Frances Barber
Acting
Biography
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).
Born: May 13, 1958
Place of Birth: Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Known For
Bad Education: Christmas Special
Mr Fraser decides Alfie is the right man to direct the Abbey Grove Christmas play.
Let's Talk About Sex
When it's the big questions, who do you trust? Danny Dyer explains the birds and the bees along with Miriam Margolyes, Alastair Campbell, London Hughes & Ulrika Jonsson.
The Nativity
Drama revealing the human story beneath the classic biblical tale, from the courtship of Mary and Joseph in Nazareth to the birth of Jesus in a Bethlehem stable.
The IT Crowd Manual
This behind-the-scenes documentary features interviews with the creators and cast of the cult comedy "The IT Crowd", plus chats with celebrity fans.
Agatha Christie's Poirot
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
A storyteller in a labyrinth tells his dog the stories of Perseus and Medusa, Icarus and Daedalus, Theseus and the Minotaur, and Orpheus and Euridyce.
Agatha Christie's Poirot
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
The IT Crowd
The comedic misadventures of Roy, Moss, and their grifting supervisor Jen, a 'motley crew' of IT support workers at a large corporation headed by a hotheaded yuppie.
Red Dwarf
The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
Monkey Dust
Monkey Dust is a British satirical cartoon, notorious for its dark humour and handling of taboo topics such as bestiality, murder, suicide and paedophilia. There were three series broadcast on BBC Three between 2003 and 2005. Following co-creator Harry Thompson's death, no further series were made.
Filmography
as Carol
as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
as Cheryl
as Marie
as Olivia Arnold
as Mrs Ambrigail
as Dolly Nolan
as Miss Ferguson
as Viv Collins
as Narrator
as Princess Margaret
as Princess
as Mrs. Cheveley
as Alison
as Jessie Welford
as Natalia Sedova
as Angela
as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
as Amelia, Contessa di Faraglione
as Lesley
as Self
as Alfie's Mum
as Self
as Various Roles
as Virginia (Ginny) Trench
as Davina Malmort
as Bernice
as Diana Vreeland
as Mrs. Brandley
as Diana Watson
as Self - Participant
as Sheila Bloom
as Caroline Warwick QC
as Elizabeth
as Pat Poynter
as Janice
as Miss Prentice
as Goneril
as Carol Harmison
as Daisy
as Doctor Mendall
as Mrs. Ambrigall
as S & M Prostitute
as Carol Harmison
as Madame Kovarian
as Eye Patch Lady
as Narrator (voice)
as Lizzie Hinchcliffe
as Fenja Evilenka
as Miss Piggy (voice)
as Clarissa
as Agrippina
as (voice)
as Frances
as Eva
as Isabella Flores
as Julia Sinclair
as The Bolter
as Rivka Kahn
as Georgie
as Jessica
as Louise Ferman
as Mrs. Chambers
as Janine
as Lady in Black
as Woman
as Lady Jersey
as Beatrice Templeton
as Diana Goode
as Ingrid Lockston
as Constance Fielding
as Princess Catherine Radziwill
as Adonia
as Sally Denton
as Andrea Wallis
as Maria
as Marie
as Erika Brandt
as Anna Lindsay
as Mother
as Karen
as Sally Denton
as Anita Lawrence
as Miss Trumble
as Ellen, Lil's Mother
as Medusa
as Gloria Twigge
as Freddie Hancock
as Ann
as Angela
as Joan
as Claire Deeds
as Gert
as Helga Bauer
as Lady Millicent
as Merlina Rival
as Viola / Cesario
as Megan
as Genny
as Winnie Verloc
as Rosie
as Leonie Orton
as Nicole Burgess
as Nancy
as Sister Saint Winifred
as Venus de Milo
as Alice
as Viv
as Wanda Grabinska
as Woman
as Dagmara
as Jill
as Mission Girl
as Annie Besant
as Melody
as Self
as Mrs Ambrigail
as Melody