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Early life

Thelma Barlow was born in Middlesbrough in 1929, the younger of two daughters.^[1][2] Her father Tommmy, a cabinet maker, died of pneumonia five weeks before her birth, so Barlow was brought up by her mother Margaret.^[2] During her childhood, the family moved to Huddersfield and Thelma Barlow left school at 15 and went to Huddersfield Technical College to study shorthand and typing.^[2] Her first job, as a secretary, she held for eight years and at the same time belonged to an amateur dramatics group.^[2] Barlow decided to take up acting professionally and joined the Joan Littlewood Theatre Group.^[2] During the 1950s, she did rep in Liverpool, Nottingham and Birmingham.^[2] In 1960, Barlow joined the West of England Theatre Company followed by the Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company.^[2] In Bristol, she ran a boarding house for fellow actors.^[2] In 1956 she married set designer Graham Barlow, and they had two children, Clive and James. They later divorced.^[2] “Middlesborough” redirects here. ... This article is about human pneumonia. ... Huddersfield is a large town in England near the confluence of the River Colne and the River Holme. ... Huddersfield Technical College is a technical college located in Huddersfield, in the English county of West Yorkshire. ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... Theatre Workshop is a theatre group most notable for their devised pieces that included Oh, what a lovely war, and their leader, Joan Littlewood. ... Repertory or rep, called stock in the U.S., is a term from Western theatre. ... For other uses, see Liverpool (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Nottingham (disambiguation). ... Birmingham (pron. ... This article is about the English city. ... Scenic design also known as Stage design is the creation of theatrical scenery. ...

Television fame

Thelma Barlow's first television appearance was in 1970 in A Stranger on the Hill.^[2] The following year while performing in Liverpool, she was asked to audition for the soap opera Coronation Street for the role of Mavis Riley.^[2] She was successful and her first episode was aired on 14 August 1971.^[2] The character became a regular one in 1972, when she joined the staff of "The Kabin".^[2] Barlow remained in the show for 26 years, and nearly 2000 episodes, until she quit following the departure of her on-screen husband Derek.^[2] Her final episode was aired on 10 October 1997 as Mavis moved to the Lake District.^[2] During her time on Coronation Street Barlow shared a flat with co-star Helen Worth and later moved to Settle, where she later did a TV show from her garden.^[2][3] For other uses, see Liverpool (disambiguation). ... For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... Coronation Street is an award winning British soap opera. ... Mavis Wilton, née Mavis Riley, was one of Coronation Street s most renowned characters between 1971 and 1997. ... is the 226th day of the year (227th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... This is an article about the actor, for the Australian Labor politician, see Peter Baldwin (Australian politician) Peter Baldwin is an British actor, born in 1933, best known for his role of Derek Wilton in the UK soap opera Coronation Street. ... is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Helen Worth, in a still from an interview done in 2000. ... Statistics Population: 2420 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD817639 Administration District: Craven Shire county: North Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: North Yorkshire Historic county: West Riding Services Police force: North Yorkshire Police Ambulance: Yorkshire Post office and telephone Post...

Barlow's next major role was that of Dolly Bellfield in Victoria Wood's sitcom dinnerladies.^[2] This aired for two series from 1998 to 2000. Around the same time she appeared in Murder Most Horrid and David Copperfield.^[2] Since then Thelma Barlow has appeared as one-off characters in several television shows, including Fat Friends, Doctors, The Royal, Where the Heart Is, My Dad's the Prime Minister, Marple and Midsomer Murders. In 2005 she appeared her first film Mrs Henderson Presents and in 2007 she played Lady Thaw in the Doctor Who episode "The Lazarus Experiment".^[4][3] For her role in Mrs Henderson Presents she was nominated for "Most Promising Newcomer" in the British Independent Film Awards 2005.^[5] Since her departure from Coronation Street Barlow has also made stage appearances, with roles such as Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit, Mam in Alan Bennett's Enjoy and Abby Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace. Barlow has also acted on radio.^[3] In 2003, she moved to the Isle of Purbeck.^[3] Victoria Wood OBE is a BAFTA award winning English comedian, actor, singer and writer born 19 May 1953 in Prestwich Village, Greater Manchester . ... A British sitcom is a situation comedy (sitcom) produced in the United Kingdom. ... dinnerladies was a British sitcom written and co-produced by and starring Victoria Wood. ... Murder Most Horrid was a British television comedy starring comedian Dawn French. ... David Copperfield is a two part BBC television drama adaptation of Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield. ... Fat Friends is an ITV drama (made by Tiger Aspect), following a group of overweight people, their laughter and pain and addresses the absurdities of dieting in our modern age. ... The Royal is a British medical drama. ... Where the Heart Is was a British television drama series set in the fictional town Skelthwaite. ... My Dads the Prime Minister is a British sitcom written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman. ... Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple Marple is a British television series based on the Miss Marple murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie. ... Midsomer Murders is a popular British television drama series about murders that take place in the fictional English county of Midsomer. ... Mrs Henderson Presents is an Academy Award-nominated comedy film of 2005 directed by Stephen Frears. ... For other uses, see Doctor Who (disambiguation). ... The Lazarus Experiment is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The British Independent Film Awards were created in 1998 to celebrate achievement in independently funded British movies. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Blithe Spirit (1941) is a comic play written by Noel Coward. ... Published by Faber/Profile Books in 2005 Alan Bennett (born May 9, 1934) is an English author and actor noted for his work, his boyish appearance and his sonorous Yorkshire accent. ... Arsenic and Old Lace is a play by American playwright Joseph Kesselring, written in 1939. ... Corfe Castle The Isle of Purbeck, not a true island but a peninsula, is in the county of Dorset, England. ...

Barlow has also written a a book about her hobby, organic gardening, first published by Robson Books as Organic Gardening with Love and re-issued in paperback under the title Gardening Nature's Way (ISBN 978-1861053312). Anova Books is a UK-based publishing company founded in 2005 with the acquisition of the Chrysalis Books Group from the Chrysalis Group. ...

References

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External links

• Thelma Barlow at the Internet Movie Database
• Thelma Barlow at corrie.net