Biography

Born:25 October 1955 Durban, South Africa
Real Name:Glynis van der Riet
Occupation Actress
Spouse: Paul Antony Barber (1976–79) (divorced)
Michael Brandon (1989–present)
Facts:
-Glynis Barber was born on October 25, 1955 in South Africa. Her maiden name is van der Reit. Originating from a middle-class Johannesburg background, she later joined the Progressive Party, a moderate anti-apartheid party. In her late teens she moved to England to attend the Mountview theatre school. After graduating Glynis Barber worked in repertory theatre and had little parts in films and on TV as well. Her marriage to a fellow student, Paul Anthony Barber, only lasted for a few years. Her mother died about the same time and her death had a big impact on her whole life, as she later said.
-She studied at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Acting since 1978, her popular breakthrough came in 1981 with her role as Soolin in the BBC science fiction television series Blake's 7.
In 1982 she took the title role in the television series Jane playing a World War II heroine. This series was filmed against a blue screen allowing for the addition of a cartoon background, an experimental technique in its day. However, Barber is best known for her mid-1980s role of Sgt. Harriet Makepeace in the British police drama Dempsey & Makepeace, where she met her future husband, Michael Brandon.
Since 1987, Barber has appeared frequently in plays, films and television series. She also starred in the LWT drama series Night and Day as Fiona Brake. In 2006 she joined the cast of ITV soap, Emmerdale, playing the character of DCI Grace Barraclough, investigating the death of Tom King on Christmas Day. She exited the soap in September 2007, when her character was killed.
In 2009, she appeared as hospital administrator Jean McAteer in The Royal, another ITV drama series set in Yorkshire [1] On 23 October 2009 it was announced she would play Glenda Mitchell the mother of Ronnie Mitchell, Roxy Mitchell and Danny Mitchell in EastEnders after Jill Gascoine withdrew from the role during her first day on set
-Her stage work has included Macbeth, Killing Time with Dennis Waterman, High Flyers with Hugh Grant and Make Me A Match and The Graduate.
-She appeared as Lady Caroline in Michael Winner's 1983 remake of The Wicked Lady, which starred Faye Dunaway. She later appeared alongside Vanessa Redgrave in the 1997 film, Déjà Vu.
-She appeared as Anthea Davis in On the Nose in 2001 along with Dan Aykroyd and Robbie Coltrane.
-Barber married actor Paul Antony Barber, who she met at drama school, in 1976. They were divorced in 1979.
Barber married her Dempsey & Makepeace co-star Michael Brandon on 18 November 1989; they have a son, Alexander Max Brandon (born November 1992).

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2010-2011 EastEnders (TV series) - Glenda Mitchell
2009 The Royal (TV series) - Jean McAteer
2009 New Tricks (TV series) - Cheryl Brooker
2006-2007 Emmerdale Farm (TV series) - Grace Barraclough
2006 Trial & Retribution (TV series) - Dora Hills
2005 Family Affairs (TV series) - Belinda Heath
2003 Murphy's Law (TV series) - Patricia Morris
2003 The Afternoon Play (TV series) - Brenda
2001-2002 Night & Day (TV series) - Fiona Brake / Gwen
2002 Beings - Nancy Preston
2001 On the Nose - Anthea Davis
2001 Dark Realm (TV series) - Mrs. Parker
2000 Doctors (TV series) - Miranda Stockton
1999 The Bill (TV series) - Victoria Smith
1999 Highlander: The Raven (TV series) - Rachael
1998 Babes in the Wood (TV series) - Angela
1997 Déjà Vu - Claire
1997 The Apocalypse Watch (TV movie) - Janine Courtland
1994 Diagnosis Murder (TV series) - Samantha Litvak
1992 The Mirror Crack'd (TV movie) - Lola Brewster
1989 Monsters (TV series)
1989 À Beira da Loucura - Elisabeth Jekyll
1988 A Nave Vermelha (TV series) - Woman with Fur
1988 Tales of the Unexpected (TV series) - Lilian / Sylvia Brett
1987 Screen Two (TV series) - Lucy
Visitors (1987) … Lucy
1985-1986 Dempsey and Makepeace (TV series) - Makepeace
1986 Love and Marriage (TV series) - Fiona Jebb
1982-1984 Jane (TV series) - Jane
1983 The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV movie) - Beryl Stapleton
1983 The Wicked Lady - Caroline
1982 Horror Safari - Janice Jefferson
1982 The New Adventures of Lucky Jim (TV series) - Lucy Simmons
1982 Tangiers - Beth
1978-1981 Blakes 7 (TV series) - Soolin / Mutoid
1981 A Fine Romance (TV series) - Linda
1981 Bognor (TV series) - Secretary
1980 The Sandbaggers (TV series) - Margaret Muller
1980 Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (TV series) -Meredith Stanhope
1979 Yesterday's Hero - Susan
1979 BBC Play of the Month (TV series) -Ethel Voysey
The Voysey Inheritance (1979) … Ethel Voysey