Judith Barker
{{Short description|English actress (born 1943)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Judith Barker
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1943|06|22}}
| birth_place = Oldham, Lancashire, England
| occupation = Actress
| television = {{Plainlist|
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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}}
}}
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 |
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1965
| Babs | Minor role |
1967
| Ann Sankey | 1 episode |
1968
| Constance Dory | 5 episodes |
1969, 1971, 1973–1975, 1977
| Coronation Street | Regular role; 71 episodes |
1983–1984
| Eileen Salter | Minor role |
1984
| Scully | Mrs Heath | Main role; 5 episodes |
1985–1986
| Pauline Kent | Series regular; 46 episodes |
1995
| Brookside | Audrey Manners | Main role |
2003
| Lillian Hunter | 4 episodes |
rowspan="2"| 2006
| 8 episodes |
Miss Potter
| Hilda | Film |
2010
| Florence | 1 episode |
2012–2016
| Dorothy Parsons | Recurring role; 19 episodes |
rowspan="2"| 2014
| Sadie | 1 episode |
Waterloo Road
| Grace | 4 episodes |
2016
| Rovers | Francis | All 6 episodes |
2017
| Lady on Bus | 1 episode |
2019–2020
| Recurring role; 16 episodes |
2020
| Warren | Sheila | 3 episodes |
2022
| | Episode: Two Hairdressers in Bagglyport |
2023
| Betty | 3 episodes |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0054922|name=Judith Barker}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130317211108/http://www.judesdrama.co.uk/ Judith Barker profile]
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Category:Actresses from Oldham
Category:English soap opera actresses
Category:English television actresses
Category:20th-century English actresses
Category:21st-century English actresses
Category:English film actresses
Category:English stage actresses
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