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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).
Born: 1958-05-13 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK

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Prick Up Your Ears

Hamlet

A Royal Scandal
Plastic Man

Those Glory Glory Days

Acceptable Levels

Goal!

The Missionary

Hard Feelings

McKellen: Playing the Part

Flyfishing

Scarborough Ahoy!

Blue Iguana

Superstition

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

Home Sweet Home

Muse of Fire

We'll Take Manhattan

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