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Barbara Rafferty | |
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Born | Barbara Ann Brown [1] 15 January 1950 |
Nationality | Scottish |
Years active | 1973–present |
Spouse(s) | Peter Rafferty (divorced) [1] Sean Scanlan (widow) [2] [3] |
Children | Amy Rafferty, Bob Rafferty, Nick Rafferty [1] [4] |
Parent(s) | David Brown, Betty Brown [5] |
Barbara Rafferty (born 15 January 1950 in Clydebank), is a Scottish actress. She was credited as Barbara Ann Brown in her early acting career. She is known for her roles as Ella Cotter in the long-running BBC Two sitcom Rab C Nesbitt , then firstly as Shirley Henderson and then as Bernie O'Hara in BBC Scotland soap opera River City . She played Agnes Meldon in mystery series Hamish MacBeth and Grandma Mainland in the CBeebies comedy Katie Morag .
Rafferty is best known for playing Ella Cotter in Rab C Nesbitt between 1990 and 1999, and then again from 2008 and 2011 when the show made a comeback (and again in 2014). Other notable television roles include playing pub landlady Agnes Meldrum in Hamish Macbeth and Alice MacAllister in The Young Person's Guide To Becoming A Rock Star . She took over the role of Alice Taylor from Muriel Romanes in Take The High Road in 1988. Also, in the 2006 film The Last King of Scotland , Barbara Rafferty starred as Mrs. Garrigan. [6] Until 2009 she was appearing in the BBC Scotland soap River City as Shirley Henderson and 2018 as Bernie O'Hara from 2018 to 2024 when she was killed in a car crash. [7]
Barbara's daughter, Amy Rafferty (born 1972), [1] is a singer, songwriter, and musician with the cult Glasgow music collective The Recovery Club. [4]
Her son, Bob Rafferty, fronts the well known Glasgow alternative rock band El Dog. [4]
In 2013 it was announced that Rafferty would join the cast of His Majesty's Theatre in Aberdeen Pantomime Cinderella with her friend Elaine C. Smith. [1]
She portrayed Grandma Mainland in the CBeebies TV series, Katie Morag. It started airing on 3 November 2013.
Year | Title | Role | Company | Theatre | Director | Notes |
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1986 | The Lass wi' the Muckle Mou | Grizel | Theatre Alba | Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh | Charles Nowosielski | play by Alexander Reid |
Film | |||
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Title | Year | Role | Notes |
The Wicker Man | 1973 | Woman with baby | Credited as Barbara Ann Brown |
The Slab Boys | 1997 | Mrs. McCann | |
The Acid House | 1998 | Dr. Callaghan | Segment: "The Acid House" |
Women Talking Dirty | 1999 | Janine | |
The Last King of Scotland | 2006 | Mrs. Garrigan | |
Sir Billi the Vet | 2006 | Barbara the Jag | Voice |
Perfect Sense | 2011 | Woman in car park | |
Fast Romance | 2011 | Mrs. Livingston | |
Sir Billi | 2012 | Barbara the Jag | Voice |
The Legend of Barney Thomson | 2015 | Jean Monkrieff | |
Television | |||
Title | Year | Role | Notes |
Tutti Frutti | 1987 | Woman in infirmary | Mini-series; Episode 3: "Gin a Body, Dig a Body" |
Taggart | 1988 | Agnes Sweeney | Episode: "Double Jeopardy" |
Take the High Road | 1988–89 | Alice Taylor | 11 episodes |
Your Cheatin' Heart | 1990 | Shirley | Series 1 - 5 episodes |
Doctor Finlay | 1994 | Flora | Series 2, Episode 6 - "In Arcadia" |
Go Now | 1995 | Madge Cameron | Television film |
The Tales of Para Handy | 1995 | Madam Isis | Series 2, Episode 1 - "The Fortune Teller" |
Hamish Macbeth | 1995–97 | Agnes Meldrum | Lead role; 3 series - 20 episodes |
The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star | 1998 | Alice MacAllister | Series 1 |
Life Support | 1999 | Margaret McGovern | Series 1 - 2 episodes |
Tinsel Town | 2000 | Jacqueline Donnelly | Series 1, Episode 1 |
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes | 2001 | Mrs. Kitson | Episode: "The White Knight Stratagem" |
Rockface | 2002–03 | Alice Urquhart | Series 1 & 2 - 5 episodes |
Captain Abercromby | 2002–03 | Bobweb, various (voice) | Lead role; 26 episodes |
Heartbeat | 2003 | Pam Astbury | Series 13, Episode 6 - "The Holiday's Over" |
Sea of Souls | 2004 | Rena | Series 1 - 3 episodes |
River City | 2006–08 | Shirley Henderson | |
No Holds Bard | 2009 | Granny Braid | Television film |
Garrow's Law | 2009 | Katherine Stanton | Series 1, Episode 3 |
Doctors | 2009 | Margaret Adams | Episode: "Once Upon a Time" |
Doctors | 2013 | Beth Harris | Episode: "Saving Irene" |
Rab C. Nesbitt | 1990–2014 | Ella Cotter | Lead role; 10 series - 51 episodes |
The Sunny | 2014 | Mrs. Dolan | Television film |
Katie Morag | 2013–15 | Grandma Mainland | |
Still Game | 2016 | Winnie Cranston | Episode: "Job" |
River City | 2018–2024 | Bernadette 'Bernie' O'Hara | |
The Scotts | 2021–2024 | Moira Scott |
Other appearances