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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"
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1948-08-05
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 1.1
- info Birth Place Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Barbara Flynn

6.6
Miss Potter
2006-12-03
0
The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation
2005-10-27

5.3
The Escort
1999-11-17

4.2
Christmas at the Riviera
2007-12-23

2
Dear Nobody
1998-02-27

5.6
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
2012-12-07

6.6
Just Henry
2011-12-18

0
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
2022-11-14

8
King Lear
1998-03-21

5.8
The Christmas Candle
2013-11-22
2
Benefactors
1989-01-02

0
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
2013-03-04

7.2
Hornblower: Loyalty
2003-01-05

6.4
You're Dead...
1999-10-01

0
Season's Greetings
1986-12-24

0
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
2003-04-27

5.7
Lorna Doone
2001-03-11

0
The Man Who Would Be Kubrick
1999-09-04
0
Day To Remember
1986-12-21

0
The Flight Fund
1975-07-14

7.3
Hornblower: Duty
2003-01-06
0
1978: The Winter of Discontent
2022-10-02

0
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
2003-06-14
5.6
Burlesque Fairytales
2010-01-01
0
The Marchioness Disaster
2008-11-01

6
Night Flight
2002-02-02

7
Cracker: Nine Eleven
2006-10-30

0
Love on a Gunboat
1977-01-04

0
The Vanishing Man
1997-04-02

0
No Visible Scar
1981-11-17

0
A Mother Like Him
1982-11-16

6.3
Britannia Hospital
1982-05-27

0
Standing in for Henry
1980-12-19

0
Bosses From Hell
1989-01-01

7.8
A Lion Called Christian
2009-03-28

6.6
Cracker
1993-09-27

7.1
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002-04-08

8
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986-05-21

7.9
Open All Hours
1976-02-20

7.4
Death in Paradise
2011-10-25

7.9
Inspector Morse
1987-01-06
6
Joshua Jones
1991-09-17

7.3
The Beiderbecke Connection
1988-11-27

6.6
The Beiderbecke Tapes
1987-12-13

7.8
The Beiderbecke Affair
1985-01-06

4.5
Malice Aforethought
2005-04-10

7.3
Wives and Daughters
1999-11-28

0
Pat & Cabbage
2013-09-05

7
The Barchester Chronicles
1982-11-10

8.1
Cranford
2007-11-18

7.9
The Forsyte Saga
2002-04-07

6.9
Maigret
1992-02-09

0
The Vanishing Man
1997-04-22

0
Chandler & Co.
1994-07-12

7.7
Hornblower
1998-10-07

6.6
Cracker
1993-09-27

5
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
2010-02-18

7
The Queen
2009-11-29
0
The Queen's Castle
2005-03-27

6
Performance
1991-02-22

7.1
Moving On
2009-05-18

7.6
Doctor Who
2005-03-26

6.3
1864
2014-10-12

0
Perfect
2001-04-23

7.6
Sea of Souls
2004-02-02
0
The New Adventures of Lucky Jim
1982-11-01

6.6
The Line of Beauty
2006-05-17

7.2
Elizabeth I
2005-09-29

6.6
Cracker
1993-09-27

8
Lorna Doone
2000-12-24

7.8
He Knew He Was Right
2004-04-18

6.4
Play for Today
1970-10-15

0
Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies
2012-08-22

5
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011-10-24

8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989-01-08

8
Killing Eve
2018-04-08

6.6
Beyond Paradise
2023-02-24

6.4
Play for Today
1970-10-15

6.4
Play for Today
1970-10-15

7
A Family at War
1970-04-14

7.5
The Durrells
2016-04-03

8.4
Murder in Mind
2001-04-22