Barbara Flynn
Birthday: 1948-08-05 | Place of Birth: Hastings, East Sussex, England, UKBarbara 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"
Known For
Acting
Role
as Narrator
as Lady Camdon
as Pat
as Aunt Bella
as Herself - Narrator
as Mrs Beaumont
as Mrs. Argyle
as Narrator (voice)
as Self - Narrator(voice)
as The Queen
as Eileen Dallaglio
as Rita
as Helen Potter
as Judith Fitzgerald
as Julia Bickleigh
as Julia Bickleigh
as Mary Queen of Scots
as Mrs. Mason
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Emily Forsyte
as Sarah Ridd
as Sarah Ridd
as Prof. Corner
