Frances Barber
Birthday: 1958-05-13
Birthplace: Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned
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).
Credits
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2024-02-27 | Hamlet | First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown |
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2022-09-30 | A Bird Flew In | Marie |
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2021-12-24 | A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint | Mrs Ambrigail |
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2019-10-25 | Trick or Treat | Miss Ferguson |
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2018-12-24 | The Queen and I | Princess Margaret |
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2018-08-23 | Blue Iguana | Princess |
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2018-06-05 | An Ideal Husband | Mrs. Cheveley |
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2018-05-25 | McKellen: Playing the Part | |
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2018-04-25 | The Escape | Alison |
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2017-11-17 | Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool | Joy |
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2017-11-10 | The Bookshop | Jessie |
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2016-09-02 | The Chosen | Natalia Sedova |
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2015-06-19 | Mr. Holmes | Matinee "Madame Schirmer" |
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2014-09-04 | Bucky | Miss Eversham |
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2013-01-11 | May I Kill U? | Bernice |
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2012-01-26 | We'll Take Manhattan | Diana Vreeland |
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2009-12-20 | The Fattest Man in Britain | Janice |
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2008-08-06 | King Lear | Goneril |
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2007-02-09 | Goal II: Living the Dream | Carol Harmison |
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2005-10-11 | Dead Fish | S & M Prostitute |
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2005-09-29 | Goal! | Carol Harmison |
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2004-04-16 | Evilenko | Fenja Evilenka |
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2004-04-12 | The Legend of the Tamworth Two | Miss Piggy (voice) |
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2003-10-03 | Listening | Woman |
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2003-02-02 | Flyfishing | Frances |
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2002-08-21 | The Red Siren | Eva |
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2001-10-13 | Superstition | Isabella Flores |
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2000-10-04 | Esther Kahn | Rivka Kahn |
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2000-09-22 | Shiner | Georgie |
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1999-11-17 | The Escort | Jessica |
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1999-05-12 | Plastic Man | Louise Ferman |
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1999-03-31 | Toy Boys | Mrs. Chambers |
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1998-10-30 | Still Crazy | Lady in Black |
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1998-01-01 | Just in Time | |
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1998-01-01 | Tea | Woman |
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1997-10-10 | A Royal Scandal | Lady Jersey |
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1997-09-19 | Photographing Fairies | Beatrice Templeton |
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1995-09-05 | Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing | Adonia |
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1995-02-05 | Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town | Sally Denton |
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1995-01-01 | 3 Steps to Heaven | Andrea Wallis |
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1994-11-01 | Scarborough Ahoy! | Maria |
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1994-10-05 | Giorgino | Marie |
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1994-09-28 | Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin | Anna Lindsay |
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1994-06-15 | In The Cold Light Of Day | Mother |
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1994-04-13 | Return to Blood River | Karen |
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1994-01-01 | Fish Tale | Helen Wormsley |
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1993-03-08 | A Statement of Affairs | Pip |
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1993-01-15 | Soft Top Hard Shoulder | Miss Trumble |
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1992-07-08 | The Leaving of Liverpool | Ellen, Lil's Mother |
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1991-09-01 | Hancock | Freddie Hancock |
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1991-08-09 | Young Soul Rebels | Ann |
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1991-06-21 | Secret Friends | Angela |
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1991-03-17 | Do Not Disturb | |
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1990-01-01 | The Grasscutter | |
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1989-11-22 | Separate Bedrooms | Gert |
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1988-12-30 | Twelfth Night, or What You Will | Viola / Cesario |
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1988-12-22 | We Think the World of You | Megan |
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1988-01-01 | Duck | |
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1987-10-30 | Sammy and Rosie Get Laid | Rosie |
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1987-04-17 | Prick Up Your Ears | Leonie Orton |
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1986-03-05 | Castaway | Sister Saint Winifred |
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1985-10-04 | A Zed & Two Noughts | Venus de Milo |
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1985-01-02 | White City | Alice |
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1984-03-20 | Hard Feelings | Viv |
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1983-12-15 | A Flame to the Phoenix | Wanda Grabinska |
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1983-11-17 | Those Glory Glory Days | Woman |
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1983-01-01 | Acceptable Levels | Jill |
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1982-11-02 | The Missionary | Mission Girl |
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1982-03-16 | Home Sweet Home | Melody |