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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
Plastic Man

McKellen: Playing the Part

Photographing Fairies

Goal!

Hamlet

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

Home Sweet Home

Muse of Fire

Scarborough Ahoy!

We'll Take Manhattan

A Royal Scandal

Still Crazy

We Think the World of You

Hard Feelings

An Ideal Husband

The Missionary

Flyfishing

Superstition