Barbara Mitchell

Barbara Mitchell

Known for

Acting

Born

October 4, 1929

Birthplace

Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK

Died

December 9, 1977 (aged 48)

Biography

Barbara Mitchell was an English actress known for her roles in British television sitcoms during the 1960s and 1970s, particularly in "For the Love of Ada" and "Beryl's Lot". She died from breast cancer.

Best known work

Please Sir!
Please Sir!
1971
Rainbow
Rainbow
1972
Ladies Who Do
Ladies Who Do
1963
Please Sir!
Please Sir!
1968
What's Up Nurse
What's Up Nurse
1977
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
The Larkins
The Larkins
1958
For the Love of Ada
For the Love of Ada
1972
For the Love of Ada
For the Love of Ada
1970
Lizzie Dripping
Lizzie Dripping
1973

Filmography

  1. 1977

    What's Up Nurse

    as Neighbour

  2. 1976

    Yanks Go HomeTV

    as Lady Gertrude (1 episode)

  3. 1973

    Lizzie DrippingTV

    as Patty Arbuckle (9 episodes)

  4. 1972

    RainbowTV

    as Storyteller (1 episode)

  5. 1972

    For the Love of Ada

    as Ruth Pollitt

  6. 1971

    Please Sir!

    as Mrs. Abbott

  7. 1971

    The Railwayman's New Clothes

    as Edith Henshaw

  8. 1970

    For the Love of AdaTV

    as Ruth Pollitt (27 episodes)

  9. 1968

    Please Sir!TV

    as Mrs. Abbott (2 episodes)

  10. 1965

    Thirty-Minute TheatreTV

    as Edith Henshaw (1 episode)

  11. 1963

    Ladies Who Do

    as Rose

  12. 1958

    The LarkinsTV

    as Hetty Prout (29 episodes)

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