Barbara Ferris
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Barbara Gillian Ferris (3 October 1936 – 23 May 2025) was an English actress and fashion model. She appeared in a number of films and productions for television, and is possibly best remembered as Dinah, the young woman who eloped with Dave Clark in the 1965 film Catch Us If You Can. Her other roles were as diverse as the female lead in Edward Bond's controversial play Saved (1965) and a vicar's wife in the television comedy series All in Good Faith in the mid-1980s.
Infobox
Born
Barbara Gillian Ferris(1936-10-03)3 October 1936London, England
Died
23 May 2025(2025-05-23) (aged 88)
Occupation(s)
Actress, model
Years active
1958–1990
Spouse
John Quested
Occupations
Actress, model
Tables
· Filmography › Film
1956
Five Guineas a Week
Role(s)
Dancer
Notes
Short film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1956 | Five Guineas a Week | Dancer | Short film |
| 1958 | Tom Thumb | Thumbelina | Uncredited role |
| 1962 | A Pair of Briefs | Gloria Lockwood | |
| Term of Trial | Joan | ||
| 1963 | Sparrows Can't Sing | Nellie | |
| A Place to Go | Betsy | ||
| Bitter Harvest | Violet | ||
| 1964 | Children of the Damned | Susan Eliot | |
| The System | Suzy | ||
| 1965 | Catch Us If You Can | Dinah | title: Having a Wild Weekend |
| 1968 | Interlude | Sally | |
| 1969 | A Nice Girl Like Me | Candida | |
| 1989 | A Chorus of Disapproval | Enid Washbrook | |
| 1990 | The Krays | Mrs. Lawson | Final film role |
· Filmography › Television
1958
Rush Hour
Role(s)
(unknown)
Notes
Episode: "April Love"
1960
1962
1965
A Slight Case of...
Role(s)
(unknown)
Notes
Episode 2: "Opium"
1973
Conjugal Rights
Role(s)
Jenny
Notes
Mini-series; episodes 1–3
Oranges & Lemons
Role(s)
June
Notes
Episode 1: "A Funny Kind of Joke"
1979
Murder at the Wedding
Role(s)
Anne Russell
Notes
Mini-series; episodes 1–4
1980
The ITV Play
Role(s)
Ethel Bartlett
Notes
Episode: "For Services Rendered"
1981
1985–1987
Role(s)
All in Good Faith
Notes
Emma Lambe
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1958 | Rush Hour | (unknown) | Episode: "April Love" |
| 1960 | ITV Television Playhouse | Paula | Series 5; episode 46: "Night School" |
| BBC Sunday-Night Play | The Bomsheits | Series 2; episode 6: "The Nightwalkers" | |
| 1961 | Coronation Street | Nona Willis | 10 episodes |
| 1962 | Brothers in Law | Mandy Mcleod | Episode 3: "Breach of Contract" |
| The Cheaters | Gail | Series 2; episode 23: "The Back of Beyond" | |
| 1963 | Zero One | Dora | Series 2; episode 12: "The Switch" |
| 1964 | The Human Jungle | Wendy | Series 2; episode 9: "Enemy Outside" |
| 1965 | A Slight Case of... | (unknown) | Episode 2: "Opium" |
| 1972 | The Strauss Family | Emilie Trampusch | Mini-series; episodes 1–4 & 6 |
| 1973 | Conjugal Rights | Jenny | Mini-series; episodes 1–3 |
| Play for Today | Wife | Series 3; episode 28: "Making the Play" | |
| ITV Sunday Night Theatre | Anne | Series 5; episode 30: "Blinkers" | |
| Oranges & Lemons | June | Episode 1: "A Funny Kind of Joke" | |
| 1979 | Murder at the Wedding | Anne Russell | Mini-series; episodes 1–4 |
| 1980 | The ITV Play | Ethel Bartlett | Episode: "For Services Rendered" |
| 1981 | BBC2 Playhouse | Elizabeth | Series 7; episodes 21–23: "Elizabeth Alone: Parts 1–3" |
| 1985–1987 | All in Good Faith | Emma Lambe | Series 1 & 2; 12 episodes |
References
- Released in America as The Girl Getters in 1966: see Time, 29 August 1966.
- Released in America as Having a Wild Weekend (the title of a song on the soundtrack), which Bosley Crowther of The New Y
- Halliwell's Film Giide (7th ed, 1989).
- Roger Greenspun in The New York Times, 4 December 1969
- Bernard Levin (1970) The Pendulum Years
- Quoted by Samantha Ellis, The Guardian, 23 April 2003.
- Mrs Lamb was played by Susan Jameson in the third series of All in Good Faith (1988)
- The première of Season's Greetings was in Scarborough in 1980.
- One "spin off" of her association with Catch Us If You Can was Ferris's appearance in September 1965 on BBC TV's weekly
- Roger Greenspun in The New York Times, 4 December 1969. His comparison with Noel Coward was perhaps a little unfair: the
- "Barbara Ferris obituary"https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/jun/01/barbara-ferris-obituary