Barbara Flynn
Actor
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"
Filmography
Britannia Hospital
as Private Nurse 1982
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
as Aunt Bella 2012
The Christmas Candle
as Lady Camdon 2013
Hornblower: Loyalty
as Mrs. Mason 2003
Hornblower: Duty
as Mrs. Mason 2003
The Escort
as Kim's Mother 1999
Lorna Doone
as Sarah Ridd 2001
Christmas at the Riviera
as Rita 2007
You're Dead...
as Prof. Corner 1999
Just Henry
as Mrs Beaumont 2011
Burlesque Fairytales
as Mrs. Argyle 2010
A Lion Called Christian
as Self - Narrator(voice) 2009
Cracker: Nine Eleven
as Judith Fitzgerald 2006
Dear Nobody
as Chris' Mother 1998
King Lear
as Goneril 1998
Benefactors
1989