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English film actress
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Female
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Birth:
12 August 1924(Wolverhampton)
Death:
6 September 2013
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Biography
Introduction
Barbara Hicks (12 August 1924 – 6 September 2013) was an English film actress. She appeared in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film Brazil and Merchant Ivory Productions's 1992 Bafta award-winning Howards End.
Biography
Hicks was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, and lived at Little Maplestead, Essex. She was educated at Adcote School, Shropshire. She was married for forty years to Lt-Colonel Peter Taylor (25 January 1913 - 26 March 2010). He was an outstanding front line commander who won two MCs in Italy in 1944.
Hicks appeared in a National Theatre 80th birthday tribute to Lord Olivier, Happy Birthday, Sir Larry on 31 May 1987 in the presence of Olivier.
She was the mother of actor Giles Taylor.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Background | Mrs. Young |
| 1954 | Conflict of Wings | Mrs. Thompson |
| 1956 | Sailor Beware! | Little Girl's Mother |
| 1958 | I Was Monty's Double | Hester |
| 1959 | Operation Bullshine | Sergeant Merrifield |
| 1960 | Hand in Hand | Miss Roberts |
| 1961 | Petticoat Pirates | Physical Training Instructress |
| A Matter of WHO | Margery | |
| 1964 | Smokescreen | Miss Breen |
| 1968 | The Charge of the Light Brigade | Mrs. Duberly's maid |
| 1978 | Death on the Nile | Village schoolmistress |
| 1980 | The Wildcats of St Trinian's | Miss Coke |
| 1981 | Memoirs of a Survivor | Woman on Waste Ground |
| 1982 | A Shocking Accident | Aunt Joyce |
| Britannia Hospital | Miss Tinker | |
| Evil Under the Sun | Flewitt's Secretary | |
| 1983 | Dombey and Son | Mrs. Pipchin |
| 1985 | Brazil | Mrs. Alma Terrain |
| Morons from Outer Space | Stenographer | |
| Cover Her Face | Miss Molpass | |
| 1986 | The Murder at the Vicarage | Miss Hartnell |
| 1989 | Wilt | Ms Clinch |
| 1990 | The Witches | Regina |
| 1992 | Howards End | Miss Avery |
| 1992 | The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side | Miss Hartnell |
| 1994 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | Emily Garrideb |
| 2000 | Up at the Villa | Lulu Good |