- Lynda Baron
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name = Lynda Baron
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birthdate = Birth date and age|1942|3|24|df=y
location = flagicon|ENGUrmston ,Manchester ,Lancashire ,England ,UK
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yearsactive = 1963-Present
spouse = John M Lee (?-?)
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notable role = Nurse Gladys Emanuel
inOpen All Hours
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tonyawards =Lynda Baron (born
24 March 1942 inUrmston ,Manchester ,Lancashire ) is an Englishactress . Her most prominent role is probably that of the extremelybusty Nurse Gladys Emanuel, the object of Arkwright's affection, in the BBC comedy series "Open All Hours ".Some of her other film and television roles include "Crossroads" (1964), "
The Upper Hand " (1990), "Carry On Columbus " (1992), "Coronation Street " (1997) and "Nancherrow " (1999). She has twice been a part of the science fiction series "Doctor Who ": first in the 1966 serial "The Gunfighters " where she was heard singing "The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon" and next in front of the camera where she was seen as Captain Wrack in the 1983 serial "Enlightenment".Her kindly persona was deployed to good effect in the children's television series "
Come Outside " (1994). In the series, she plays the role of Auntie Mabel, who is a standard, every day woman who lives in a bungalow, set inDenham . She flies round on various different adventures in her spottedaeroplane with her dog, Pippin.On radio, she has voiced the character of
Nanny Ogg in theBBC Radio 4 adaptation of theTerry Pratchett "Discworld " novel "Wyrd Sisters ".In the 1960s television series "
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life ", the successor to "That Was The Week That Was ", Lynda Baron alternated withAnnie Ross as the resident singer.Baron appeared in the play "Water Music" shown at London's Cockpit Theatre in 1992. "Water Music" was written by award-winning playwright Lyndon Morgans,
singer-songwriter andfrontman with the Welshfolk noir bandSongdog .She briefly appeared in "
EastEnders " in 2006 asLinda Clarke , the mother ofJane Collins . On the 9th of September 2008, it was announced that Lynda would be returning to EastEnders as Linda Clarke from Autumn 2008. [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a129877/lynda-baron-returns-to-eastenders.html]In the same year, she appeared in "Doctors" as Barbara Cross. In 2008 she appeared in Dictionary Corner on "Countdown".
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NAME=Baron, Lynda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Baron, Linda
SHORT DESCRIPTION=English actor
DATE OF BIRTH=March 24 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH=Urmston ,Manchester ,Lancashire ,England
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