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Barbara Joy McMurray
Barbara Flynn
Acting
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…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Open All Hours: Inside Out
1978: The Winter of Discontent
as Narrator
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
as Narrator
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
as Eileen Dallaglio
TV Shows
Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths
as Narrator · 10 ep.
Beyond Paradise
as Anne Lloyd · 9 ep.
Killing Eve
as Julia · 1 ep.
The Durrells
as Aunt Hermione · 5 ep.
1864
as Queen Victoria · 1 ep.
Pat & Cabbage
as Pat · 6 ep.
Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies
as Herself - Narrator · 2 ep.
Death in Paradise
as Patti Grenson · 1 ep.
The Borgias
as Isabella · 1 ep.
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant · 1 ep.