Frances Barber
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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).

Films Featuring Frances Barber

Still Crazy

19986.8

The IT Crowd Manual

20148.2

Young Soul Rebels

19915.4

A Zed & Two Noughts

19857.0

Goal!

20056.8

Goal II: Living the Dream

20076.0

Prick Up Your Ears

19876.7

The Fattest Man in Britain

20095.9

Shiner

20005.4

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

19875.7

Fish Tale

Fish Tale

1994

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint

20216.9

King Lear

20086.7

Dead Fish

20055.6

The Escort

19995.4

The Grasscutter

19906.0

Giorgino

19946.4

Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin

19947.0

3 Steps to Heaven

19953.8

Secret Friends

19913.9

May I Kill U?

20134.6

Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

19957.0

Superstition

20015.0

Separate Bedrooms

19895.3

In The Cold Light Of Day

1994

Flyfishing

20034.2

White City

19857.0

Just in Time

Just in Time

1998

Twelfth Night, or What You Will

19887.4

The Red Siren

20025.3

Photographing Fairies

19975.7

Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town

19958.0

Hamlet

20247.8

Castaway

19866.3

Tea

19987.0

Soft Top Hard Shoulder

19936.3

Home Sweet Home

19826.3

Do Not Disturb

Do Not Disturb

19915.5

Hancock

1991

Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel

20217.8

Evilenko

20045.8

Bucky

Bucky

2014

The Leaving of Liverpool

19926.0

Mr. Holmes

20156.5

The Missionary

19825.6

We'll Take Manhattan

20125.7

Plastic Man

Plastic Man

19993.7

A Royal Scandal

19977.6

Muse of Fire

20136.5

We Think the World of You

19886.4

Blue Iguana

20185.7

The Chosen

20165.7

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

20176.4

The Escape

20185.5

The Bookshop

20176.5

A Flame to the Phoenix

19838.0

McKellen: Playing the Part

20187.2

An Ideal Husband

20187.5

Esther Kahn

20006.0

The Queen and I

20186.3

Acceptable Levels

19837.0

His Passionate Bride

20057.5

Those Glory Glory Days

19835.3

Scarborough Ahoy!

19948.0

Trick or Treat

20192.3

The Legend of the Tamworth Two

20045.0

A Statement of Affairs

A Statement of Affairs

199310.0

Return to Blood River

19948.0

Toy Boys

199910.0

A Bird Flew In

2022

Hard Feelings

19848.0

Listening

Listening

20037.5

Duck

Duck

1988

The Gentleman Thief

2001

The People Before

20255.6

Boudica

20034.8

The Secret Santa Project

2025

Bad Education: Christmas Special

201310.0

Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs

Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs

1996

MUSIK

2026

From London with Love

From London with Love

A Hand to Hold

2026

The State of Us

2026

It Might Be You

It Might Be You

1995

Thatcherworld

1993