Barbara Flynn

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Barbara Flynn
Born	5 August 1948 (1948-08-05) (age 59) St Leonards-on-Sea , England, East Sussex, England

Barbara Flynn (born 5 August 1948 in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, England) is a British actress. She became known for her appearances in several successful television comedy dramas during the 1980s. She tends to play, in her own words, "feisty strong women" (BBC interview).

Contents 1 Early life 2 Appearances 2.1 Television 2.2 Film 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Early life

Her father was a pathologist and she attended St Mary's School, Hastings. She then trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (where she was awarded the gold medal in 1968) before appearing in repertory theatre.

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Television

• Open All Hours (1976 series) - as The Milk Woman
• The Beiderbecke Affair (1984 series) - co-starred as Jill Swinburne
• The Beiderbecke Tapes (series)
• A Very Peculiar Practice : Season 1 (1986) - as Dr Rose Marie
• A Very Peculiar Practice : Season 2 (1987) - as Dr Rose Marie
• The Beiderbecke Connection (1988 series)
• Joshua Jones (TV series) (1991 children's series)
• Wives and Daughters (1999 mini series) - as Miss Browning
• Cracker (series) - as Judith Fitzgerald
• The Forsyte Saga (2002) - Emily Forsyte
• He Knew He Was Right (2004)
• Agatha Christie's Poirot - Death on the Nile (2004) - as Mrs. Allerton

• Sea Of Souls (2004) - as Lt Colonel Summers
• Mystery! Malice Aforethought (2005) - as Julia Bickleigh
• A Family at War (2005)
• Elizabeth I (2005) - as Mary, Queen of Scots
• Cranford (2007) - as Mrs Jamieson, a wealthy woman with aristocratic pretensions.

[edit] Film

• King Lear (1998)
• Lorna Doone (2001) (TV)
• Miss Potter (2006)

[edit] References

• Source of birthdate

[edit] External links

• Barbara Flynn at the Internet Movie Database