Isabelle Amyes

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Isabelle Amyes
Born (1950-06-13) 13 June 1950 (age 73)
Other namesIsabelle Amyles
Occupation(s)Actress, writer
Years active1975–present

Isabelle Amyes (born 13 June 1950) is an English actress best known for her role as Barbara Hunt in the British TV drama Bad Girls from 2000 to 2003. Another prominent role was as Fanny in Love in a Cold Climate (1980). Her various guest appearances on other television programmes include The New Statesman , House of Cards , The Darling Buds of May , A Touch of Frost and As Time Goes By . From 2012 to 2013, she portrayed Barbara Land in the BBC soap opera Doctors . [1]

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Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1974Intimate StrangersJudith CarrSeries 1 (recurring, 5 episodes)
1975 General Hospital Nurse Patsy TyleySoap opera (guest, 11 April 1975)
1975 Poldark Joan PascoeSeries 1 (guest, #1.5)
1976 Dickens of London Anne BeadnellMiniseries (guest, episode 4)
1976The LaundretteGirlTV movie
1977Eleanor MarxLillian RichardsonMiniseries (guest, episode 3)
1977 Nicholas Nickleby Miss Fanny SqueersMiniseries (supporting, 3 episodes)
1977Marie CurieIrene CurieMiniseries (guest, episode 5)
1978 Enemy at the Door LibrarianSeries 1 (guest, #1.6)
1978 Armchair Thriller Julie VillersSeries 1 (recurring, 4 episodes)
1978 Crown Court WDC Noreen BanksSeries 7 (guest, #7.46)
1980 Love in a Cold Climate FannyMiniseries (main, 7 episodes)
1983Floating OffVeraTV movie
1983 Angels Staff Nurse HobbsSeries 9 (guest, #9.8 & #9.9)
1984 Miracles Take Longer Paula's ClientSeries 1 (guest, #1.21)
1984The Country Diary of an Edwardian LadyWinnie HoldenMiniseries (main, 10 episodes)
1986 Dramarama SchoolteacherSeries 4 (guest, #4.2)
1987 The New Statesman Lady VirginiaSeries 1 (guest, #1.3)
1988 The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank Elli VossenTV movie
1989 Tom's Midnight Garden Aunt GwenMiniseries (main, all 6 episodes)
1990 House of Cards Anne CollingridgeMiniseries (supporting, 3 episodes)
1992 The Bill Barbara WhiteSeries 8 (guest, #8.65)
1992 Casualty Mrs. PartingtonSeries 7 (guest, #7.4)
1993 The Darling Buds of May Diane ParkerSeries 3 (guest, #3.5 & #3.6)
1994 A Touch of Frost Angela NewcombeSeries 2 (guest, #2.2)
1995 The Famous Five Mrs. LeonorSeries 1 (guest, #1.12 & #1.13)
1995 Sense and Sensibility BetsyFeature Film
1998 The Round Tower Irene BrettMiniseries
1998 As Time Goes By Ruth DuncanSeries 7 (guest, #7.3)
1998The Things You Do for Love: Black ButterfliesMotherTV movie
2000–03 Bad Girls Barbara Hunt Series 2–5 (main, 52 episodes)
2004 My Parents are Aliens Mrs. HogarthSeries 6 (guest, #6.18)
2005 Doctors EmilySoap opera; Series 7 (guest, #7.7)
2006SwitchDoctorSeries 4 (guest, #4.2)
2007 Casualty Pearl SimmonsSeries 21 (guest, #21.31)
2008 Lady Godiva Mrs. BartleFeature film
2008 The Bill JudgeSeries 24 (guest, #24.11 & #24.12)
2009Coming HomeMaureenShort TV movie
2009 Doctors Maureen BagshawSeries 11 (guest, #11.47)
2012–2013 Barbara Land Series 14–15 (recurring, 10 episodes)
2017 Casualty Mrs. ClarkeSeries 32 (guest, #32.14)
2017–2018 Knightfall Mother SuperiorSeries 1 (guest, #1.4 & #1.7)
2017JessamineOliviaShort film
2018Brothers of ItalyMrs. HendersonShort film

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