Person Details

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Aliases: Barbara Joy McMurray

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK

Homepage: https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/barbara-flynn

Movie Involvements: 25

TV Involvements: 34


Most Famous Work

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 Famous Work

Doctor Who
Average
8

Doctor Who

(2005) Awsok
Agatha Christie's Poirot
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8

Agatha Christie's Poirot

(1989) Mrs Allerton
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
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7

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

(2002) Maureen Finnegan
Killing Eve
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8

Killing Eve

(2018) Julia
Play for Today
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6

Play for Today

(1970) Margaret Hanson
Inspector Morse
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8

Inspector Morse

(1987) Monica Height
Cracker
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6

Cracker

(1993) Judith
Cranford
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8

Cranford

(2007) Self/Miss Jamieson

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Anne Lloyd
Anne
2022 Narrator
Narrator
2018 Julia
2016 Aunt Hermione
2014 Queen Victoria
2013 Lady Camdon
Pat
Narrator (Voice)
2012 Aunt Bella
Herself - Narrator
2011 Mrs Beaumont
Patti Grenson
Self - Participant
2010 Narrator (voice)
Mrs. Argyle
2009 The Queen
Carol
2008 Eileen Dallaglio
2007 Rita
Mrs Jamieson
Self/Miss Jamieson
2006 Helen Potter
Judith Fitzgerald
Sally Tipper
2005 Voice
Mary Queen of Scots
Julia Bickleigh
Narrator (Voice)
Awsok
2004 Mrs. French
Lt Col Petra Summers
2003 Narrator
Narrator
Mrs. Mason
Mrs. Mason
2002 Maureen Finnegan
N/A
Moira
2001 Imogen
Grace Fisher
Sarah Ridd
2000 Sarah Ridd
1999 Miss Browning
Kim's Mother
Prof. Corner
Self - Narrator
1998 Mrs Mason
Goneril
Chris' Mother
1997 N/A
Me Jeffries
1994 N/A
1993 N/A
Judith Fitzgerald
Judith
1992 N/A
1991 N/A
Goneril
1989 Mrs Allerton
N/A
N/A
1988 Jill Swinburne
1987 Jill Swinburne
Monica Height
1986 Belinda
Judy
Rose Marie
1985 Jill Swinburne
1982 Jill
Mary Bold
Joanna Lassiter
Private Nurse
1981 Margaret Hanson
1980 Heather
1977 Monica Potter
1976 N/A
1975 Angie
1970 Monica Potter
Jill
Margaret Hanson
Freda Ashton
Year Character Movie/Tv

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