Trivia

Alluring, almond-eyed blonde British actress of stage and TV.

In 1984, originated the role of Mavis in Richard Harris's stage play, Stepping Out, at The Leatherhead Theatre in England--the role played in the film version by Liza Minnelli seven years later.

Mother of Nick Quested, Christopher and Catherine.

Worked as a fashion model in the sixties.

First on stage at the London Coliseum as a dancer in Can-Can in October 1954.

Played the lead female role (Marion) in Terence Frisby's There's a Girl in My Soup (1966) at London's Globe Theatre, opposite Donald Sinden, which for a time held the record as the longest running comedy in the West End.

She was incorrectly said to be the sister of Pam Ferris. The two were not related in any way.

Her younger sister, Liz, became a springboard diving champion, who won a bronze medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics, before going on to be a doctor.

Studied acting at the Italia Conti stage school. While there, she was working as a teenager in TV commercials and pantomime, supplementing her father's income.

The second of four children, Barbara was born in London, to Dorothy (nee Roth) and Roy Ferris. Her father had a milk round in Soho after World War II.