Deceased

When Did Barbara New Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 87

GenderFemaleNationalityUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandBorn09/05/1923Born inHammersmith, London, England, UKDied24/05/2010 (aged 87)Died inLondonWikidataQ4859186 ↗TMDb#292249 ↗

Barbara Helene Barrington better known by her stage and birth maiden name Barbara New was an English character actress, well known for playing Mabel the scullery maid in the David Croft sitcom You Rang, M'Lord?. Following this role, she appeared as Vera Plumtree in all twenty episodes of the BBC's final David Croft sitcom Oh, Doctor Beeching!. She had previously played smaller parts in Croft's sitcoms Dad's Army and Hi-de-Hi!.

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Filmography28 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2002	Ali G IndahouseMovie	Nan	79
2000	BeastSeries	Mrs Wright	77
1996	Oh, Doctor Beeching!Series	Vera Plumtree	73
1992	Tales from HollywoodMovie	Katja Mann	69
1991	PerformanceSeries	Katja Mann	68
1991	Buddy's SongMovie	Mrs Wilson	68
1989	Split EndsSeries	Ruth	66
1988	We Think the World of YouMovie	Mrs Grant	65
1986	BreadSeries	May's Neighbour	63
1985	Lytton's DiarySeries	Elaine	62
1985	Anna KareninaMovie	Miss Hull	62
1984	The BillSeries	—	61
1982	Shine on Harvey MoonSeries	Woman	59
1982	The Agatha Christie HourSeries	Mrs Benson	59
1982	Witness for the ProsecutionMovie	Miss O'Brien	59
1982	American PlayhouseSeries	Katja Mann	59
1980	GrundySeries	Mrs Jessup	57
1977	The Testing of Eric OlthwaiteMovie	Mrs. Olthwaite	54
1976	Ripping YarnsSeries	—	53
1974	PorridgeSeries	Prison Visitor	51
1973	The Two Ronnies Old Fashioned Christmas MysteryMovie	Mrs. Featherstone	50
1971	BudgieSeries	Mrs. L.	48
1968	The ExpertSeries	Mrs Prior	45
1965	BBC Play of the MonthSeries	Alice	42
1965	Public EyeSeries	Landlady	42
1961	AmeliaSeries	Betty Harris	38
1958	Pride and PrejudiceSeries	Charlotte Lucas	35
1951	Hallmark Hall of FameSeries	Miss O'Brien	28