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{{Infobox Person | |||
|image = Lynda_Baron.jpg | |||
|birth date = [[24 March (people)|24 March]] [[1939 (people)|1939]] | |||
|death date = [[5 March (people)|5 March]] [[2022 (people)|2022]] | |||
|role = Captain [[Wrack]], [[Val (Closing Time)|Val]] | |||
|job title = [[Actor]] | |||
|story = [[#Credits|see credits]] | |||
|time = 1966, 1983, 2011 | |||
|non dwu = ''Open All Hours'', ''Come Outside'', ''[[Coronation Street (series)|Coronation Street]]'', ''[[EastEnders (series)|EastEnders]]'', ''Still Open All Hours'' | |||
|imdb = 0056271 | |||
}} | |||
'''Lynda Baron''' ([[24 March (people)|24 March]] [[1939 (people)|1939]]<ref>[https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?name=LyndaBaron Doctor Who Guide]</ref>-[[5 March (people)|5 March]] [[2022 (people)|2022]]<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60647760 BBC News]</ref><ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/03/08/lynda-baron-actress-best-known-nurse-gladys-emmanuel-open-hours0/ The Telegraph]</ref>) played Captain [[Wrack]] in the ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]'' television story ''[[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]'' and [[Val (Closing Time)|Val]] in ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]''. Years earlier, in 1966, Baron recorded the original song "[[The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon]]" for the soundtrack of the serial ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]''. | |||
''' | In [[April (releases)|April]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]], Baron inadvertently rejoined the ''Doctor Who'' universe when a photograph of her in-character as [[Rubes Malone]] (and [[Bernard Cribbins]] as [[Frank Cosgrove]]) was recycled from the BBC television series {{wi|Down to Earth (2000 TV series)|Down to Earth}} for the feature ''[[Weddings (feature)|Weddings]]'' published on the ''[[Torchwood House (tie-in website)|Torchwood House]]'' [[Doctor Who tie-in websites|tie-in website]] that coincided with the broadcast of ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]''. | ||
She is | == Career == | ||
She had two stints in the [[BBC]] show ''[[EastEnders]]'', but is probably best known as Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in the sitcom ''Open All Hours'', as well as Auntie Mabel in the children's programme ''Come Outside''. | |||
== Credits == | |||
=== Television === | |||
==== Doctor Who ==== | |||
* ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]'' - Singer | |||
* ''[[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]'' - Captain [[Wrack]] | |||
* ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'' - [[Val (Closing Time)|Val]] | |||
== External links == | |||
{{imdb name|id=0056271}} | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
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[[Category:Actors who appeared in 1963 and 2005 versions of Doctor Who]] | |||
[[Category:BAFTA award nominees]] | |||
Latest revision as of 17:12, 31 August 2024
Lynda Baron (24 March 1939[1]-5 March 2022[2][3]) played Captain Wrack in the Doctor Who television story Enlightenment and Val in Closing Time. Years earlier, in 1966, Baron recorded the original song "The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon" for the soundtrack of the serial The Gunfighters.
In April 2006, Baron inadvertently rejoined the Doctor Who universe when a photograph of her in-character as Rubes Malone (and Bernard Cribbins as Frank Cosgrove) was recycled from the BBC television series Down to Earth for the feature Weddings published on the Torchwood House tie-in website that coincided with the broadcast of Tooth and Claw.
Career[[edit] | [edit source]]
She had two stints in the BBC show EastEnders, but is probably best known as Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in the sitcom Open All Hours, as well as Auntie Mabel in the children's programme Come Outside.
Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]
Television[[edit] | [edit source]]
Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Gunfighters - Singer
- Enlightenment - Captain Wrack
- Closing Time - Val
