Glynis Barber

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Glynis Barber was born on October 25th, 1955 in South Africa in the bosom of a middle-class Johanesburg background.

Real name: Glynis Van Der Reit.

She's an only child and her parents got divorced when she was still a little child.

About the age of 18, she moved to London to study in the prestigious Mountview Theatre School. Soon after, her mother died and it had a big impact in her whole life, as she has mentioned in several interviews.

After graduating in acting, she got different roles in theatre, films & TV and acted with The Royal Shakespeare Company.

She got married in 1976 with actor, Paul Antony Barber. This marriage lasted only three years and they got divorced in 1979.

One of her first big successes on TV was the role of Soolin in the British TV Series "Blake's 7" where she appeared in the fourth season (1980-1981) and where she had appeared in the first season (1978) playing a Mutoid in the episode "Project Avalon".

Glynis Barber's most important break on TV was the role of Detective Sgt. Harriet Makepeace in the British TV Series "Dempsey & Makepeace" (1984-1986) which she co-starred with Michael Brandon.

Glynis Barber & Michael Brandon got married on November 18, 1989 in London, after several years of relationship.

In 1990, they moved to Los Angeles, USA, where their son Alexander was born on November 21, 1992. His name is a tribute to her stepfather who passed away at the same time she got to know she was pregnant and whom she was very fond of.
They moved back to London in 1996.

She likes practising a lot of sports, because of this, she got the role of Detective Sgt. Harriet Makepeace, after five interviews with the casting directors.

She's a vegetarian, speaks French, practices Yoga, likes driving, theatre, swimming, tennis & athletics.

She has done a lot of TV a couple movies and some stage stuff, Mrs Robinson
1. "Duel" (1978) (Mutoid)
2. "Blake´s 7" (1978) (TV Series) (Episode "Project Avalon") (Mutoid)
3. "Terror" (1979) (Carol Tucker)
4. "Yesterday´s hero" (1979) (Susan)
5. "The Sandbaggers" (1980) (TV Series) (Episode "To hell with justice") (Margaret Mueller)
6. "Blake´s 7" (1980-1981) (TV Series) (Fourth Season) (Soolin)
7. "A Fine Romance" (1981) (TV Series) (Fourth episode) (Linda)
8. "The History of Mr. Polly"
9. "The Voysey Inheritance"
10. "Jane" (1982) (TV Series) (Jane)
11. "Jane in the desert" (1982) (2nd part TV Series "Jane") (Jane)
12. "Tangier Arragement" (1982)
13. "Horror Safari" (a.k.a. "Invaders of the Lost Gold") (1982) (Janice Jefferson)
14. "The further adventures of Lucky Jim"
15. "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1983) (TV) (Beryl Stapleton)
16. "The Wicked Lady" (1983) (Caroline)
17. "Dempsey & Makepeace" (1984-1986) (TV Series) (Detective Sgt. Harriet Makepeace)
18. "An audience with Billy Connolly" (1985) (She appears in the audience)
19. "Love & Marriage" (1986) (TV Series) (Eighth episode) (Anne)
20. "Visitors" (1987) (TV) (Lucky)
21. "Tales of the unexpected" (1987) (TV Series) (Episode "The dead don't steal")
22. "Monsters" (1988) (TV Series) (Episode "Mannequins of horror")
23. "Red Dwarf" (1988) (TV Series) (Episode 2.4 "Stasis Leak") (Woman returning from planet leave -Uncredited-)
24. "Edge of Sanity" (1988) (TV) (Elizabeth Jekyll)
25. "Palace Guard" (1991) (TV Series) (Episode)
26. "The Mirror crack´d" (1992) (TV) (Lola Brewster)
27. "Diagnosis Murder" (1994) (TV Series) (Episode "Georgia on my mind") (Samantha)
28. "Goosebumps" (1996) (TV Series) (CD-ROM version for Spielberg´s Dream Works Productions)
29. "Thunderbirds" (TV Series) (Lady Penelope) (Voice)
30. "The Apocalypse Watch" (1997) (TV) (Janine Courtland)
31. "Dèjá Vu" (1997) (Claire)
32. "Beings" (a.k.a "The Fairy King of Ar") (1998) (Nancy Preston)
33. "Babes in the Woods" (1998) (TV Series) (Episode 1.6) (Angela)
34. "Highlander. The Raven" (1999) (TV Series) (Episode: "The Rogue") (Rachel)
35. "The Bill" (1999) (TV Series) (Episode: "Sleeping with the enemy") (Victoria Smith)
36. Advertising for Oil of Olay Cream "Total Effects" (2000)
37. Advertising for Holmes Place (2000)
38. "Dark Realm" (2000) (TV Series) (Episode: "Castle Keep") (Jane Parker)
39. "On The Nose" (2000) (Barbara)
40. "Doctors" (2000) (TV Series) (Episode "Love you Madly") (Miranda)
41. "Hostile Waters" (2000) (CDROM Game)
42. "GMTV" (2001) (Guest Appearance on November 29, 2001)
43. "Night & Day" (2001) (TV Series) (Fiona Brake)
44. "The Afternoon Play - Turkish Delight" (2003) (TV Drama) (Brenda)
45. "Spots for ITV1 Meridian Network" (2003)
46. "Murphy's Law" (2003) (TV Series) (Episode: "Kiss & Tell") (Patricia Morris)
47. "Popcorn" (2003) (TV Series) (Episode: "Turkish Delight")
48. "Monkey Trousers" (2004) (Comedy Sketches)
49. "Family Affaris" (2005) (Belinda)
50. "Trial and Retribution X - Sins of the Father" (2005) (Dora Hills) (Source: GlynisBarber.com)
51. "Protimos (Charity Documentary)" (2006) (Presenter, Co-writer & Producer)
52. "Emmerdale" (2007) (DCI Grace Barraclough)

From various fan sites.