Acting
Barbara Flynn
EN, FR cinema · 37 credits
Born
5 August 1948 (age 78)
Birthplace
Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK
Also known as Barbara Joy McMurray
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
Filmography
The Christmas Candle
as Lady Camdon
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
as Narrator (Voice)
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
as Aunt Bella
Just Henry
as Mrs Beaumont
Burlesque Fairytales
as Mrs. Argyle
A Lion Called Christian
as Self - Narrator(voice)
The Marchioness Disaster
2008
The Marchioness Disaster
as Eileen Dallaglio
Miss Potter
as Helen Potter
Cracker: Nine Eleven
as Judith Fitzgerald
Hornblower: Loyalty
as Mrs. Mason
Hornblower: Duty
as Mrs. Mason
Lorna Doone
as Sarah Ridd
The Escort
as Kim's Mother
You're Dead...
as Prof. Corner
The Man Who Would Be Kubrick
as Self - Narrator
Dear Nobody
as Chris' Mother
King Lear
as Goneril
The Vanishing Man
as Me Jeffries
Quick Change
as Hostage
Season's Greetings
as Belinda
Britannia Hospital
as Private Nurse
No Visible Scar
as Margaret Hanson
Standing in for Henry
as Heather
Love on a Gunboat
as Monica Potter
The Flight Fund
as Angie