Barbara Young (actor)
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| Born | February 9, 1936  Brighouse,West Yorkshire, England |
Barbara Young (born 9 February 1936 in Brighouse, West Yorkshire) is an English actress. She is probably best known for her role as the future Emperor Nero's mother, Agrippinilla, in the landmark 1975 BBC serial I, Claudius.
She recently played the long-running role of gossipy yet lovable Sadie Hargreaves Lloyd in soap opera Family Affairs. Sadie, a former theatre actor turned barmaid, was a key figure in the show from 1998 until 2005, making her one of the show's longest serving characters.
Young previously acted in soap opera Coronation Street in the early 1980s. In February 2007 she rejoined the cast of Coronation Street as Doreen Fenwick, an old friend of Rita Sullivan.
She appeared in an episode of Midsomer Murders entitled Last Year's Model
