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Lynda Baron Biography

Birth Name:
Lilian Baron
Birth Place:
Urmston, Lancashire, England
Profession
s/actor

Fast Facts

  • Starred as Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in BBC sitcom Open All Hours between 1976 and 1985, returning for the sequel Still Open All Hours between 2013 and 2016
  • Appeared in the 1987 London production of the Stephen Sondheim musical Follies
  • Starred as Auntie Mabel in BBC Children's show Come Outside between 1993 and 1997
  • Played Linda Clarke in EastEnders, between 2006 and 2016
  • Nominated for the 2011 BAFTA television award for Best Supporting Actress, for her role as Violet Carson in the one-off drama The Road to Coronation Street