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British Female Actresses Biography
Barbara Flynn (born Barbara Jay MacMurray, 5 August 1948, St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex) is an English actress. She first became known for her appearance in the ITV drama A Family at War, that followed the fortunes of a lower middle class family living in Liverpool from 1938 and throughout World War II.
During the 1980s Flynn's acting skills led to her being cast in several successful comedy drama television series - including the Beiderbecke Trilogy and A Very Peculiar Practice. She tends to play, in her own words, "feisty strong women".[1]
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 Television
2.2 Narration
2.3 Film
2.4 Early theatre work
3 References
4 External links
Early life
Her father was a pathologist, a field her brother also followed. She attended St Mary's School, Hastings. She then trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (where she was awarded the Gold Medal in 1968) before appearing in repertory theatre. She married Jeremy George Taylor on 27 February 1982.
Career
Television
A Family at War (1970-72 - 40 episodes)
Open All Hours (1976–85)
Murder Most English (1977)
The Barchester Chronicles (1982)
SuperTed and Nuts in Space (1983)
The Beiderbecke Affair (1984)
The Beiderbecke Tapes (1986)
Season's Greetings (1986)
A Very Peculiar Practice (1986 and 1988)
Inspector Morse: The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (1987)
The Beiderbecke Connection (1988 series)
Joshua Jones (TV series) (1991)
Chandler & Co (1994-95 series)
Wives and Daughters (1999)
Cracker (series)
Lorna Doone (2001)
The Forsyte Saga (2002)
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2004)
He Knew He Was Right (2004)
Agatha Christie's Poirot - Death on the Nile (2004)
Sea of Souls (2004)
Malice Aforethought (2005)
Elizabeth I (2005)
The Line of Beauty (2006)
Cranford (2007–09)
The Queen: The Enemy Within (2009)
New Tricks (2011)
Midsomer Murders (2011)
The Borgias (2012)
Narration
In addition to her acting work, Flynn has provided voice overs for numerous TV documentaries, including:
Body Styles (1989)
Time of Her Life (1993)
Network First (1996)
The Lost Gardens of Heligan (1997)
Deaf Century (1999)
The 1900 House (1999)
Horizon (numerous episodes, 2002 to present)
The 50s and 60s in Living Colour (2003)
George Orwell: A Life in Pictures (2003)
From Here to Paternity (2004)
The Monastery (2005)
The Ghost in Your Genes (2005)
Time Shift: Alan Plater (2005)
The Queen's Castle (2005)
Guarding the Queen (2007)
The Restaurant (2008)
Big Fat Gypsy Weddings (2011 to present)
Jet! When Britian Ruled the Skies (2012)
Film
Britannia Hospital
King Lear (1998)
You Are Dead (1998)
Miss Potter (2006)
British Female Actresses Biography
Barbara Flynn (born Barbara Jay MacMurray, 5 August 1948, St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex) is an English actress. She first became known for her appearance in the ITV drama A Family at War, that followed the fortunes of a lower middle class family living in Liverpool from 1938 and throughout World War II.
During the 1980s Flynn's acting skills led to her being cast in several successful comedy drama television series - including the Beiderbecke Trilogy and A Very Peculiar Practice. She tends to play, in her own words, "feisty strong women".[1]
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 Television
2.2 Narration
2.3 Film
2.4 Early theatre work
3 References
4 External links
Early life
Her father was a pathologist, a field her brother also followed. She attended St Mary's School, Hastings. She then trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (where she was awarded the Gold Medal in 1968) before appearing in repertory theatre. She married Jeremy George Taylor on 27 February 1982.
Career
Television
A Family at War (1970-72 - 40 episodes)
Open All Hours (1976–85)
Murder Most English (1977)
The Barchester Chronicles (1982)
SuperTed and Nuts in Space (1983)
The Beiderbecke Affair (1984)
The Beiderbecke Tapes (1986)
Season's Greetings (1986)
A Very Peculiar Practice (1986 and 1988)
Inspector Morse: The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (1987)
The Beiderbecke Connection (1988 series)
Joshua Jones (TV series) (1991)
Chandler & Co (1994-95 series)
Wives and Daughters (1999)
Cracker (series)
Lorna Doone (2001)
The Forsyte Saga (2002)
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2004)
He Knew He Was Right (2004)
Agatha Christie's Poirot - Death on the Nile (2004)
Sea of Souls (2004)
Malice Aforethought (2005)
Elizabeth I (2005)
The Line of Beauty (2006)
Cranford (2007–09)
The Queen: The Enemy Within (2009)
New Tricks (2011)
Midsomer Murders (2011)
The Borgias (2012)
Narration
In addition to her acting work, Flynn has provided voice overs for numerous TV documentaries, including:
Body Styles (1989)
Time of Her Life (1993)
Network First (1996)
The Lost Gardens of Heligan (1997)
Deaf Century (1999)
The 1900 House (1999)
Horizon (numerous episodes, 2002 to present)
The 50s and 60s in Living Colour (2003)
George Orwell: A Life in Pictures (2003)
From Here to Paternity (2004)
The Monastery (2005)
The Ghost in Your Genes (2005)
Time Shift: Alan Plater (2005)
The Queen's Castle (2005)
Guarding the Queen (2007)
The Restaurant (2008)
Big Fat Gypsy Weddings (2011 to present)
Jet! When Britian Ruled the Skies (2012)
Film
Britannia Hospital
King Lear (1998)
You Are Dead (1998)
Miss Potter (2006)
British Female Actresses
British Female Actresses
British Female Actresses
British Female Actresses
British Female Actresses
British Female Actresses
British Female Actresses
British Female Actresses
British Female Actresses
British Female Actresses
British Female Actresses
British Female Actresses
British Female Actresses
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