
Barbara Flynn
Known for ActingBorn 1948-08-05 (age 77)Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK
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"Read more
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The Justice Game
1989 · Series
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Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
2003 · Movie
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Season's Greetings
1986 · Movie
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The Flight Fund
1975 · Movie
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The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
2013 · Movie
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George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
2003 · Movie
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King Lear
1998 · Movie
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Murder in Mind
2001 · Series
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Cranford
2007 · Series
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Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Series
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Killing Eve
2018 · Series
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Sea of Souls
2004 · Series
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A Very Peculiar Practice
1986 · Series
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Chandler & Co
1994 · Series
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The Forsyte Saga
2002 · Series
The New Adventures of Lucky Jim
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The New Adventures of Lucky Jim
1982 · Series
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Hornblower
1998 · Series
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Inspector Morse
1987 · Series
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The Beiderbecke Affair
1985 · Series
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The Borgias
2011 · Series
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Lorna Doone
2000 · Series
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Doctor Who
2005 · Series
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Open All Hours
1976 · Series
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The Beiderbecke Connection
1988 · Series
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He Knew He Was Right
2004 · Series
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Death in Paradise
2011 · Series
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The Durrells
2016 · Series
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Silent Witness
1996 · Series
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Maigret
1992 · Series
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Moving On
2009 · Series
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Wives and Daughters
1999 · Series
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Hornblower: Duty
2003 · Movie
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The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002 · Series
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Elizabeth I
2005 · Series
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Hornblower: Loyalty
2003 · Movie
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The Barchester Chronicles
1982 · Series
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Beyond Paradise
2023 · Series
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A Lion Called Christian
2009 · Movie
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The Queen
2009 · Series
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Cracker: Nine Eleven
2006 · Movie
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Perfect
2001 · Series
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The Vanishing Man
1997 · Movie
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The Vanishing Man
1997 · Series
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A Mother Like Him
1982 · Movie
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The Line of Beauty
2006 · Series
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You're Dead...
1999 · Movie
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Playhouse
1974 · Series
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Centre Play
1973 · Series