Marion Barron

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Marion Barron
Born
Marion Barron

(1958-03-28) 28 March 1958 (age 67)
NationalityScottish
Occupation Actress
Years active1987–present
Spouse
Simon Fuller
(m. 1982)
Children2

Marion Barron (born 28 March 1958) is a Scottish actress. She is best known for playing the vicar's wife in the successful BBC sitcom, Keeping Up Appearances from 1990 to 1995. [1] Other notable works include Don't Wait Up (1983) and Screen Two (1985).

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Early life

Marion Barron was born on 28 March 1958 in British Nigeria. She grew up Dumfries, Scotland.

Career

Barron's first screen credit was as a hotel receptionist in the successful sitcom Don't Wait Up , starring Nigel Havers, Tony Britton and Dinah Sheridan, and was produced and directed by Harold Snoad, but her best known role was as the timid yet fiery vicar's wife alongside Patricia Routledge, Josephine Tewson, Clive Swift and Judy Cornwell in the BBC's hit sitcom Keeping Up Appearances (also produced and directed by Harold Snoad) from 1990 to 1995. She has also appeared in Screen Two [2] and The Bill .

Personal life

Barron is married to Simon Fuller and they have two children.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987 Don't Wait Up Hotel receptionistSeries 4, episode 1
1990 Screen Two SisterSeries 6, episode 11
1990-1995 Keeping Up Appearances The Vicar's WifeSeries 1–5 (recurring, 11 episodes)
1991 The Bill NurseSeries 7, episode 58
1997 Holding the Baby LibbySeries 1, episode 1
2017Number 13ClaudetteShort film
2019CollisionClaudetteShort film
2019 This Time with Alan Partridge ValComic Relief special
2020 We Hunt Together VicarSeries 1, episode 1

References

  1. "Marion Barron". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. "Screen Two: Children Crossing". The Radio Times. No. 3458. 22 March 1990. p. 29. ISSN   0033-8060 . Retrieved 15 April 2020.

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