Biography
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. Hicks was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, and lived at Little Maplestead, Essex. She was educated at Adcote School, Shropshire.
After training at the Webber Douglas School of Dramatic Art, she made her first appearance on stage in 1948 at the Royal Court, Liverpool in Leo Marks’ Written for a Lady, which transferred to the Garrick Theatre, and became her West End debut.She was married for 40 years to Lieutenant 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 Happy Birthday, Sir Larry, a National Theatre birthday tribute to Laurence Olivier, on 31 May 1987 in the presence of Olivier.She was the mother of actor Giles Taylor.
Filmography
all 56
Movies 42
TV Shows 14
Up at the Villa (2000)
FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
Remember Me? (1997)
Skallagrigg (1994)
The Return of the Borrowers (1993)
Mr. Wroe's Virgins (1993)
Gallowglass (1993)
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1992)
Orlando (1992)
Memento Mori (1992)
Howards End (1992)
Duel of Hearts (1992)
A Question of Attribution (1991)
Absolute Hell (1991)
Night Voice (1990)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990)
Wilt (1989)
Press Gang (1989)
We Think the World of You (1988)
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986)
Paying Guests (Part 2) (1986)
Paying Guests (Part 1) (1986)
Lovejoy (1986)
Morons from Outer Space (1985)
Brazil (1985)
Sherlock Holmes (1984)
A Shocking Accident (1982)
Britannia Hospital (1982)
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Memoirs of a Survivor (1981)
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's (1980)
The Mill on the Floss (1978)
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978)
Death on the Nile (1978)
3-2-1 (1978)
The Mill on the Floss (1978)
Raffles (1977)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
The Third Secret (1964)
Smokescreen (1964)
Doctor in Distress (1963)
Oliver Twist (1962)
Petticoat Pirates (1961)
A Matter of WHO (1961)
Ask Mr Pastry (1961)
Hand in Hand (1961)
His and Hers (1961)
Barnaby Rudge (1960)
A Touch of Larceny (1960)
Operation Bullshine (1959)
Nowhere to Go (1958)
I Was Monty's Double (1958)
The Larkins (1958)
Sailor Beware (1956)
Conflict of Wings (1954)
Background (1953)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1924-08-12
Deathday2013-09-06 (89 years old)
Birth NameBarbara Purser Hicks
Birth PlaceHeath Town, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
ResidencesLittle Maplestead, United Kingdom
Also Known AsБарбара Хикс, Barbara Purser Hicks
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