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Lilian Ridgway, known professionally as Lynda Baron, was an English actress, best known for playing Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in the BBC comedy series Open All Hours (1976-1985) and its sequel, Still Open All Hours (2013-2016).
From 1993 to 1997, she played Auntie Mabel in BBC children's programme Come Outside and in 2006, she starred as Linda Clarke in EastEnders, before returning from 2008 to 2009 and again in 2016.
Baron was born in Urmston, Lancashire. She was originally trained as a dancer at the Royal Academy of Dance. Early in her career, she appeared in repertory theatre and several West End venues.
Baron's early television roles included small parts in Crossroads (1964), Up Pompeii (1970), Z-Cars (1971) and the British horror film Hands of the Ripper (1971). Baron appeared on television in BBC-3 (1965), a series in the vein of That Was The Week That Was, involving some of the same performers. She also alternated with Annie Ross as the resident singer on Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (1965). Baron has taken part in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who three times. She was heard as a singer in the 1966 serial The Gunfighters. She appeared in front of the cameras as Captain Wrack in the 1983 serial Enlightenment, and again in 2011 in Closing Time as Val.
Baron is best known for playing Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in the popular BBC comedy series Open All Hours with Ronnie Barker and David Jason which ran for four series in 1976, 1981 to 1982 and in 1985, and was subsequently voted eighth in Britain's Best Sitcom in 2004.
In the 1970s and 1980s, Baron co-starred in the ITV sitcom Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt! and the forgotten BBC sitcom A Roof Over My Head. She had small parts in Minder and Last of the Summer Wine. In 1986, she acted in a party political broadcast for the SDP-Liberal Alliance.
Baron also appeared in the 1987 Christmas special of The Two Ronnies. Baron then went on to appear in the BBC Two comedy series KYTV.
In the 1990s, Baron played Auntie Pat in five episodes of the ITV sitcom The Upper Hand (1992-93). Baron then went on to star in the children's television series Come Outside (1993-97) playing Auntie Mabel, an everyday woman living in a bungalow, set in Denham flying round on various adventures in her spotted aeroplane with her dog Pippin.
In 1997, Baron played Renee Turnbull in Coronation Street and took guest roles in Dinnerladies (1998), The Mrs Bradley Mysteries (1998), Sunburn (1999), Nancherrow (1999) and Goodnight Sweetheart (1999).
Baron continued to work regularly on television and the stage in the 2000s, with credits including Fat Friends (2000-2005), The Bill (2000), Doctors (2000, 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2014), Peak Practice (2001), Holby City (2002 and 2006), Down to Earth (2005), Rome (2005) and Casualty (2009).
Baron briefly appeared in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders in 2006 as Linda Clarke, the mother of Jane Beale. In September 2008, it was announced that Baron would be returning to EastEnders.
She appeared regularly in the series from November 2008 to February 2009. On 8 April 2016, it was announced that Baron would return to the soap once again alongside John Partridge. She appeared on screen in May and June 2016.
In August 2010, Baron appeared in an episode of Agatha Christie's Marple on ITV. In September 2010, Baron appeared in a one-off television drama The Road to Coronation Street on BBC Four, a programme looking back at the early days of the British television soap opera Coronation Street. Baron portrayed actress Violet Carson who played Ena Sharples in the soap.
Baron was nominated for the 2011 British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for this role.
On 26 December 2013, Baron reprised her role in a special one-off episode of Open All Hours on BBC One, entitled Still Open All Hours.
In December 2016 Baron made a guest appearance in a Christmas special of Citizen Khan and in January 2017 she appeared in an episode of Father Brown.
In 1966, Baron married her husband, John M. Lee. They had two children, Sarah and Morgan.- Actor
- Producer
Ed Garner was born on 15 October 1944 in Cheyenne, Wyoming , USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Pajama Party (1964), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) and How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965). He was married to Dany Saval. He died on 5 March 2022 in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, USA.- Luz Fernandez was born on 13 July 1935 in Manila, Philippines. She was an actress, known for Malinak ya labi (2016), Ursula (1976) and Rodrigo de Villa (1952). She died on 5 March 2022 in Marikina, Philippines.
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul J. Crossey was born on 10 October 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an assistant director, known for To Kill a Clown (1972) and Bless the Beasts & Children (1971). He died on 5 March 2022 in Florida, USA.- Darlene Mccarty was born on 10 January 1945 in Spokane, Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for Z Nation (2014). She died on 5 March 2022 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Masood Akhtar was born on 5 September 1940 in Sahiwal, Pakistan. He was an actor, known for Jatt in London (1981), Juram Te Insaf (1981) and Naag Muni (1979). He died on 5 March 2022 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
- Tarô Shigaki was born on 22 September 1951 in San'no, Ota, Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for The Little Mermaid (1975), Swan Lake (1981) and The Rose of Versailles (1979). He was married to Noriko Shirasaka. He died on 5 March 2022 in Saga Prefecture, Japan.
- Elguja Burduli was born on 1 April 1941 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR [now Republic of Georgia]. He was an actor, known for Sun of the Sleepless (1992), Hard to Be a God (1989) and Chelovek-amfibiya (2004). He was married to Inesa Abesadze. He died on 5 March 2022 in Georgia.
- Dennis Cunningham was born on 2 January 1936 in Glencoe, Illinois, USA. He was married to Mona Mellis. He died on 5 March 2022 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Miquel Strubell was born on 9 March 1949 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He died on 5 March 2022 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
- John Bartolo was born on 27 June 1981 in East Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for John Bartolo Show (2018), Blood Origins (2020) and Mark Bell's Power Project (2018). He was married to Lacey Alderson . He died on 5 March 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- Oleg Abramov was born on 14 March 1981 in Ukraine. He was married to Irina Abramova. He died on 5 March 2022 in Bucha, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Transportation Department
Uros Mladenovic is known for Don't Breathe 2 (2021), Incoming (2018) and Zigosani u reketu (2018). Uros died on 5 March 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia.- Roy Winston was born on 15 September 1940 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. He was married to Yvette. He died on 5 March 2022 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
- Maurice Tubert was an actor, known for The Glass Jar (1999). He died on 5 March 2022 in Los Angeles, California, USA.