Barbara Flynn (born 5 August 1948 in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, England) is a British actress. She became known for her appearances in several successful television comedy dramas during the 1980s. She tends to play, in her own words, "feisty strong women" (BBC interview).

Early life

Her father was a pathologist and she attended St Mary's 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.

Appearances

Television

• Open All Hours (1973 series) - as The Milk Woman
• The Beiderbecke Affair (1984 series) - co-starred as Jill Swinburne
• The Beiderbecke Tapes (series)
• A Very Peculiar Practice (1986 series) - as Dr Rose Marie
• The Beiderbecke Connection (1988 series)
• Joshua Jones (TV series) (1991 childrens series)
• Wives and Daughters (1999 mini series) - as Miss Browning
• Cracker (series) - as Judith Fitzgerald
• The Forsyte Saga (2002) - Emily Forsyte
• He Knew He Was Right (2004)
• Agatha Christie's Poirot - Death on the Nile (2004) - as Mrs. Allerton

• Sea Of Souls (2004) - as Lt Colonel Summers
• Mystery! Malice Aforethought (2005) - as Julia Bickleigh
• A Family at War (2005)
• Elizabeth I (2005) - as Mary, Queen of Scots

Currently filming The Cranford Chronicles.

Film

• King Lear (1998)
• Lorna Doone (2001) (TV)
• Miss Potter (2006)

References

• Source of birthdate

External links

• Barbara Flynn at the Internet Movie Database