Barbara Flynn
British actress
Barbara Flynn
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Barbara Flynn in 2006
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Born |
Barbara Joy McMurray
( 1948-08-05 ) 5 August 1948 (age 75)
St Leonards-on-Sea
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Sussex
, England
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Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1970–present |
Spouse |
Jeremy Taylor
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m.
1982
;
died
2017
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Children | 1 |
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Barbara Flynn (born Barbara Joy McMurray , 5 August 1948) is an English actress. [1] She first came to prominence playing Freda Ashton in the ITV drama series A Family at War (1970–1972). [2] 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). [1] In 2021, she appeared in Doctor Who: Flux as Tecteun, a founder of Time Lord society and The Doctor 's adopted mother.
In her own words, she tends to play "feisty, strong women". [3]
Personal life
Flynn was born in St Leonards-on-Sea , Sussex. Her Irish father, Dr James McMurray, was a pathologist . Her mother was Joy (or Joyce) Crawford Hurst. Flynn attended St Mary's Convent School, Hastings . She then trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (where she was awarded the Gold Medal in 1968) before appearing in repertory theatre . [4]
Flynn married television producer and science writer Jeremy Taylor in 1982. The couple had a son, born in 1990. Taylor died on 17 October 2017. [5] [6]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | Miss Potter | Helen Potter | |
2009 | Burlesque Fairytales | Mrs. Argyle | |
2012 | Cheerful Weather for the Wedding | Aunt Bella | |
2014 | The Christmas Candle | Lady Camdon |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1970–1972 | A Family at War | Freda Ashton MacKenzie | Main role |
1972 | Z-Cars | Jane Wardle | Episode: "Old Acquaintance" |
1975 | Centre Play | Angie | Episode: "The Flight Fund" |
1976 | Couples | Sally Mackworth | Episodes: "1.58", "1.59", "1.60" |
1976 | ITV Sunday Night Drama | Beryl | Episode: "Afternoon Dancing" |
1977 | Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle | Pauline Sutton | Episode: "The Flaxborough Crab: Part 2" |
1977, 1981–1982 | Play for Today | Monica Potter, Margaret Hanson, Jill | Episodes: "Love on a Gunboat", "No Visible Scar", "A Mother Like Him" |
1980 | Keep It in the Family | Marlene | Episode: "Phoney Business" |
1980 | BBC2 Playhouse | Heather | Episode: "Standing in for Henry" |
1981 | Second Chance | Sarah Fletcher | Episode: "October" |
1981 | The Bagthorpe Saga | Sue | Episode: "Absolute Zero: Part 2" |
1981 | Maybury | Dorothy Kemp | Episodes: "Mary", "Hugo" |
1981 | The Last Song | Shirley | TV series |
1981 | The Gentle Touch | Sandy | Episode: "Protection" |
1981–1982, 1985 | Open All Hours | The Milk Woman | Guest role (series 2–4) |
1982 | The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim | Joanna Lassiter | Episodes: "The Big Smoke", "A Foot in the Door", "Scoop", "The Ties That Bind" |
1982 | The Barchester Chronicles | Mary Bold | TV miniseries |
1985 | The Beiderbecke Affair | Jill Swinburne | TV miniseries |
1986 | Day To Remember | Judy | TV film |
1986 | Season's Greetings | Belinda | TV film |
1986–1988 | A Very Peculiar Practice | Rose Marie | Main role |
1987 | Inspector Morse | Monica Height | Episode: " The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn " |
1987 | The Beiderbecke Tapes | Jill Swinburne | TV miniseries |
1988 | The Beiderbecke Connection | Jill Swinburne | TV miniseries |
1989 | Theatre Night | Jane | Episode: "Benefactors" |
1990 | The Justice Game | Eleanor Goodchild | Episodes: "The Lady from Rome: Parts 1-3" |
1992 | Boon | Sheila Green | Episode: "Queen's Gambit" |
1993 | Maigret | Madame Maigret | Episodes: "Maigret on the Defensive", "Maigret's Boyhood Friend", "Maigret and the Minister" |
1993–1995 | Cracker | Judith Fitzgerald | Main role |
1994 | Chandler & Co | Dee Chandler Tate | Main role |
1997 | The Vanishing Man | Ms. Jeffries | TV film |
1998 | Performance | Goneril | Episode: "King Lear" |
1999 | Wives and Daughters | Miss Browning | TV miniseries |
2000 | Lorna Doone | Sarah Ridd | TV film |
2001 | Perfect | Imogen | TV film |
2002 | The Law | Eleanor Kimbrough | TV film |
2002 | Night Flight | Moira | TV film |
2002 | The Forsyte Saga | Emily Forsyte | Regular role |
2003 | Hornblower: Loyalty | Mrs. Mason | TV film |
2003 | Hornblower: Duty | Mrs. Mason | TV film |
2003 | Murder in Mind | Grace Fisher | Episode: "Stalkers" |
2003 | Sweet Medicine | Jane Frampton | Episode: "1.3" |
2004 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Maureen Finnegan | Episode: "If Wishes Were Horses" |
2004 | Poirot | Mrs. Allerton | Episode: "Death on the Nile" |
2004 | He Knew He Was Right | Mrs. French | TV miniseries |
2005 | Sea of Souls | Lt. Col. Petra Summers | Episodes: "Omen: Parts 1 & 2" |
2005 | Malice Aforethought | Julia Bickleigh | TV film |
2005 | Elizabeth I | Mary, Queen of Scots | TV miniseries |
2006 | The Line of Beauty | Sally Tipper | Episode: "To Whom Do You Beautifully Belong" |
2006 | Cracker | Judith Fitzgerald | TV film |
2007 | The Marchioness Disaster | Eileen Dallaglio | TV film |
2007 | Christmas at the Riviera | Rita | TV film |
2007–2009 | Cranford | Mrs. Jamieson | Main role |
2008 | 10 Days to War | Clare Short | Episode: "These Things Are Always Chaos" |
2009 | New Tricks | Carole Milburn | Episode: "Blood Is Thicker Than Water" |
2009 | The Queen | Queen Elizabeth II | Episode: "The Enemy Within" |
2011 | Silent Witness | Carol Fisher | Episodes: "Lost: Parts 1 & 2" |
2011 | Midsomer Murders | Millie Bullard | Episode: "The Oblong Murders" |
2011 | Just Henry | Mrs. Beaumont | TV film |
2012 | The Borgias | Isabella | Episode: "The Choice" |
2013 | Moving On | Carol | Episode: "The Shrine" |
2013 | Pat & Cabbage | Pat | Main role |
2014 | 1864 | Queen Victoria | Episode: "1.3" |
2016–2019 | The Durrells | Aunt Hermione | Guest role (series 1–2, 4), recurring (series 3) |
2019 | Killing Eve | Julia | Episode: "Do You Know How to Dispose of a Body?" |
2020 | Death in Paradise | Patti Grenson | Episode: "9.2" |
2020–2022 | Kate & Koji | Councillor Bone | Main role |
2021 | Doctor Who | Awsok/Tecteun | Episodes: " Once, Upon Time ", " Survivors of the Flux " |
2023 | Beyond Paradise | Anne Lloyd | Main role |
Narration
In addition to her acting work, Flynn has provided voice-overs for numerous TV documentaries, including:
- Body Styles (1989)
- Time of Her Life (1993)
- Network First (1996)
- The Lost Gardens of Heligan (1997)
- Deaf Century (1999)
- The 1900 House (1999)
- Horizon (numerous episodes, 2002 to present)
- The 50s and 60s in Living Colour (2003)
- George Orwell: A Life in Pictures (2003)
- From Here to Paternity (2004)
- The Monastery (2005)
- The Ghost in Your Genes (2005)
- Time Shift: Alan Plater (2005)
- The Queen's Castle (2005)
- Guarding the Queen (2007)
- The Restaurant (2008)
- Big Fat Gypsy Weddings (2011 to present)
- Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies (2012)
- The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance (2013)
- The Planners (2013)
- Permission Impossible: Britain's Planners (2014)
- Countdown to Murder (2021)
- Morse and the Last Endeavour (2023)
Theatre work
Flynn appeared in the Birmingham Repertory Theatre production of Pythagoras in 1976. This was a new play by Danny Abse . In 2016 she appeared in the world premiere production of Elegy at the Donmar Warehouse . [7]
References
- 1 2 "Barbara Flynn" . BFI . Retrieved 5 March 2021 .
- ↑ "BFI Screenonline: Family at War, A (1970-72)" . www.screenonline.org.uk . Retrieved 5 March 2021 .
- ↑ "BBC – Press Office – Sea of Souls Barbara Flynn" . BBC. 8 December 2004 . Retrieved 5 November 2017 .
- ↑ "Barbara Flynn | Theatricalia" . theatricalia.com . Retrieved 5 March 2021 .
- ↑ Flynn Taylor, Barbara (17 October 2017). "Jeremy Taylor obituary" . The Guardian . Retrieved 9 March 2020 .
- ↑ Nesse, Randolph (2 August 2017). "In Memory of Jeremy Taylor, Associate Editor | The Evolution and Medicine Review" . evmedreview.com . Retrieved 5 March 2021 .
- ↑ Shenton, Mark (15 January 2016). "Casting Announcd [ sic ] for Donmar Warehouse Premiere of Elegy; to Include Zoë Wanamaker" . Playbill . Retrieved 5 November 2017 .
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