Portrait of Barbara Flynn

Acting

Barbara Flynn

Career

Active from 1975 to 2025, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
24
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Beiderbecke Affair
The Beiderbecke Affair
GoodWatch score82/100

Characters

3

The characters Barbara Flynn played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 52 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Barbara Flynn Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.0, average 4.7
  • Violence
    2.7, average 4.1
  • Fantasy
    0.4, average 1.7
  • Scare
    1.3, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 7
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Period Drama 3
  • Darkly Humorous 2
  • Socially Conscious 2
  • Everyday Life 2
  • Historical Romance 2
  • Forbidden Love 2
  • Period Piece 2
  • Nostalgic Appeal 2
  • British Comedy-Drama 2
  • Gentle Humor 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

98
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

5 titles ยท average score 60
Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths
Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths (2025)

TV show ยท as Narrator

Beyond Paradise
Beyond Paradise (2023)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Anne Lloyd

Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers (2022)

as Narrator

1978: The Winter of Discontent
1978: The Winter of Discontent (2022)

as Narrator

Kate & Koji
Kate & Koji (2020)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show ยท as Councillor Lavinia Bone

2010s

12 titles ยท average score 60
Killing Eve
Killing Eve (2018)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Julia

The Durrells
The Durrells (2016)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Aunt Hermione

1864
1864 (2014)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Dronning Victoria

The Christmas Candle
The Christmas Candle (2013)
GoodWatch score 44

as Lady Camdon

The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance (2013)

as Narrator (Voice)

Pat & Cabbage
Pat & Cabbage (2013)

TV show ยท as Pat

Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012)
GoodWatch score 46

as Aunt Bella

Death in Paradise
Death in Paradise (2011)
GoodWatch score 55

TV show ยท as Patti Grenson

The Borgias
The Borgias (2011)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Isabella

Just Henry
Just Henry (2011)
GoodWatch score 62

as Mrs Beaumont

My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding (2010)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show ยท as Narrator (voice)

Burlesque Fairytales
Burlesque Fairytales (2010)
GoodWatch score 57

as Mrs. Argyle

2000s

31 titles ยท average score 72
The Queen
The Queen (2009)

TV show ยท as The Queen

Christmas at the Riviera
Christmas at the Riviera (2007)
GoodWatch score 51

as Rita

Miss Potter
Miss Potter (2006)
GoodWatch score 65

as Helen Potter

The Line of Beauty
The Line of Beauty (2006)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Sally Tipper

Cracker: Nine Eleven
Cracker: Nine Eleven (2006)
GoodWatch score 73

as Judith Fitzgerald

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (2005)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Awsok

Malice Aforethought
Malice Aforethought (2005)
GoodWatch score 56

TV show ยท as Julia Bickleigh

New Tricks
New Tricks (2004)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Carole Milburn

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2002)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Maureen Finnegan

The Forsyte Saga
The Forsyte Saga (2002)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Emily

Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone (2001)
GoodWatch score 65

as Sarah Ridd

Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone (2000)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Sarah Ridd

1990s

17 titles ยท average score 72
Wives and Daughters
Wives and Daughters (1999)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Miss Browning

King Lear
King Lear (1998)
GoodWatch score 80

as Goneril

Dear Nobody
Dear Nobody (1998)

as Chris' Mother

Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Millie Bullard

The Vanishing Man
The Vanishing Man (1997)

as Me Jeffries

Silent Witness
Silent Witness (1996)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Carol Fisher

Dalziel and Pascoe
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as TV Documentary Narrator

Chandler & Co
Chandler & Co (1994)

TV show ยท as Dee Tate

Cracker
Cracker (1993)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Judith Fitzgerald / Judith

Maigret
Maigret (1992)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Madame Maigret

Joshua Jones
Joshua Jones (1991)

TV show ยท as Daphne Peacock / Fiona Cashmore / Dakasha Karia / Sharon Cope (voices)

Quick Change
Quick Change (1990)
GoodWatch score 68

as Hostage

1980s

23 titles ยท average score 71
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Mrs Allerton

The Beiderbecke Connection
The Beiderbecke Connection (1988)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Jill Swinburne

The Beiderbecke Tapes
The Beiderbecke Tapes (1987)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Jill Swinburne

Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse (1987)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Monica Height

A Very Peculiar Practice
A Very Peculiar Practice (1986)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Dr Rose Marie

Season's Greetings
Season's Greetings (1986)

as Belinda

Boon
Boon (1986)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show ยท as Sheila Green

The Beiderbecke Affair
The Beiderbecke Affair (1985)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Jill Swinburne

The Barchester Chronicles
The Barchester Chronicles (1982)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Mary Bold

No Visible Scar
No Visible Scar (1981)

as Margaret Hanson

The Gentle Touch
The Gentle Touch (1980)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Sandy

Keep It in the Family
Keep It in the Family (1980)

TV show ยท as Marlene

1970s

9 titles ยท average score 74
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (1977)

TV show ยท as Pauline Sutton

Love on a Gunboat
Love on a Gunboat (1977)

as Monica Potter

Open All Hours
Open All Hours (1976)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as The Milk Woman

The Flight Fund
The Flight Fund (1975)

as Angie

Couples
Couples (1975)

TV show ยท as Sally Mackworth

Playhouse
Playhouse (1974)

TV show ยท as Heather

Centre Play
Centre Play (1973)

TV show ยท as Angie

Play for Today
Play for Today (1970)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Margaret Hanson / Jill

A Family at War
A Family at War (1970)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Freda MacKenzie / Freda Ashton

1960s

1 title ยท average score 72
Z-Cars
Z-Cars (1962)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Jane Wardle