. Argyle
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 14 eps
A Lion Called Christian
Movie · as Self - Narrator(voice)
The Queen
TV · as The Queen · 5 eps
Moving On
TV · as Carol · 1 ep
Return to Cranford
TV · as The Honourable Mrs Jamieson · 2 eps
The Marchioness Disaster
Movie · as Eileen Dallaglio
10 Days to War
TV · as Clare Short · 1 ep
Christmas at the Riviera
Movie · as Rita
Cranford
TV · as Mrs Jamieson · 7 eps
Guarding The Queen
TV · as Narrator · 3 eps
Miss Potter
Movie · as Helen Potter
Cracker: Nine Eleven
Movie · as Judith Fitzgerald
The Line of Beauty
TV · as Sally Tipper · 1 ep
The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation
Movie · as Voice
Malice Aforethought
TV · as Julia Bickleigh · 2 eps
The Queen's Castle
TV · as Narrator (Voice) · 3 eps
Doctor Who
TV · as Awsok · 2 eps
Elizabeth I
TV · as Mary Queen of Scots · 2 eps
Sea of Souls
TV · as Lt Col Petra Summers · 2 eps
He Knew He Was Right
TV · as Mrs French · 2 eps
New Tricks
TV · as Carole Milburn · 1 ep
Hornblower: Loyalty
Movie · as Mrs. Mason
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
Movie · as Narrator
Hornblower: Duty
Movie · as Mrs. Mason
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
Movie · as Narrator
Sweet Medicine
TV · as Jane Frampton · 1 ep
Night Flight
Movie · as Moira
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
TV · as Maureen Finnegan · 1 ep
The Forsyte Saga
TV · as Emily Forsyte
Lorna Doone
Movie · as Sarah Ridd
Perfect
TV · as Imogen · 2 eps
Murder in Mind
TV · as Grace Fisher · 1 ep
Lorna Doone
TV · as Sarah Ridd · 2 eps
The Escort
Movie · as Kim's Mother
You're Dead...
Movie · as Prof. Corner
The Man Who Would Be Kubrick
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Wives and Daughters
TV · as Miss Browning · 4 eps
Dear Nobody
Movie · as Chris' Mother
King Lear
Movie · as Goneril
Hornblower
TV · as Mrs Mason · 2 eps
The Vanishing Man
Movie · as Me Jeffries
The Vanishing Man
TV · as Dr Jeffries · 1 ep
Midsomer Murders
TV · as Millie Bullard · 1 ep
Silent Witness
TV · as Carol Fisher · 2 eps
Dalziel and Pascoe
TV · as TV Documentary Narrator · 1 ep
Chandler & Co
TV · as Dee Tate · 6 eps
Cracker
TV · as Judith Fitzgerald
Maigret
TV · as Madame Maigret · 2 eps
Joshua Jones
TV · as Daphne Peacock / Fiona Cashmore / Dakasha Karia / Sharon Cope (voices) · 12 eps
Performance
TV · as Goneril · 1 ep
Quick Change
Movie · as Hostage
Benefactors
Movie · as Jane
Bosses From Hell
Movie
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV · as Mrs Allerton · 1 ep
The Justice Game
TV · as Eleanor Goodchild · 4 eps
The Beiderbecke Connection
TV · as Jill Swinburne · 4 eps
Inspector Morse
TV · as Monica Height · 1 ep
The Beiderbecke Tapes
TV · as Jill Swinburne · 2 eps
Season's Greetings
Movie · as Belinda
Day To Remember
Movie · as Judy
A Very Peculiar Practice
TV · as Dr Rose Marie · 14 eps
Boon
TV · as Sheila Green · 1 ep
The Beiderbecke Affair
TV · as Jill Swinburne · 6 eps
Theatre Night
TV · as Jane · 1 ep
A Mother Like Him
Movie · as Jill
Britannia Hospital
Movie · as Private Nurse
The Barchester Chronicles
TV · as Mary Bold · 6 eps
The New Adventures of Lucky Jim
TV · as Joanna Lassiter · 1 ep
No Visible Scar
Movie · as Margaret Hanson
The Bagthorpe Saga
TV · as Sue · 1 ep
Second Chance
TV · as Sarah Fletcher · 1 ep
Maybury
TV · as Dorothy Kemp · 2 eps
The Last Song
TV · as Shirley · 6 eps
Standing in for Henry
Movie · as Heather
Keep It in the Family
TV · as Marlene · 1 ep
The Gentle Touch
TV · as Sandy · 1 ep
Love on a Gunboat
Movie · as Monica Potter
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
TV · as Pauline Sutton · 1 ep
Open All Hours
TV · as The Milk Woman · 11 eps
The Flight Fund
Movie · as Angie
Couples
TV · as Sally Mackworth · 1 ep
Playhouse
TV · as Heather · 1 ep
Centre Play
TV · as Angie · 1 ep
Play for Today
TV · as Monica Potter, Jill, Margaret Hanson · 1 ep
A Family at War
TV · as Freda MacKenzie, Freda Ashton · 8 eps
Z-Cars
TV · as Jane Wardle · 1 ep