Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Barbara Ann Murray (born 27 September 1929) is an English actress. She was married to the actor John Justin and had three daughters, but they divorced in 1964. Murray had a very busy career in the 1940s and '50s as a fresh-faced leading lady in many British films such as Passport to Pimlico (1949) and Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953). Film work continued into the 1960s (including a role in the Tony Hancock film The Punch and Judy Man) but she was to appear more fre...
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Harpist
1999
The Harpist is a 1999 British-German drama film directed by Hansjörg Thurn and starring Geraldine O'Rawe, Christien Anholt and Stephen McGann. Its plo...
The Rank Charm School
1982
as Self
Documentary about The Company of Youth, The Rank Organisation’s training school for aspirant film actors, nicknamed The Rank Charm School.
Doctor Who: Black Orchid
1982
as Lady Cranleigh
The TARDIS arrives in 1925 England where the Doctor ends up playing in a local cricket match due to a case of mistaken identity. The travellers accept...
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
1980
as Giovanna Antoniella
Egyptologist Robin Ellis and American reporter Eva Marie Saint uncover King Tut's burial site but wealthy profiteer Raymond Burr tries to make sure th...
Charley's Aunt
1977
as Donna Lucia
Eric Sykes stars in his own adaptation of the world famous stage play Charley's Aunt. When Donna Lucia is unable to chaperone Amy and Kitty to lunch, ...
Caledonian Cascade
1977
A bored upper class Edinburgh woman decides to rebel against societal conventions.
Heartbreak House
1977
as Lady Utterwood
Captain Shotover, a retired seafarer, is reluctantly hosting a weekend house party for his two daughters and their bohemian friends. As they indulge i...
Tales from the Crypt
1972
as Enid Jason
Five people find themselves in a tomb. The Crypt keeper explains why they are there through a series of frightening stories. Based on the classic comi...
Up Pompeii
1971
as Ammonia
A funny thing happens to Lurcio on the way to the rent-a-vestal-virgin market stall. A mysterious scroll falls into his hands, listing the names of al...
The Ealing Comedies
1970
as Self
The story of the men and women who produced a series of film comedies that were so original and funny that they put Ealing on the map.
Some Will, Some Won't
1970
as Lucille Grayson
Four people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical joker.
A Dandy in Aspic
1968
as Miss Vogler
Double-agent Alexander Eberlin is assigned by the British to hunt out a Russian spy, known to them as Krasnevin. Only Eberlin knows that Krasnevin is ...
A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter
1964
as Joanna Lyppiatt
An aging and self-obsessed actor finds himself in a situation bordering on farce when he is besieged by the demands of his estranged wife, women who w...
Doctor in Distress
1963
as Iris Merchant
"Doctor in Distress" is the fifth of the seven films in the "Doctor" series, and focuses on Sir Lancelot Spratt, Simon Sparrow's old teacher and som...
The Punch and Judy Man
1963
as Lady Jane Caterham
Walter Pinner is the titular Punch And Judy Man plying his trade in the seaside town of Piltdown. Unhappily married to his social climbing wife, who g...
Operation Bullshine
1959
as Pvt. Betty Brown
During World War II, a Royal Artillery officer is assigned to an anti-aircraft battery that is filled with female soldiers of the Auxiliary Territoria...
A Cry from the Streets
1958
as Ann Fairlie
Bittersweet story about London's unwanted children and the good people trying to help them. Ann is a social worker, while Bill is an electrician whose...
Campbell's Kingdom
1957
as Jean Lucas
Given only six months to live, Englishman Bruce Campbell goes to Canada to claim "Campbell's Kingdom", the land he inherited from his grandfather. In ...
Doctor at Large
1957
as Kitty
Losing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a member of the board, young Dr. Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bog...
Meet Mr. Lucifer
1953
as Patricia
A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.
Death Goes to School
1953
as Miss Shepherd
Detective Inspector Campbell (Gordon Jackson) looks into the murder of a teacher at a girls school where there are a number of suspects, including her...
Street Corner
1953
as WPC Lucy Loggart
A pseudo-documentary focusing on the daily work and routine of women police officers built around three different storylines.
The Frightened Man
1952
as Amanda
Kicked out of Oxford, a junk dealer's son joins a gang of thieves fenced by his father.
Another Man's Poison
1951
as Chris Dale
Mystery novelist Janet Frobisher, lives in an isolated house, having been separated for years from her criminal husband. She has fallen in love with h...
Mystery Junction
1951
as Pat Dawn
In this crime drama, an escaped convict is recaptured and charged with killing two people in a lonely waystation during a snowstorm. Fortunately, a no...
The Dark Man
1951
as Carol Burns
A killer called 'The Dark Man' commits double murder. This is witnessed by the young aspiring actress Molly Lester. The Dark Man tries everything to p...
A Christmas Carol
1950
as Scrooge's Fiancée
On Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his li...
Tony Draws a Horse
1950
The free-spirited wife of a proper British doctor leaves him after an arguement over the anatomically correct drawing of a horse on the wall drawn by ...
Boys in Brown
1949
as Kitty Hurst
Jackie lives in poverty with his widowed mother. In a bid to escape poverty he gets involved in a robbery that sees him sentenced to three years in Bo...
Passport to Pimlico
1949
as Shirley Pemberton
When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part o...
Don't Ever Leave Me
1949
as Joan Robbins
Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor...
Poet's Pub
1949
as Nelly Bly
A loosely structured comedy allowing for a series of vignettes based around an ancient coaching inn. The story was adapted from the 1929 novel by Scot...
Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948
Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover. George Louis is later crowned King George I of E...
To the Public Danger
1948
as (uncredited)
Four people with very different backgrounds meet by chance at an English pub and gradually become carried away in a bout of thrill-seeking. When their...
Anna Karenina
1948
Stefan and Dolly Oblonsky have had a spat and Stefan has asked his sister, Anna Karenina, to come down to Moscow to help mend the rift. Anna's compani...