Frances Barber
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Birth Place
Wolverhampton, England, GB
Born
May 13, 1958
Biography
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A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and veteran of regional fringe theater, Barber has performed on TV and in films by Peter Greenaway ("A Zed and Two Noughts" 1985) and Nicolas Roeg ("Castaway" 1986). She is probably best known to US audiences as Rosie in Stephen Frears's "Sammy and Rosie Get Laid" and as Joe Orton's sympathetic sister Leonie in Prick Up Your Ears" (both 19...
Biography
A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and veteran of regional fringe theater, Barber has performed on TV and in films by Peter Greenaway ("A Zed and Two Noughts" 1985) and Nicolas Roeg ("Castaway" 1986). She is probably best known to US audiences as Rosie in Stephen Frears's "Sammy and Rosie Get Laid" and as Joe Orton's sympathetic sister Leonie in Prick Up Your Ears" (both 1987).
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Blue Iguana
(2018)
The Bookshop
(2018)
The Escape
(2018)
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
(2017)
Mr. Holmes
(2015)
Flyfishing
(2002)
Esther Kahn
(2001)
Rivka Kahn
Shiner
(2000)
Georgie
The Escort
(2000)
Jessica
Toy Boys
(1998)
Still Crazy
(1998)
Photographing Fairies
(1997)
Beatrice Templeton
Three Steps to Heaven
(1995)
Germaine and Benjamin
(1994)
Anna Lindsay
Soft Top, Hard Shoulder
(1993)
Secret Friends
(1991)
Angela
Young Soul Rebels
(1991)
The Orchid House
(1991)
Chambre a part
(1989)
Duck
(1989)
We Think the World of You
(1988)
Megan
Prick Up Your Ears
(1987)
Leonie Orton
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
(1987)
Castaway
(1986)
A Zed & Two Noughts
(1985)
Venus Demilo
Those Glory Glory Days
(1984)
Acceptable Levels
(1983)
Jill
The Missionary
(1981)
Mission Girl
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream
(2001)
Other
Cast (Special)
The Ice House
(1998)
Rhodes
(1998)
A Royal Scandal
(1997)
Perseus & the Gorgon
(1997)
Death of the Self
(1995)
Nicole Burgess
Cast (TV Mini-Series)
Love in a Cold Climate
(2001)
Dalziel and Pascoe: The Wood Beyond
(1999)
The Nightmare Years
(1989)
Life Events
1981
British TV debut
1981
Film acting debut in "The Missionary"
Videos
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