Barbara Flynn
Known For
Acting
Born
1948-08-05 in 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"
Most Known For
Doctor Who
as Awsok
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mrs Allerton
Death in Paradise
as Patti Grenson
Silent Witness
as Carol Fisher
Killing Eve
as Julia
Play for Today
as Monica Potter
Play for Today
as Jill
Play for Today
as Margaret Hanson
Inspector Morse
as Monica Height
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as Maureen Finnegan
Playhouse
as Heather
Beyond Paradise
as Anne Lloyd
The Durrells
as Aunt Hermione
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
Cracker
Cracker
as Judith Fitzgerald
Cracker
as Judith
Moving On
as Carol
Performance
as Goneril
Hornblower
as Mrs Mason