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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