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Barbara Young
Born(1931-02-09)9 February 1931[1][2]
Died27 April 2023(2023-04-27) (aged 92)
OccupationActress
Years active1957–2018
Notable workCoronation Street
Family Affairs
I, Claudius
Last of the Summer Wine
Spouse
(m. 1956; died 1979)
Children2, including Liza Pulman

Barbara Young (9 February 1931 – 27 April 2023) was an English actress.[3] She is known for her role as the future Emperor Nero's mother, Agrippinilla, in the landmark 1976 BBC serial I, Claudius.[4]

Early life and education

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Barbara Young was born on 9 February 1931 in Brighouse to Dora (née Ratcliffe) and Jack Young.[5]

While training to be an actor at Bradford Civic Theatre, one of her teachers, Rudolph Laban, recommended her to Joan Littlewood who ran the Theatre Workshop. After joining the company in 1951, Young lodged with fellow Theatre Workshop actor Harry H. Corbett in Wythenshawe.[5]

Career

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In 1956, Young made her West End debut in Peter Myers' revue For Amusement Only at the Apollo Theatre.[5]

Young also played Miss Scatcherd in the 1970 film of Jane Eyre, Eileen Clancy in the 1975 TV series Looking for Clancy, and Dot Wilmington in the TV series Hazell. She appeared in On Giant's Shoulders for the BBC in 1979.[3]

She played the long-running role of gossipy yet lovable Sadie Hargreaves Lloyd in the soap opera Family Affairs. Sadie, a former theatre actress turned barmaid, was a key figure in the show from 1998 until 2005, making her one of the show's longest-serving characters.[6]

Young previously acted in the soap opera Coronation Street in the early 1960s, 1980s and 1990s. In February 2007 she rejoined the cast of Coronation Street, this time as Doreen Fenwick, an old friend of Rita Sullivan.[7]

She appeared in two episodes of Midsomer Murders: the 1997 pilot episode "The Killings at Badger's Drift" and the 2006 episode "Last Year's Model".[8][9]

In 2008 Young made a guest appearance in "Get Out of That, Then", an episode of the long-running BBC comedy series Last of the Summer Wine, as Bobby Ball's wife Florrie.[10] Following the departure of Kathy Staff from the series in 2008 Young joined the regular cast as Nora Batty's sister, Stella.[11]

She appeared in Hollyoaks playing Mags (Nan to Scott Sabeka) from 10 to 13 April 2012.[12] Her final television appearance was in 2016, when she played Connie Templeton in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors.[13]

Personal life and death

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In 1956, Young married screenwriter Jack Pulman. They had two daughters together, singer Liza Pulman and actress Cory Pulman.[5][14] Pulman died in 1979 from a heart attack.[5]

Young died at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge on 27 April 2023, at the age of 92.[15]

Filmography

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Liza Pulman: 'Streisand sent my mum a handwritten letter, saying it was a privilege to meet her'". Irish Independent. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Barbara Young". BFI. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Claudius Takes a New Wife", The Age, 16 May 1978, p. 4. Retrieved 11 July 2011
  5. ^ a b c d e Hayward, Anthony (4 May 2023). "Barbara Young obituary". The Guardian.
  6. ^ "End of the Affairs for Five soap". 30 December 2005 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  7. ^ Melanie Kaidan; Matthew Bunn (30 April 2023). "Coronation Street Barbara Young dies at 92 surrounded by family". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  8. ^ "The Killings at Badger's Drift (1997)". BFI. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Last Year's Model (2006)". BFI. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019.
  10. ^ "BBC One - Last of the Summer Wine, Series 29, Get Out of That, Then". BBC.
  11. ^ "How Not to Cry at Weddings (2010)". BFI. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  12. ^ Fitzpatrick, Katie (29 April 2023). "Coronation Street star Barbara Young has died aged 92". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Mean Streets". BBC. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  14. ^ Galton, Bridget. "Liza Pulman Sings Streisand, Lyric Theatre, West End". Hampstead Highgate Express.
  15. ^ "Coronation Street actress Barbara Young dies in Cambridge aged 92". BBC News. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
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