Judith Barker

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Judith Barker
Born (1943-06-22) 22 June 1943 (age 81)
Oldham, Lancashire, England
OccupationActress
Years active1964–present
Television
Spouse Kenneth Alan Taylor (m. 1964) [1]

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.

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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. [2]

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. [3]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1965 Coronation Street BabsMinor role
1967 Turn Out the Lights Ann Sankey1 episode
1968 Crossroads Constance Dory5 episodes
1969, 1971, 1973–1975, 1977Coronation Street Janet Reid Regular role; 71 episodes
1983–1984 Brookside Eileen SalterMinor role
1984 Scully Mrs HeathMain role; 5 episodes
1985–1986 The Practice Pauline KentSeries regular; 46 episodes
1995BrooksideAudrey MannersMain role
2003 Hollyoaks Lillian Hunter4 episodes
2006 Waterloo Road Estelle Cooper 8 episodes
Miss Potter HildaFilm
2010 Shameless Florence1 episode
2012–2016 Scott & Bailey Dorothy ParsonsRecurring role; 19 episodes
2014 Birds of a Feather Sadie1 episode
Waterloo RoadGrace4 episodes
2016 Rovers FrancisAll 6 episodes
2017 Peter Kay's Car Share Lady on Bus1 episode
2019–2020 Emmerdale Agatha Finn Recurring role; 16 episodes
2020 Warren Sheila3 episodes

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References

  1. "Judith Barker". IMDb. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  2. "Film star who runs local fame academy". Manchester Evening News. 10 January 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  3. "It Was A Hard Life : Oldham Coliseum Theatre" . Retrieved 9 October 2019.