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Barbara Young (born 9 February 1931,
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) is an English actress. She is known for her role as the future Emperor
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's mother, Agrippina, in the landmark 1976 BBC serial ''
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, ''
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'', 16 May 1978, p. 4. Retrieved 11 July 2011


Biography

She also played Miss Scatcherd in the 1970 film of ''
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'', Eileen Clancy in the 1975 TV series '' Looking For Clancy'', Dot Wilmington in the TV series '' Hazell'', and appeared in ''
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'' for the
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in 1979. She played the long-running role of gossipy yet lovable Sadie Hargreaves Lloyd in soap opera ''
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''. Sadie, a former theatre actress turned barmaid, was a key figure in the show from 1998 until 2005, making her one of the show's longest serving characters. Young previously acted in soap opera ''
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'' in the early 1960s, 1980s and 1990s. In February 2007, she rejoined the cast of ''Coronation Street'', an old friend of
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called
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until December that year. She appeared in two episodes of ''
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'', the 1997 pilot episode ''The Killing at Badger's Drift'' and the 2006 episode ''Last Year's Model''. In 2008, she made a guest appearance in an episode of the long-running BBC comedy series ''
Last of the Summer Wine ''Last of the Summer Wine'' is a British sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke and originally broadcast by the BBC from 1973 to 2010. It premiered as an episode of ''Comedy Playhouse'' on 4 January 1973, and the first series of episodes foll ...
'', "Get Out of That, Then", as
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's wife Florrie. Following the departure of
Kathy Staff Kathy Staff (born Minnie Higginbottom; 12 July 1928 – 13 December 2008) was an English actress known for her work on British television. She is best known for her portrayal of Nora Batty in ''Last of the Summer Wine'', the longest running sit ...
from the series in 2008, Young joined the regular cast as
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's sister, Stella. She appeared in ''
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'' playing as Mags (Nan to
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) from 10 – 13 April 2012. She is the mother of the singer
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and the actress
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.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Barbara 1931 births English soap opera actresses English television actresses Living people People from Brighouse Actresses from Yorkshire British comedy actresses