Barbara Young (actor)

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name = Barbara Young
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location = Flagicon|England Brighouse,West Yorkshire, England
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Barbara Young (born 9 February, 1936 in Brighouse, West Yorkshire) is an English actress. She is probably best known for her role as the future Emperor Nero's mother, Agrippinilla, in the landmark 1976 BBC serial "I, Claudius".

She recently played the long-running role of gossipy yet lovable Sadie Hargreaves Lloyd in soap opera "Family Affairs". 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 "Coronation Street" in the early 1980s. In February 2007 she rejoined the cast of Coronation Street, an old friend of Rita Sullivan called Doreen Fenwick until December that year.

She appeared in a 2006 episode of "Midsomer Murders" entitled "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" called Get Out Of That, Then.

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