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Frances Barber
Barber in 1985
Born
Frances Brookes
(1958-05-13 ) 13 May 1958 (age 66 ) Alma mater University College of North Wales Occupation Actress Years active 1979–present
Frances Barber (née Brookes , born 13 May 1958) is an English actress. She received Olivier Award nominations for her work in the plays Camille Uncle Vanya Gary Oldman in Prick Up Your Ears We Think the World of You Dead Fish Sammy and Rosie Get Laid Soft Top Hard Shoulder Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool The Street Doctor Who Silk Whitstable Pearl
Life and career [ edit ]
Barber was born in Wolverhampton , Staffordshire, England.[1] Wolverhampton Municipal Grammar School .[2]
Barber studied drama at the University College of North Wales in Bangor , where she was a contemporary of director Danny Boyle , who became her boyfriend.[3]
She appeared in the Pet Shop Boys ' musical Closer to Heaven Mermaid Theatre . She also appeared alongside Ian McKellen and Roger Allam in the Old Vic's pantomime production of Aladdin Trevor Nunn 's production of King Lear Chekhov's The Seagull Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon followed by a world tour throughout the year.[4] New London Theatre on Drury Lane ,[5] [6]
In 2011, Barber guest-starred in the Doctor Who A Good Man Goes to War " and "The Wedding of River Song " (and five other episodes, sometimes uncredited) as Madame Kovarian.[7] We'll Take Manhattan as Diana Vreeland . In 2019, she starred in the Pet Shop Boys' musical Musik .
In May 2022, Barber appeared as Lesley in series 8 episode 4 of BBC dark comedy series, Inside No. 9 [8] [9]
Political views [ edit ]
Barber is a British unionist . She signed a letter supporting a No vote ahead of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum . After the Scottish National Party won 56 seats at the 2015 general election , she caused controversy after making comments on Twitter comparing the SNP to the Third Reich , further stating "God help us all is all I can say when the racist S.N.P. try to take over, England will react we will have civil war."[10]
She supported Remain during the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum .[11] [12]
Barber urged a vote for the Labour Party at the 2017 UK general election . Critical of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn , she said "I will vote Labour holding my nose. Urge you too."[13] [14] 2019 United Kingdom general election , she backed the Liberal Democrats.[15]
In 2018, she was among the signatories to a letter published in The Observer Gender Recognition Act were being silenced.[16] The Scotsman her views .[17]
In 2006, Barber received an honorary fellowship from the University of Wolverhampton .[18]
Theatre [ edit ]
Riff Raff Rules (Theatre Royal Stratford East )
Space Ache (Tricycle Theatre , 1980)
Emilia in Othello Oxford Playhouse )
La Guerra (The Battle ), Desperado Corner Madame Louise Glasgow Citizens' , 1980, and Venice Biennale Festival , 1981)
The Treat (Institute of Contemporary Arts )
The Mission
Hard Feelings The Bush , 1983)[19]
Turning Over (The Bush, 1983)[20]
Marguerite in Camille Royal Shakespeare Company , The Other Place , 1984, and Comedy Theatre , 1985 – Olivier nomination for Most Promising Newcomer)
Ophelia in Hamlet Barbican Theatre , 1985)
Love's Labour's Lost The Other Place , Comedy Theatre , 1985)
The Dead Monkey (RSC The Pit , 1986))
Summer and Smoke Haymarket Theatre )
Viola in Twelfth Night Riverside Studios , 1987)
Lady Macbeth in Macbeth Royal Exchange, Manchester , 1988)
My Heart's a Suitcase (Royal Court , 1990)
Over a Barrel (Watford Palace Theatre )
Imagine Drowning (Hampstead Theatre , 1991)
Maxine Faulk in The Night of the Iguana National Theatre , 1992)
Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion
Insignificance Donmar Warehouse , 1995)
Uncle Vanya Minerva Theatre, Chichester and Albery Theatre , 1996 – TMA Award and Olivier nomination for Best Supporting Actress)
Closer Lyric Theatre , National Theatre West End transfer, 1998)
Billie Trix in Closer to Heaven Arts Theatre , 2001)
Valerie in Tales from the Vienna Woods
Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Gielgud Theatre , 2004)
Dim Sum in Aladdin
The Narrator in Shane Cullinan 's The Pieta St Paul's, Covent Garden , 2006)
Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra Shakespeare's Globe , London, 2006)[21]
Arkadina in The Seagull King Lear Courtyard Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon , and New London Theatre , 2007)
Madame de Sade (Donmar West End, Wyndham's Theatre , 2009)
Afterplay Edinburgh Festival , then Gate Theatre, Dublin , 2009)
Julius Caesar
Lady Sneerwell in The School for Scandal Lucille Lortel Theatre , New York City, 2016)[22]
Mrs Cheveley in An Ideal Husband Vaudeville Theatre , London, May 2018)
Billie Trix in Musik Edinburgh Festival Fringe , August 2019 & Leicester Square Theatre , London, September 2019 and February 2020)
Polonius in Hamlet (Theatre Royal Windsor, 2021)
Elsa Jean Krakowski in The Unfriend (Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester, 2022 and The Criterion, London, 2023)
Selected filmography [ edit ]
A Flame to the Phoenix (1983) as Wanda Grabinska
Acceptable Levels (1985) as Jill
A Zed & Two Noughts
White City (1985) as Alice
Castaway
Prick Up Your Ears
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
We Think the World of You
Victim of the Brain
Twelfth Night
Chambre à part (1989) as Gert
Behaving Badly
Red Dwarf Polymorph ") as Genny
Agatha Christie's Poirot The Veiled Lady ") as Lady Millicent
Young Soul Rebels
Secret Friends
Inspector Morse
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
The Leaving of Liverpool
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
Du fond du coeur (1994) as Anna Lindsay
Giorgino
Space Precinct
Rhodes
The Ice House
Photographing Fairies
A Royal Scandal
Dalziel and Pascoe The Wood Beyond ") as Amanda 'Cap' Marvell
Still Crazy
Murder Most Horrid
The Escort
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
Esther Kahn
Shiner
Superstition (2001) as Isabella Flores
Gimme Gimme Gimme
Manchild
The Red Siren
24 heures de la vie d'une femme (2002) as Betty
Flyfishing (2002) as Frances
My Family
Boudica Agrippina
Monkey Dust
Suzie Gold
Evilenko
Goal!
Dead Fish (2005) as S & M Prostitute
Agatha Christie's Marple A Murder Is Announced ") as Lizzie Hinchcliffe
Funland
The IT Crowd
New Tricks
Goal II: Living the Dream
Hustle
Beautiful People
King Lear
Agatha Christie's Poirot
The Fattest Man in Britain
The Royal
Midsomer Murders
Doctor Who
Great Expectations
Friday Night Dinner
We'll Take Manhattan
May I Kill U?
Vexed
Silk
The Life of Rock with Brian Pern
Mapp & Lucia
Mr. Holmes
Benidorm
The Chosen
Medici: Masters of Florence
Father Brown
Midsomer Murders
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
The Escape
The Bookshop
An Ideal Husband (2018) as Mrs. Cheveley
Blue Iguana
The Queen and I
Queens of Mystery
Casualty
Cold Feet
Whitstable Pearl
The Mezzotint
The Chelsea Detective
Inside No. 9 Love Is A Stranger " as Lesley
A Bird Flew In
Music video [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Barnett, Laura (21 April 2009). "Portrait of the artist: Frances Barber, actor" . The Guardian ISSN 1756-3224 .
^ British Theatre Guide – RSC Double Press Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine . Britishtheatreguide.info. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
^ "The British Theatre Guide : Reviews – The Seagull (RSC at the New London Theatre)" . Britishtheatreguide.info. 12 January 2008. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2009 .
^ "The British Theatre Guide : Reviews – King Lear (RSC at the New London Theatre)" . Britishtheatreguide.info. 12 January 2008. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2009 .
^ BBC One – Doctor Who, Series 6, A Good Man Goes to War . BBC. (23 August 2011). Retrieved 8 June 2012.
^ Cormack, Morgan (27 April 2023). "Inside No. 9 season 8 cast: Meet the guest stars in new episodes" . Radio Times . Retrieved 2 May 2023 .
^ "Reece Shearsmith on the new series of Inside No 9" . Great British Life . 22 April 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023 .
^ "Actress sparks fury with 'Nazi' SNP comparison" . The Herald ISSN 0965-9439 . Retrieved 18 December 2019 .
^ "What Remainers should have done differently | the New European" . Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021 .
^ "Labour Used to be the Party of Democracy - I Don't See That Any More" . 2 October 2017.
^ Adejobi, Alicia (8 June 2017). "Labour vs Conservatives: Who are celebrities voting for in the general election 2017?" . International Business Times Newsweek Media Group . Retrieved 26 September 2017 .
^ Wearmouth, Rachel (26 September 2017). "Labour in Fresh Anti-Semitism Row as Speaker Calls for Free Speech to Cover Holocaust Denial" . HuffPost UK Oath Inc . Retrieved 26 September 2017 .
^ "General election: Celebrities reveal who they're backing" .
^ "Women's groups claim 'silencing' on transgender concerns" . TheGuardian.com
^ Flockhart, Gary (28 September 2020). "JK Rowling receives support from Ian McEwan and Frances Barber amid 'transphobia' row" . The Scotsman . Retrieved 18 August 2022 .
^ "Actress Frances Barber receives honorary award" . University of Wolverhampton . 21 August 2006. Archived from the original on 18 February 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2009 .
^ http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/productions/hard_feelings.html [permanent dead link
^ http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/productions/turning_over.html [permanent dead link
^ Thaxter, John (6 July 2006). "Reviews: Antony and Cleopatra" . The Stage ISSN 0038-9099 . Retrieved 13 August 2009 .
^ "Off Broadway Reviews – The School For Scandal " , The Stage Review , 27 April 2016
^ "Kate Bush - Deeper Understanding - Official Video" . YouTube . Retrieved 15 October 2022 .
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