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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"
As actor
Open All Hours: Inside Out
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
1978: The Winter of Discontent
The Christmas Candle
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Just Henry
Burlesque Fairytales
A Lion Called Christian
The Marchioness Disaster
Christmas at the Riviera
Miss Potter
Cracker: Nine Eleven
The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation
Hornblower: Loyalty
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
Hornblower: Duty
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
Night Flight
Lorna Doone
The Escort
You're Dead...
The Man Who Would Be Kubrick
Dear Nobody
King Lear
The Vanishing Man
Benefactors
Bosses From Hell
Season's Greetings
Day To Remember