Barbara Young (actress)
Barbara Young (born 9 February 1936, Brighouse, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English actress.[1] She is known for her role as the future Emperor Nero's mother, Agrippina, in the landmark 1976 BBC serial I, Claudius.[2]
Barbara Young | |
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| Born | Barbara Young 9 February 1936 Brighouse, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1957–present |
Notable work | Coronation Street Family Affairs |
She also played Miss Scatcherd in the 1970 film of Jane Eyre, Eileen Clancy in the 1975 TV series Looking For Clancy, Dot Wilmington in the TV series Hazell, and appeared in On Giant's Shoulders for the BBC in 1979.[1]
She played the long-running role of gossipy yet lovable Sadie Hargreaves Lloyd in soap opera Family Affairs. Sadie, a former theatre actress turned barmaid, was a key figure in the show from 1998 until 2005, making her one of the show's longest serving characters.[3]
Young previously acted in soap opera Coronation Street in the early 1960s, 1980s and 1990s. In February 2007, she rejoined the cast of Coronation Street, an old friend of Rita Sullivan called Doreen Fenwick until December that year.
She appeared in two episodes of Midsomer Murders, the 1997 pilot episode The Killing at Badger's Drift and the 2006 episode Last Year's Model.[4][5]
In 2008, she made a guest appearance in an episode of the long-running BBC comedy series Last of the Summer Wine "Get Out of That, Then" as Nora Batty's sister Florrie.[6] Following the departure of Kathy Staff from the series in 2008, she joined the regular cast as Nora's other sister, Stella.[7]
She appeared in Hollyoaks playing as Mags (Nan to Scott Sabeka) from 10 – 13 April 2012.
She is the mother of the singer Liza Pulman and the actress Cory Pulman.[8]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | On Stage - London | N/A | TV series (Episode #1.1) |
| 1960 | Fred Emney Picks a Pop | Waitress | TV film |
| BBC Sunday-Night Play | Nancy | TV mini-series (1 episode: "The Chopping Block") | |
| Bootsie and Snudge | Rosemary | TV series (1 episode: "The Blind Date") | |
| 1960, 1961 | Armchair Theatre | Sheila / Flo | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 1961 | Emergency-Ward 10 | Maida Crosby | TV series (Episode #1.452) |
| ITV Play of the Week | Clare | TV series (1 episode: "The Primitive") | |
| 1961, 1982, 1991, 2007 | Coronation Street | Betty Ridgeway / Dorothy Stockwell / Barbara Platt / Doreen Fenwick | TV series (60 episodes) |
| 1962 | Crying Down the Lane | Pat | TV mini-series (Episode #1.3) |
| No Hiding Place | Jean Haven / Sharron Webb | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| Bulldog Breed | Miss Wilson | TV series (1 episode: "The New Garage") | |
| 1965 | Pardon the Expression | Pam Plummer | TV series (3 episodes) |
| 1966 | Dr. Kildare | Saleslady | TV series (1 episode: "No Other Road") |
| Homicide | Nancy Coleman | TV series (1 episode: "What Milk Train?") | |
| 1968 | The Root of All Evil? | Jacky | TV series (1 episode: "You Can Only Buy Once") |
| 1970 | Jane Eyre | Miss Scatcherd | TV film |
| 1972 | War & Peace | Anna Scherer | TV mini-series (2 episodes) |
| Nearest and Dearest | Woman in Doctor's | TV series (1 episode: "A Place in the Sun") | |
| The Main Chance | Hilda Walker | TV series (1 episode: "Where Did I Leave My Shining Armour?") | |
| 1972, 1973 | ITV Playhouse | Nancy / Nora | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 1972, 1976, 1979 | Play for Today | Greta / Typing Pool Supervisor / Maggie | TV series (3 episodes) |
| 1973 | Public Eye | Madge Reading | TV series (1 episode: "Home and Away") |
| Crown Court | Sheila Telfer / Grace Moresby | TV series (5 episodes) | |
| Love Story | Audrey | TV series (1 episode: "Audrey Had a Little Lamb") | |
| 1974 | How's Your Father? | Doreen Cropper | TV series (7 episodes) |
| 1975 | Looking for Clancy | Eileen Clancy | TV series (3 episodes) |
| 1976 | Angels | Mrs. Overton | TV series (1 episode: "Accident") |
| I, Claudius | Agrippinilla | TV series (1 episode: "Old King Log") | |
| 1978 | Hazell | Dot Wilmington | TV series (9 episodes) |
| 1979 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Teacher at Hospital | TV series (1 episode: "On Giant's Shoulders") |
| Crime and Punishment | Mme. Lippevechsel | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| Bless Me Father | Miss Davenport | TV series (1 episode: "Fatal Lady") | |
| 1980 | Brothers and Sisters | Unnamed | Feature film, (Voice role) |
| 1980–1981 | The Good Companions | Mrs. Oakroyd | TV mini-series (3 episodes) |
| 1982 | The Gentle Touch | Paula Ferris | TV series (1 episode: "Right of Entry") |
| 1983 | Praying Mantis | Solicitor's Secretary | TV film |
| 1985 | White City | Mother | Feature film |
| 1986 | Dempsey and Makepeace | Miriam Powell | TV series (1 episode: "Mantrap") |
| 1986, 1993, 1996 | The Bill | Mrs. Lindfield / Gladys Ellis / Julie Hedges | TV series (3 episodes) |
| 1987 | A Dorothy L Sayers Mystery | Mrs. Lefranc | TV series (3 episodes) |
| Hidden City | Woman in Film Disposal Office | Feature Film | |
| A Perfect Spy | Sal | TV mini-series (1 episode: "Episode #1.6") | |
| 1988 | Witness | Gran | TV series documentary (1 episode: "Linda's Secret") |
| 1991 | Sleepers | Elsie | TV series (3 episodes) |
| All Good Things | Hetty Wilson | TV series (4 episodes) | |
| 1992 | Virtual Murder | Rita | TV series (1 episode: "A Touch for Silverado") |
| 1993 | Lovejoy | Belinda Stroud | TV series (1 episode: "The Lost Colony") |
| 1994 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | Susan | TV mini-series (1 episode: "The Three Gables") |
| 1995 | The Vacillations of Poppy Carew | Mrs. Frobisher | TV film |
| Casualty | Carmen | TV series (1 episode: "Halfway House") | |
| Cracker | Helen McIlvanney | TV series (1 episode: "Brotherly Love: Part 1") | |
| 1997 | The Broker's Man | Mrs. Parkinson | TV series (1 episode: "Dangerous Bends: Part 1") |
| 1997, 2006 | Midsomer Murders | Anne Quine / Gwen Trevelyan | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 1998–2005 | Family Affairs | Sadie Hargreaves/Sadie Lloyd | TV series (168 episodes) |
| 1999 | Four Feathers | Janice Yallop | TV series |
| 2006, 2011 | Holby City | Bridie Passmore / Oona Prichard | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2006, 2010, 2016 | Doctors | Miss Barnett / Joan Darlington / Connie Templeton | TV series (3 episodes) |
| 2008–2010 | Last of the Summer Wine | Stella / Florrie | TV series (18 episodes) |
| 2010 | Sailor Boy | Eileen | Short |
| 2012 | Hollyoaks | Nan | TV series (4 episodes) |
| 2015 | Orna | Esther | Short |
| 2018 | The Keeper | Grandma Sarah | Feature film |
References
- "Barbara Young". BFI.
- "Claudius Takes a New Wife", The Age, 16 May 1978, p. 4. Retrieved 11 July 2011
- "End of the Affairs for Five soap". 30 December 2005 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- "The Killings at Badger's Drift (1997)". BFI.
- "Last Year's Model (2006)". BFI.
- "BBC One - Last of the Summer Wine, Series 29, Get Out of That, Then". BBC.
- "How Not to Cry at Weddings (2010)". BFI.
- Galton, Bridget. "Liza Pulman Sings Streisand, Lyric Theatre, West End". Hampstead Highgate Express.