Thursday, April 27, 2023

Barbara Young obit

Coronation Street actress Barbara Young dies in Cambridge aged 92

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Actress Barbara Young, who starred in Coronation Street and Last of the Summer Wine, has died aged 92.

Her daughter, Liza Pulman, said she had died after receiving "remarkable care" at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.

Young, who also worked on Family Affairs, Doctors and Casualty, was described by Ms Pulman on Instagram as "beautiful, brilliant, opinionated, loud, warm-hearted and talented".

Comedian Dawn French responded: "Love all around you, sweet L."

Born on 9 February 1931, Young had various parts over the years in ITV soap Coronation Street including as Barbara Platt, the mother of Martin Platt, who married Gail, and most recently as Rita Sullivan's friend Doreen Fenwick.

After arriving as Doreen in 2007, she received a marriage proposal from Norris Cole and was at one point told to pack her bags by Rita before they made up.

Ms Pulman, who is herself a singer, said: "Just to let people know, my beautiful, brilliant, opinionated, loud, warm-hearted, talented and singular mother died on Thursday night at 10.30pm.

"My sister Cory and I were by her hospital bed for 30 hours straight and in the end, as is so often the case, she slipped away in our absence with a beautiful nurse called Mercy (you couldn't write it) caring for her.

"The care she received in those last days at Addenbrookes was remarkable - considered, careful and empathetic - and to a person, they all said how much they had loved my mum, how she had made them laugh and how she had always been interested in them."

She added: "She was 43 years without my father, 30 years without a cigarette and 20 years without a drink but never without a humbug."

"I have no words to describe how much I will miss her. You did well mum. Safe travels."

Young will also be remembered as Sadie Hargreaves, later Lloyd, in Channel 5 soap Family Affairs which saw her star as Pamela Tripp's gossipy and flamboyant mother in more than 100 episodes over her run in the show.

In a reply to Ms Pulman's Instagram post announcing Young's death, actor Michael Jibson said: "So sorry for you." While actor Tom Scurr said it had been "a real pleasure working with Barbara years ago".

"She was totally joyful," he added.

The is known for her role as the future Emperor Nero's mother, Agrippina, in the landmark 1976 BBC serial I, Claudius.

Young 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.

 

Filmography

 

Year     Film            Role            Notes

1957    On Stage - London                        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


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