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Frances Barber

Frances Barber

Frances Barber (née Brookes, born 13 May 1958) is an English actress. She received Olivier Award nominations for her work in the plays Camille (1985), and Uncle Vanya (1997). Her film appearances include three collaborations with Gary Oldman in Prick Up Your Ears (1987), We Think the World of You (1988) and Dead Fish (2005); as well as Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987); Soft Top Hard Shoulder (1992); and latterly Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017). Barber's numerous television credits include The Street (2009), Doctor Who (2011), Silk (2012–2014), and Whitstable Pearl (2021–2022).

Personal information

Birthday

1958-05-13

Birth Place

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK

Movies and TV shows :

3 Steps to Heaven

3 Steps to Heaven

1995

2.5

Movie
A Bird Flew In

A Bird Flew In

2022

0.0

Movie
A Flame to the Phoenix

A Flame to the Phoenix

1983

0.0

Movie
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint

2021

6.9

Movie
A Royal Scandal

A Royal Scandal

1997

7.0

Movie
A Statement of Affairs

A Statement of Affairs

1993

0.0

Movie
A Zed & Two Noughts

A Zed & Two Noughts

1985

7.0

Movie
Acceptable Levels

Acceptable Levels

1983

0.0

Movie
poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

7.6

TV
poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

8.1

TV
poster

An Audience with...

1978

5.3

TV
An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband

2018

7.5

Movie
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

1995

0.0

Movie
poster

Bad Education

2012

7.0

TV
poster

Beautiful People

2008

7.3

TV
poster

Behaving Badly

1989

3.0

TV
poster

Benidorm

2007

7.5

TV
Blue Iguana

Blue Iguana

2018

5.8

Movie
poster

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

1999

6.0

TV
poster

Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money

2008

0.0

TV
Bucky

Bucky

2014

0.0

Movie
Castaway

Castaway

1986

6.3

Movie
poster

Casualty

1986

6.0

TV
poster

Celeb

2002

0.0

TV
poster

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011

5.0

TV
poster

Chef

1993

7.7

TV
poster

Dalziel & Pascoe

1996

6.3

TV
Dead Fish

Dead Fish

2005

5.5

Movie
poster

Death in Paradise

2011

7.5

TV
Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin

Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin

1994

0.0

Movie
Do Not Disturb

Do Not Disturb

1991

0.0

Movie
poster

Doctor Who

2005

7.5

TV
poster

Dreamland

2023

7.1

TV
Duck

Duck

1988

0.0

Movie
Esther Kahn

Esther Kahn

2000

6.0

Movie
Evilenko

Evilenko

2004

5.7

Movie
poster

Father Brown

2013

7.5

TV
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

2017

6.4

Movie
Fish Tale

Fish Tale

1994

0.0

Movie
Flyfishing

Flyfishing

2003

4.0

Movie
poster

Friday Night Dinner

2011

7.8

TV
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel

Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel

2021

7.8

Movie
poster

Funland

2005

6.4

TV
poster

Gimme Gimme Gimme

1999

7.0

TV
Giorgino

Giorgino

1994

6.7

Movie
Goal II: Living the Dream

Goal II: Living the Dream

2007

6.0

Movie
Goal!

Goal!

2005

6.8

Movie
poster

Great Expectations

2011

7.2

TV
Hamlet

Hamlet

2024

7.8

Movie
Hancock

Hancock

1991

0.0

Movie
Hard Feelings

Hard Feelings

1984

0.0

Movie
poster

Having It Off

2002

0.0

TV
His Passionate Bride

His Passionate Bride

2005

0.0

Movie
Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

1982

6.3

Movie
poster

Hotel Babylon

2006

7.3

TV
poster

Hustle

2004

7.6

TV
In The Cold Light Of Day

In The Cold Light Of Day

1994

0.0

Movie
poster

Inside No. 9

2014

8.0

TV
poster

Inspector Morse

1987

7.8

TV
Just in Time

Just in Time

1998

0.0

Movie
King Lear

King Lear

2008

6.7

Movie
poster

Law & Order: UK

2009

6.8

TV
poster

Let's Talk About Sex

2019

10.0

TV
Listening

Listening

2003

7.3

Movie
poster

Love in a Cold Climate

2001

7.8

TV
poster

Mapp and Lucia

2014

6.6

TV
May I Kill U?

May I Kill U?

2013

4.6

Movie
McKellen: Playing the Part

McKellen: Playing the Part

2018

7.2

Movie
poster

Midsomer Murders

1997

7.5

TV
poster

Monkey Dust

2003

8.1

TV
Mr. Holmes

Mr. Holmes

2015

6.5

Movie
poster

Murder Most Horrid

1991

6.6

TV
Muse of Fire

Muse of Fire

2013

6.5

Movie
poster

New Tricks

2004

7.3

TV
poster

Pete versus Life

2010

6.7

TV
Photographing Fairies

Photographing Fairies

1997

5.7

Movie
Plastic Man

Plastic Man

1999

1.0

Movie
poster

Plastic Man

1999

0.0

TV
poster

Play for Today

1970

6.1

TV
Prick Up Your Ears

Prick Up Your Ears

1987

6.6

Movie
poster

Psychobitches

2013

6.7

TV
poster

Queens of Mystery

2019

7.2

TV
poster

Red Dwarf

1988

8.0

TV
poster

Reilly: Ace of Spies

1983

7.1

TV
Return to Blood River

Return to Blood River

1994

0.0

Movie
poster

Rhodes

1996

0.0

TV
poster

Rik Mayall Presents

1993

7.3

TV
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town

Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town

1995

0.0

Movie
poster

Ruby

1997

0.0

TV
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

1987

5.6

Movie
Scarborough Ahoy!

Scarborough Ahoy!

1994

7.0

Movie
Secret Friends

Secret Friends

1991

3.9

Movie
Separate Bedrooms

Separate Bedrooms

1989

5.2

Movie
Shiner

Shiner

2000

5.6

Movie
poster

Silk

2011

7.6

TV
Soft Top Hard Shoulder

Soft Top Hard Shoulder

1993

6.2

Movie
poster

Space Precinct

1994

5.7

TV
Still Crazy

Still Crazy

1998

6.8

Movie
Superstition

Superstition

2001

5.2

Movie
Tea

Tea

1998

0.0

Movie
The Bookshop

The Bookshop

2017

6.5

Movie
poster

The Chelsea Detective

2022

6.3

TV
The Chosen

The Chosen

2016

5.8

Movie
The Escape

The Escape

2018

5.6

Movie
The Escort

The Escort

1999

5.3

Movie
The Fattest Man in Britain

The Fattest Man in Britain

2009

5.9

Movie
The Grasscutter

The Grasscutter

1990

5.0

Movie
poster

The Ice House

1997

6.4

TV
poster

The IT Crowd

2006

8.1

TV
The IT Crowd Manual

The IT Crowd Manual

2014

8.3

Movie
The Leaving of Liverpool

The Leaving of Liverpool

1992

6.0

Movie
poster

The Leaving of Liverpool

1992

6.8

TV
The Legend of the Tamworth Two

The Legend of the Tamworth Two

2004

3.0

Movie
The Missionary

The Missionary

1982

5.6

Movie
poster

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

1988

0.0

TV
poster

The Nativity

2010

8.8

TV
poster

The Nightmare Years

1989

5.0

TV
poster

The Orchid House

1991

5.5

TV
The Queen and I

The Queen and I

2018

6.4

Movie
poster

The Rebel

2016

7.5

TV
The Red Siren

The Red Siren

2002

5.2

Movie
poster

The Spa

2013

6.0

TV
poster

The Storyteller: Greek Myths

1990

8.1

TV
poster

The Street

2006

7.6

TV
Those Glory Glory Days

Those Glory Glory Days

1983

4.6

Movie
poster

Timewatch

1982

6.9

TV
Toy Boys

Toy Boys

1999

0.0

Movie
poster

Trial & Retribution

1997

6.4

TV
Trick or Treat

Trick or Treat

2019

2.3

Movie
Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Twelfth Night, or What You Will

1988

6.9

Movie
poster

Vexed

2010

7.0

TV
We Think the World of You

We Think the World of You

1988

6.7

Movie
We'll Take Manhattan

We'll Take Manhattan

2012

5.7

Movie
White City

White City

1985

0.0

Movie
poster

Whitstable Pearl

2021

6.5

TV
Young Soul Rebels

Young Soul Rebels

1991

5.0

Movie