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Barbara Flynn

Aug 05, 1948 (76 years old) in 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"

Known For

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Doctor Who
Awsok
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Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs Allerton
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Death in Paradise
Patti Grenson
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Play for Today
Monica Potter
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Playhouse
Heather
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Killing Eve
Julia
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A Family at War
Freda Ashton
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Performance
Goneril
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The Durrells
Aunt Hermione
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The Line of Beauty
Sally Tipper

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