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Barbara Ashcroft

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Barbara Ashcroft was born in 1927 in Liverpool, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Coronation Street (1960), Suspense (1962) and One Foot in the Grave (1990). She was previously married to Ken Barker.
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Peter Adamson, Jean Alexander, Johnny Briggs, Margot Bryant, and Doris Speed in Coronation Street (1960)
Coronation Street
5.6
TV Series
  • Mary Jackson
  • Mrs. Ferguson
Suspense
7.2
TV Series
  • Rosie
Annette Crosbie and Richard Wilson in One Foot in the Grave (1990)
One Foot in the Grave
7.9
TV Series
  • Mildred
Demob (1993)
Demob
7.7
TV Series
  • Mrs. O'Callaghan

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Actress

  • Love Story
  • Ban This Filth
  • Annette Crosbie and Richard Wilson in One Foot in the Grave (1990)
    One Foot in the Grave
  • Nelson's Column
  • Sitting Pretty
  • Demob (1993)
    Demob
  • Waterfront Beat (1990)
    Waterfront Beat
  • Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)
    Ruth Rendell Mysteries
  • George Armstrong, Todd Carty, Rudi Davies, Mark Eadie, Robert Craig-Morgan, Terry Sue-Patt, and Michelle Herbert in Grange Hill (1978)
    Grange Hill
  • Colin Blumenau, Nula Conwell, Peter Ellis, Trudie Goodwin, Jon Iles, Gary Olsen, Eric Richard, John Salthouse, Tony Scannell, Jeff Stewart, and Mark Wingett in The Bill (1984)
    The Bill
  • Ronnie Barker in Open All Hours (1976)
    Open All Hours
  • June Marlow in Diana (1984)
    Diana
  • Sam Neill in Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
    Reilly: Ace of Spies
  • George Cole in Minder (1979)
    Minder
  • Jon Pertwee in Worzel Gummidge (1979)
    Worzel Gummidge

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    • 1927
    • Liverpool, England, UK
    • Ken Barker1955 - 1998 (his death, 2 children)

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