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Acting
Barbara Flynn
Also known as: Barbara Joy McMurray
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"
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 5, 1948
Age
78 years old
Place of Birth
Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK
Popularity Score
1.2
Filmography
Open All Hours: Inside Out
2026Movie
Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths
Narrator
2025TV
Beyond Paradise
Anne Lloyd
2023TV
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
Narrator
2022Movie
1978: The Winter of Discontent
Narrator
2022Movie
Kate & Koji
Councillor Lavinia Bone
2020TV
Killing Eve
Julia
2018TV
The Durrells
Aunt Hermione
2016TV
1864
Queen Victoria
2014TV
The Christmas Candle
Lady Camdon
2013Movie
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
Narrator (Voice)
2013Movie
Pat & Cabbage
Pat
2013TV
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Aunt Bella
2012Movie
Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies
Herself - Narrator
2012TV
Just Henry
Mrs Beaumont
2011Movie
Death in Paradise
Patti Grenson
2011TV
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
2011TV
The Borgias
Isabella
2011TV
Burlesque Fairytales
Mrs. Argyle
2010Movie
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
Narrator (voice)
2010TV
A Lion Called Christian
Self - Narrator(voice)
2009Movie
The Queen
The Queen
2009TV
Moving On
Carol
2009TV
The Marchioness Disaster
Eileen Dallaglio
2008Movie
Christmas at the Riviera
Rita
2007Movie
Cranford
Mrs Jamieson
2007TV
Guarding The Queen
Narrator
2007TV
Miss Potter
Helen Potter
2006Movie
Cracker: Nine Eleven
Judith Fitzgerald
2006Movie
The Line of Beauty
Sally Tipper
2006TV
The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation
Voice
2005Movie
Malice Aforethought
Julia Bickleigh
2005TV
The Queen's Castle
Narrator (Voice)
2005TV
Doctor Who
Awsok
2005TV
Elizabeth I
Mary Queen of Scots
2005TV
Sea of Souls
Lt Col Petra Summers
2004TV
He Knew He Was Right
Mrs French
2004TV
Hornblower: Loyalty
Mrs. Mason
2003Movie
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
Narrator
2003Movie
Hornblower: Duty
Mrs. Mason
2003Movie
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
Narrator
2003Movie
Night Flight
Moira
2002Movie
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Maureen Finnegan
2002TV
The Forsyte Saga
Emily Forsyte
2002TV
Lorna Doone
Sarah Ridd
2001Movie
Perfect
Imogen
2001TV
Murder in Mind
Grace Fisher
2001TV
Lorna Doone
Sarah Ridd
2000TV
The Escort
Kim's Mother
1999Movie
You're Dead...
Prof. Corner
1999Movie
The Man Who Would Be Kubrick
Self - Narrator
1999Movie
Wives and Daughters
Miss Browning
1999TV
Dear Nobody
Chris' Mother
1998Movie
King Lear
Goneril
1998Movie
Hornblower
Mrs Mason
1998TV
The Vanishing Man
Me Jeffries
1997Movie
The Vanishing Man
Dr Jeffries
1997TV
Silent Witness
Carol Fisher
1996TV
Dalziel and Pascoe
TV Documentary Narrator
1996TV
Chandler & Co
Dee Tate
1994TV
Cracker
1993TV
Maigret
1992TV
Joshua Jones
1991TV
Performance
Goneril
1991TV
Benefactors
1989Movie
Bosses From Hell
1989Movie
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs Allerton
1989TV
The Justice Game
Eleanor Goodchild
1989TV
The Beiderbecke Connection
Jill Swinburne
1988TV
Inspector Morse
Monica Height
1987TV
The Beiderbecke Tapes
Jill Swinburne
1987TV
Season's Greetings
Belinda
1986Movie
Day To Remember
Judy
1986Movie
A Very Peculiar Practice
Dr Rose Marie
1986TV
The Beiderbecke Affair
Jill Swinburne
1985TV
A Mother Like Him
Jill
1982Movie
Britannia Hospital
Private Nurse
1982Movie
The Barchester Chronicles
Mary Bold
1982TV
The New Adventures of Lucky Jim
Joanna Lassiter
1982TV
No Visible Scar
Margaret Hanson
1981Movie
The Bagthorpe Saga
Sue
1981TV
Standing in for Henry
Heather
1980Movie
Love on a Gunboat
Monica Potter
1977Movie
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
Pauline Sutton
1977TV
Open All Hours
The Milk Woman
1976TV
The Flight Fund
Angie
1975Movie
Playhouse
Heather
1974TV
Centre Play
Angie
1973TV
Play for Today
Monica Potter
1970TV
A Family at War
Freda MacKenzie
1970TV