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Barbara Flynn
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"
Known For
Miss Potter
as Helen Potter
The Escort
as Kim's Mother
The Christmas Candle
as Lady Camdon
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
as Aunt Bella
Britannia Hospital
as Private Nurse
Hornblower: Loyalty
as Mrs. Mason
Love on a Gunboat
as Monica Potter
Just Henry
as Mrs Beaumont
Lorna Doone
as Sarah Ridd
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
as Narrator
