Portrait of Glynis Barber

Acting

Glynis Barber

Career

Active from 1979 to 2025, with a break from 1999 to 2012, busiest in 1982 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score48/100
Highest rated
Poster for Dempsey and Makepeace
Dempsey and Makepeace
GoodWatch score70/100

Characters

7

The characters Glynis Barber played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Glynis Barber Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.8, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.5, average 3.0
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2
  • Catharsis
    4.0, average 5.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Documentary Series 2
  • Behind-the-Scenes 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

45
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles · average score 30
Dream Hacker
Dream Hacker (2025)
GoodWatch score 30

as Sue Hamilton

Secrets of the Royals on Tour
Secrets of the Royals on Tour (2020)

TV show · as Narrator

Harry: The Troubled Prince
Harry: The Troubled Prince (2020)

as Narrator (voice)

2010s

6 titles · average score 54
The World's Most Expensive Cruise Ship
The World's Most Expensive Cruise Ship (2019)

TV show · as narrator

The Outpost
The Outpost (2018)
GoodWatch score 55

TV show · as Gertrusha

Royal Hearts
Royal Hearts (2018)
GoodWatch score 53

as Joan

The Best of EastEnders
The Best of EastEnders (2018)

as Glenda Mitchell (archive footage)

Miss Marple: Endless Night
Miss Marple: Endless Night (2013)
GoodWatch score 69

as Cora Van Stuyvesant

Hammer of the Gods
Hammer of the Gods (2013)
GoodWatch score 41

as Astrid

2000s

6 titles · average score 70
New Tricks
New Tricks (2004)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Cheryl Brooker

The Terry and Gaby Show
The Terry and Gaby Show (2003)

TV show

The Afternoon Play
The Afternoon Play (2003)

TV show · as Brenda

The Royal
The Royal (2003)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show · as Jean McAteer

Murphy's Law
Murphy's Law (2001)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Patricia Morris

Night and Day
Night and Day (2001)

TV show

1990s

6 titles · average score 53
Déjà Vu
Déjà Vu (1998)
GoodWatch score 63

as Claire

Highlander: The Raven
Highlander: The Raven (1998)
GoodWatch score 42

TV show · as Rachel

The Fairy King
The Fairy King (1998)
GoodWatch score 44

as Nancy Preston

Diagnosis: Murder
Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show · as Samantha Litvak

Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1992)
GoodWatch score 72

as Lola Brewster

Palace Guard
Palace Guard (1991)

TV show

1980s

17 titles · average score 58
Edge of Sanity
Edge of Sanity (1989)
GoodWatch score 41

as Elisabeth Jekyll

Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf (1988)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Woman with Fur

Monsters
Monsters (1988)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Dr. Jarris

Dempsey and Makepeace
Dempsey and Makepeace (1985)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Harriet Makepeace

EastEnders
EastEnders (1985)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show · as Amy Mitchell / Glenda Mitchell

Dempsey and Makepeace The Movie
Dempsey and Makepeace The Movie (1985)

as Makepeace

Screen Two
Screen Two (1985)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Lucy

The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
GoodWatch score 61

as Beryl Stapleton

The Wicked Lady
The Wicked Lady (1983)
GoodWatch score 45

as Caroline

Jane
Jane (1982)

TV show

Tangiers
Tangiers (1982)

as Beth

Invaders of the Lost Gold
Invaders of the Lost Gold (1982)
GoodWatch score 24

as Janice Jefferson

1970s

6 titles · average score 59
Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Lilian / Sylvia Brett

Yesterday's Hero
Yesterday's Hero (1979)
GoodWatch score 33

as Susan

Terror
Terror (1979)
GoodWatch score 45

as Carol Tucker

Blake's 7
Blake's 7 (1978)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Soolin / Mutoid

The Sandbaggers
The Sandbaggers (1978)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Margaret Müller

Emmerdale
Emmerdale (1972)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show

1960s

1 title · average score 61
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Ethel Voysey