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Barbara Flynn (born Barbara Jay MacMurray, 5 August 1948, St Leonards-on-Sea, East 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 through 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". Her father was a pathologist, a field her brother... MORE

Barbara Flynn (born Barbara Jay MacMurray, 5 August 1948, St Leonards-on-Sea, East 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 through 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". 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. In addition to her acting work, Flynn has provided voice overs for numerous TV documentaries, including: Barbara Flynn appeared in the Birmingham Repertory Theatre production of "Pythagoras" in 1976. This was a new play by Danny Abse. Also in that production was Graham Seed, who went on to play Nigel Pargetter in The Archers. LESS