Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1948-08-05 (Age: 78)
Place of Birth
Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK
Barbara Flynn
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 (36)
Open All Hours: Inside Out
2026
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
20221978: The Winter of Discontent
2022
The Christmas Candle
2013
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
2013
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
2012
Just Henry
2011
Burlesque Fairytales
2010
A Lion Called Christian
2009The Marchioness Disaster
2008
Christmas at the Riviera
2007
Miss Potter
2006
Cracker: Nine Eleven
2006The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation
2005
