<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Actress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Jeremy George Taylor (27 February 1982--17 July 2017; his death); 1 child </Td> </Tr> <P> Barbara Flynn (born Barbara Joy McMurray; 5 August 1948) is an English actress . She first came to prominence playing Freda Ashton in the ITV drama series A Family at War (1970--72). She went on to play the milk woman in the BBC comedy Open All Hours (1981--85), Jill Swinburne in The Beiderbecke Trilogy (1985--88), Dr. Rose Marie in the BBC series A Very Peculiar Practice (1986--88), Judith Fitzgerald in the ITV drama Cracker (1993--95), and Mrs. Jamieson in Cranford (2007--09). In her own words, she tends to play "feisty, strong women". </P> <P> Flynn was born in St Leonards - on - Sea, Sussex . Her Irish father, Dr James McMurray, was a pathologist . Her mother was Joy (or Joyce) Crawford Hurst . Flynn attended St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Hastings . She then trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (where she was awarded the Gold Medal in 1968) before appearing in repertory theatre . </P>

Who played the milk lady in open all hours