Judith Barker (born 22 June 1943) is an English actress, best known for her role as the upwardly mobile homewrecker
Janet Reid in ''
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...
'', which she played from 1969 to 1977.
Since her departure from ''Coronation Street'', Barker has mostly been a character actress in television dramas, such as the 1984
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is state-owned enterprise, publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded en ...
series ''
Scully'', where she played the teacher Mrs Heath. An exception is her role as Audrey Manners in ''
Brookside'' during 1995. She appeared in the first series of ''
Waterloo Road'' as
Estelle Cooper, and had a small role in the film ''
Miss Potter''. It was reported that she declined the premiere for the movie starring
Renee Zellweger to teach drama at her local school, Saddleworth Drama Centre in
Oldham
Oldham is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers River Irk, Irk and River Medlock, Medlock, southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative cent ...
.
Barker reappeared in ''Waterloo Road'' in series 10, playing a different character, Grace.
In 2012, she appeared in the second series of ''
Scott & Bailey'' as Dorothy Parsons, the mother of
Lesley Sharp's character DC Janet Scott. From 2019 to 2020, she appeared as
Agatha Finn in ''
Emmerdale
''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British television soap opera that is broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a List of fictional towns and villages, fict ...
''. Barker also runs her own drama classes at
Springhead Congregational Church, alongside choreographer Adele Parry and musical director Dave Bintley. - Saddleworth Drama Centre. Recent achievements have seen her classes performing at the
Oldham Coliseum Theatre.
Filmography
References
External links
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Judith Barker profile
1943 births
Living people
Actresses from Oldham
English soap opera actresses
English television actresses
20th-century English actresses
21st-century English actresses
English film actresses
English stage actresses
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