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- GeburtsnameBarbara Brothwood
- Größe1,60 m
- Barbara Knox wurde am 30 September 1933 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK geboren. Sie ist Schauspielerin, bekannt für Coronation Street (1960), Funny You Should Say That (1972) und Coronation Street: A Knight's Tale (2010). Sie war mit John Knox und Denis Mullaney verheiratet.
- EhepartnerJohn Knox(1977 - 1994) (geschieden)Denis Mullaney(1956 - 1977) (geschieden, 3 Kinder)
- When the UK Sun newspaper presented her with a surprise birthday cake to mark the occasion of her 60th birthday, Barbara was finally forced to concede her true age, having previously pretended to be some 5 years younger.
- Recipient of the TV Times award for best television actress.
- She was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama.
- Is one of 8 Coronation Street (1960) actors to win the Lifetime Achievement Award at the British Soap Awards. The others are William Roache, Johnny Briggs, Elizabeth Dawn, Betty Driver, William Tarmey, Helen Worth and Anne Kirkbride.
- Made a one-episode appearance as Rita in Coronation Street (1960) in 1964, in which she was seen in a friendship with Philip Lowrie's character Dennis Tanner. In 2012, a year after he had returned to the show, the two characters rekindled this bond and got married.
- [on being awarded the MBE in June 2010:] It was a wonderful honor.
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