Lynda Baron

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Lilian Baron (born 24 March 1939) also known as Lynda Baron, is an English actor and comedian best known for her appearances as Auntie Mabel on the BBC children's show Come Outside from 1993 to 1997.

She appeared on BBC children's show Come Outside from 1993 to 2005, and then again in 2016.

Early life

Lilian Ridgway was born in Urmston, Lancashire, on March 24, 1939. Cyril, her father, was a painter and decorator. She was attending local ballet classes by the age of five and soon began to appear on stage. She studied at Flixton Girls School in Urmston and then trained as a dancer at the Royal Academy of Dance. She appeared in repertory theatre and several West End theaters early in her career.

Personal life

Baron married hairdresser and music impresario Cyril Smith, who performed under the name Carol London in 1962; they later parted. She married John M. Lee in 1966. The couple had two children and were married before his death in 2001.

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Career

Baron's early television appearances included small parts in Crossroads (1978), Up Pompeii (1970), Z-Cars (1971), and the British horror film Hands of the Ripper (1971). Baron appeared on television in BBC-3 (1965), a series based on That Was the Week That Was, involving several of the same stars. She also appeared on Not So Much a Programme as the resident singer on More a Way of Life (1965). Baron appeared in the BBC science fiction film Doctor Who three times. In the 1966 film The Gunfighters, she was identified as a singer. In the 1983 serial Enlightenment, she appeared in front of the cameras as Captain Wrack, and then in 2011 as Val in "Closing Time."

Baron was best known for his role as Nurse Gladys Emmanuel on the BBC sitcom Open All Hours with Ronnie Barker and David Jason in 1976, 1981 to 1982, and 1985, and then finished eighth in Britain's Best Sitcom. Although the script was seeking a "serious build at the time," she was actually a slim builder at the time. They overcame this by lining her clothes.

Baron appeared in the ITV sitcom Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt and Brian Rix's A Roof Over My Head in the 1970s and 1980s. In the last of the Summer Wine series Getting Sam Home, she appeared in Minder and played the middle-aged temptress Lily Bless'er. She appeared in a party political broadcast for the SDP-Liberal Alliance in 1986. Baron appeared in the 1987 Christmas special of The Two Ronnies and appeared in the BBC Two comedy series KYTV.

Baron appeared in five episodes of the ITV sitcom The Upper Hand (1992-1993). Baron went on to appear in the children's television series Come Outside (1993–1997), portraying Auntie Mabel, an everyday woman living in Denham with her dog Pippin, and even looking at animals in zoos.

Baron appeared in Coronation Street and appeared in dinnerladies (1999), Nancherrow (1999), and Goodnight Sweetheart (1999).

Baron continued to work on television and stage in the 2000s, with credits including Fat Friends (2000, 2006, and 2014), Peak Practice (2001), Monte Carlo (2002 and 2006), and Casualty (2006).

Baron appeared in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders in 2006 as Linda Clarke, the mother of Jane Beale, portrayed by Laurie Brett. Baron will be returning to EastEnders in September 2008. She appeared on the series from November 2008 to February 2009. Baron would return to EastEnders once more on April 8, 2016, alongside John Partridge, who portrayed her on-screen son Christian Clarke. In May and June 2016, she appeared on television in May and June.

Baron appeared in an episode of Agatha Christie's Marple on ITV in August 2010. On BBC Four's one-off television drama The Road to Coronation Street, which delves into the beginnings of the British television soap opera Coronation Street, Baron appeared in a one-off television drama The Road to Coronation Street in September 2010. Violet Carson, who appeared Ena Sharples in the soap opera, was portrayed by Baron. Baron was nominated for the 2011 British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in this category.

Baron reprised her role in a special one-off episode of Open All Hours on BBC One on December 26, 2013. On Boxing Day, it was watched by 12.23 million viewers, representing almost a 40% share in audience figures. Baron appeared on "Open All Hours: A Celebration" the following day, a program that looked back on the sitcom. Following the success of the Christmas special, the cast produced a complete collection on December 26, 2014, followed by a second series in December 2015. In December 2016, Baron was the first to return, but he was unable to return due to other commitments.

Baron appeared in a Citizen Khan Christmas special in December 2016, and in January 2017, she appeared in an episode of Father Brown, which would be her last television appearance.

Baron's film appearances include appearances in The Small World of Sammy Lee (1963), Hot Millions (1968), and "Mr. Brown - Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? Tiffany Jones (1969) and the Hammer film Hands of the Ripper (1971) as an ill-fated prostitute. Carry On Columbus (1992), Color Me Kubrick (2005), and Scoop (2006) directed by Woody Allen, she appeared in the Barbra Stentl film Yentl (1983).

Baron appeared in the London production of the musical Follies at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 1987. In 2007, she appeared with Orlando Bloom and Tim Healy in a stage version of In Celebration. She appeared in March and June 2009 in the Menier Chocolate Factory in a Ben Travers production of Rookery Nook.

Baron appeared in A West End production of When We Are Married by J.B. Priestley from October 2010 to February 2011. She appeared in a D.H. Lawrence's play The Daughter-in-Law at the Sheffield Crucible in March 2013. Hugh Whitemore, Zoe Wanamaker, and Chris Larkin appeared in Chichester from April to May 2014. Baron appeared in the Hampstead Theatre from March to April 2015.

An Inspector Calls, Stepping Out, Entertaining Mr Sloane, and The Full Monty are among Baron's other theater credits.

In 1995, Baron introduced Nanny Ogg in the BBC Radio 4 version of the Discworld novel Wyrd Sisters. Richard Kates released an album titled "Something About You," which featured Baron on the track "A Hard Man Is Good to Find" in April 2012. Baron appeared in the Afternoon Play on BBC Radio 4, playing the mother of artist L.S. actor David Lowry and Son. At the lowest level.

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