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Barbara Flynn

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Barbara Flynn

Born Aug 5, 1948 · 77 years89 titles 36 movies · 53 TV
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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"

Also known as

Barbara Joy McMurray

Born

Aug 5, 1948

Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK

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Roles across career

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1970 2 title(s)

1973 1 title(s)

1974 1 title(s)

1975 1 title(s)

1976 1 title(s)

1977 2 title(s)

1980 1 title(s)

1981 2 title(s)

1982 4 title(s)

1985 1 title(s)

1986 3 title(s)

1987 2 title(s)

1988 1 title(s)

1989 4 title(s)

1991 2 title(s)

1992 1 title(s)

1993 1 title(s)

1994 1 title(s)

1996 1 title(s)

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1998 3 title(s)

1999 4 title(s)

2000 1 title(s)

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2003 4 title(s)

2004 2 title(s)

2005 5 title(s)

2006 3 title(s)

2007 3 title(s)

2008 1 title(s)

2009 3 title(s)

2010 2 title(s)

2011 4 title(s)

2012 2 title(s)

2013 3 title(s)

2014 1 title(s)

2016 1 title(s)

2018 1 title(s)

2020 1 title(s)

2022 2 title(s)

2023 1 title(s)

2025 1 title(s)

2026 1 title(s)