Barbara Flynn

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

83

Gender

Female

Birthday

1948-08-05 (77 years old)

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"

Known For

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Death in Paradise

    Death in Paradise

  • Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Killing Eve

    Killing Eve

  • Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

    The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

    Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Beyond Paradise

    Beyond Paradise

  • The Durrells

    The Durrells

  • Cracker

    Cracker

  • Cracker

    Cracker

  • Cracker

    Cracker

  • Murder in Mind

    Murder in Mind

  • Moving On

    Moving On

  • The Forsyte Saga

    The Forsyte Saga

  • Maigret

    Maigret

  • Hornblower

    Hornblower

  • The Flight Fund

    The Flight Fund

  • Cranford

    Cranford

  • Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

    Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

  • Elizabeth I

    Elizabeth I

  • No Visible Scar

    No Visible Scar

  • A Mother Like Him

    A Mother Like Him

  • The Vanishing Man

    The Vanishing Man

  • Sea of Souls

    Sea of Souls

  • A Family at War

    A Family at War

  • Night Flight

    Night Flight

  • 1864

    1864

  • Open All Hours

    Open All Hours

  • Wives and Daughters

    Wives and Daughters

  • The Marchioness Disaster

    The Marchioness Disaster

  • Day To Remember

    Day To Remember

  • Hornblower: Duty

    Hornblower: Duty

  • Miss Potter

    Miss Potter

  • The Barchester Chronicles

    The Barchester Chronicles

  • The Line of Beauty

    The Line of Beauty

  • A Very Peculiar Practice

    A Very Peculiar Practice

  • Standing in for Henry

    Standing in for Henry

  • Dear Nobody

    Dear Nobody

  • The Queen

    The Queen

  • Just Henry

    Just Henry

  • Lorna Doone

    Lorna Doone

  • Lorna Doone

    Lorna Doone

  • The Christmas Candle

    The Christmas Candle

  • Burlesque Fairytales

    Burlesque Fairytales

  • The Beiderbecke Affair

    The Beiderbecke Affair

  • Chandler & Co.

    Chandler & Co.

  • Christmas at the Riviera

    Christmas at the Riviera

  • Malice Aforethought

    Malice Aforethought

  • Season's Greetings

    Season's Greetings

  • A Lion Called Christian

    A Lion Called Christian

  • Britannia Hospital

    Britannia Hospital

  • Benefactors

    Benefactors

  • He Knew He Was Right

    He Knew He Was Right

  • George Orwell: A Life In Pictures

    George Orwell: A Life In Pictures

  • Perfect

    Perfect

  • Diana: The Curse of the Spencers

    Diana: The Curse of the Spencers

  • The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation

    The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation

  • Hornblower: Loyalty

    Hornblower: Loyalty

  • The Escort

    The Escort

  • Bosses From Hell

    Bosses From Hell

  • You're Dead...

    You're Dead...

  • The Beiderbecke Connection

    The Beiderbecke Connection

  • Pat & Cabbage

    Pat & Cabbage

  • My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding

    My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding

  • The Vanishing Man

    The Vanishing Man

  • The Beiderbecke Tapes

    The Beiderbecke Tapes

  • 1978: The Winter of Discontent

    1978: The Winter of Discontent

  • Love on a Gunboat

    Love on a Gunboat

  • Joshua Jones

    Joshua Jones

  • The New Adventures of Lucky Jim

    The New Adventures of Lucky Jim

  • Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies

    Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies

  • The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance

    The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance

  • The Queen's Castle

    The Queen's Castle

  • Cracker: Nine Eleven

    Cracker: Nine Eleven

  • King Lear

    King Lear

  • The Man Who Would Be Kubrick

    The Man Who Would Be Kubrick

  • Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady

    Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady