Judith Barker

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| name = Judith Barker

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1943|06|22}}

| birth_place = Oldham, Lancashire, England

| occupation = Actress

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| years_active = 1964–present

| spouse = Kenneth Alan Taylor (m. 1964){{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0054922/bio|title=Judith Barker|website=IMDb|access-date=2019-10-09}}

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Judith Barker (born 22 June 1943) is an English actress, best known for her role as the upwardly mobile homewrecker Janet Reid in Coronation Street, which she played from 1969 to 1977.

Since her departure from Coronation Street, Barker has mostly been a character actress in television dramas, such as the 1984 Channel 4 series Scully, where she played the teacher Mrs Heath. An exception is her role as Audrey Manners in Brookside during 1995. She appeared in the first series of Waterloo Road as Estelle Cooper, and had a small role in the film Miss Potter. It was reported that she declined the premiere for the movie starring Renee Zellweger to teach drama at her local school, Saddleworth Drama Centre in Oldham.{{Cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/film-star-who-runs-local-980406|title=Film star who runs local fame academy|date=10 January 2007 |website=Manchester Evening News|access-date=12 September 2021}}

Barker reappeared in Waterloo Road in series 10, playing a different character, Grace.

In 2012, she appeared in the second series of Scott & Bailey as Dorothy Parsons, the mother of Lesley Sharp's character DC Janet Scott. From 2019 to 2020, she appeared as Agatha Finn in Emmerdale. Barker also runs her own drama classes at Springhead Congregational Church, alongside choreographer Adele Parry and musical director Dave Bintley. - Saddleworth Drama Centre. Recent achievements have seen her classes performing at the Oldham Coliseum Theatre.{{Cite web|url=https://www.coliseum.org.uk/plays/it-was-a-hard-life/|title=It Was A Hard Life : Oldham Coliseum Theatre|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-09}}

Filmography

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Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1965 \| Coronation Street \| Babs \| Minor role
1967 \| Turn Out the Lights \| Ann Sankey \| 1 episode
1968 \| Crossroads \| Constance Dory \| 5 episodes
1969, 1971, 1973–1975, 1977 \| Coronation Street \| Janet Reid \| Regular role; 71 episodes
1983–1984 \| Brookside \| Eileen Salter \| Minor role
1984 \| Scully \| Mrs Heath \| Main role; 5 episodes
1985–1986 \| The Practice \| Pauline Kent \| Series regular; 46 episodes
1995 \| Brookside \| Audrey Manners \| Main role
2003 \| Hollyoaks \| Lillian Hunter \| 4 episodes
rowspan="2"\| 2006 \| Waterloo Road \| Estelle Cooper \| 8 episodes
Miss Potter \| Hilda \| Film
2010 \| Shameless \| Florence \| 1 episode
2012–2016 \| Scott & Bailey \| Dorothy Parsons \| Recurring role; 19 episodes
rowspan="2"\| 2014 \| Birds of a Feather \| Sadie \| 1 episode
Waterloo Road \| Grace \| 4 episodes
2016 \| Rovers \| Francis \| All 6 episodes
2017 \| Peter Kay's Car Share \| Lady on Bus \| 1 episode
2019–2020 \| Emmerdale \| Agatha Finn \| Recurring role; 16 episodes
2020 \| Warren \| Sheila \| 3 episodes
2022 \| Documentary Now! \| \| Episode: Two Hairdressers in Bagglyport
2023 \| The Power of Parker \| Betty \| 3 episodes

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Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1965

| Coronation Street

| Babs

| Minor role

1967

| Turn Out the Lights

| Ann Sankey