Barbara Flynn
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"
Known For
Doctor Who
Awsok
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs Allerton
Death in Paradise
Patti Grenson
Play for Today
Monica Potter
Play for Today
Margaret Hanson
Play for Today
Jill
Silent Witness
Carol Fisher
Killing Eve
Julia
Inspector Morse
Monica Height
The Borgias
Isabella
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
Playhouse
Heather
Hornblower
Mrs Mason
Beyond Paradise
Anne Lloyd
Dalziel and Pascoe
TV Documentary Narrator
Performance
Goneril
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Maureen Finnegan
The Durrells
Aunt Hermione
Cracker
Cracker
Judith Fitzgerald
Cracker
Judith
The Forsyte Saga
Emily Forsyte
The Forsyte Saga
Emily
Moving On
Carol
Wives and Daughters
Miss Browning
Centre Play
Angie
Murder in Mind
Grace Fisher
Maigret
Cranford
Mrs Jamieson
Chandler & Co
Dee Tate
Miss Potter
Helen Potter
1864
Queen Victoria
Open All Hours
The Milk Woman
A Family at War
Freda MacKenzie
A Family at War
Freda Ashton
He Knew He Was Right
Mrs French
Elizabeth I
Mary Queen of Scots
A Very Peculiar Practice
Dr Rose Marie
Sea of Souls
Lt Col Petra Summers
The Barchester Chronicles
Mary Bold