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Barbara Flynn

  • Born Aug. 5, 1948
  • Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK
  • 78 years old

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 …

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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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Awsok

Julia

Mrs Allerton

Helen Potter

Isabella

Hostage

Millie Bullard

Patti Grenson

Monica Height

Aunt Hermione

Judith Fitzgerald / Judith

Carol Fisher

Mary Queen of Scots

Private Nurse

Carole Milburn

Anne Lloyd

The Milk Woman

Mrs Jamieson

Queen Victoria / Dronning Victoria

Aunt Bella

Lady Camdon

Emily Forsyte / Emily

Maureen Finnegan

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Mrs Mason

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Kim's Mother

Sarah Ridd

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Sheila Green

Councillor Lavinia Bone

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Rita

Grace Fisher

Julia Bickleigh

Carol

Monica Potter / Jill / Margaret Hanson

Prof. Corner

Jill Swinburne

Jill Swinburne

Sandy

Jane Wardle

Freda MacKenzie / Freda Ashton

Dr Rose Marie

Lt Col Petra Summers

Mary Bold

Jill Swinburne

Clare Short

Mrs. Argyle

Mrs Beaumont

Pauline Sutton

Judith Fitzgerald

Chris' Mother

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Sarah Ridd

Goneril

Moira

Goneril

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Joanna Lassiter

The Queen

Jill

Jane

Angie

Dee Tate

Sally Mackworth

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Heather

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Me Jeffries

Dr Jeffries

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Judy

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Monica Potter

Margaret Hanson

Pat

The Honourable Mrs Jamieson

Sarah Fletcher

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Heather

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Shirley

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Jane

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