Frances Barber

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Frances Barber (born Frances Brookes, 13 May 1957) is an English singer.

She was nominated for her appearances in Camille (1985) and Uncle Vanya (1997), both receiving Olivier Award nominations.

Prick Up Your Ears (1987), We Think the World of You (1988) and Dead Fish (2005), as well as Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1992), and Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017).

The Street (2009), Doctor Who (2011), and Silk (2012–14) are among Barber's numerous television appearances.

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Life and career

Barber was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. Her parents are from S.W. Brookes and Gladys Simpson; Barber is the fourth of six children. She attended the Wolverhampton Municipal Grammar School.

Barber studied drama at the University College of North Wales in Bangor, where she was a pupil of director Danny Boyle, who became her boyfriend.

She appeared on "British Music" in 2001, as well as being a guest singer on the Pet Shop Boys' live concert at the Mermaid Theatre in 2006. In the Old Vic's pantomime production of Aladdin in 2005-2006, she appeared alongside Ian McKellen and Roger Allam. In Trevor Nunn's production of King Lear and as Arkadina in Chekhov's The Seagull in 2007 she appeared in Goneril and also in a world tour throughout the year. The two plays were revived in repertory at the New London Theatre on Drury Lane, which opened in November 2007 and closed in 2008.

In 2011, she appeared in Doctor Who's "A Good Man Goes to War" and "The Wedding of River Song" (and five other episodes, some of whom were uncredited) as Madame Kovarian. Diana Vreeland appeared in the television film We'll Take Manhattan as Diana Vreeland.

She was granted an honorary fellowship from the University of Wolverhampton in 2006.

She appeared in the Pet Shop Boys' musical "Music" in 2019.

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