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Barbara Helene New (9 May 1923 – 24 May 2010)[1] was a British character actress, well known for playing Mabel the scullery maid in the David Croft sitcom You Rang M'Lord?. Following this role, she appeared as Vera Plumtree in all twenty episodes of the BBC's final David Croft sitcom Oh, Doctor Beeching!. She had previously played smaller parts in Croft's earlier sitcoms Dad's Army and Hi-de-Hi!.

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Barbara New
Born	Barbara Helene New[1] (1923-05-09)9 May 1923 Hammersmith, London, England[2]
Died	24 May 2010(2010-05-24) (aged 87) Paddington, London, England
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Michael Barrington (1956–1988) (his death)

New had a lengthy career in British television and played many other roles including appearances in Z-Cars, Emu's Broadcasting Company, Ripping Yarns and the silent Ronnie Barker comedy By the Sea. One of her last screen appearances was as Ali G's Nan in the 2002 film Ali G Indahouse.

New also appeared in television adverts for Vicks over a twenty-year period, initially as a mother and later as a grandmother.

She was married to the actor Michael Barrington until his death in 1988.

Film and Television roles

Year	Title	Role
1962	Maigret (1960 TV series) Series 2, Episode 9 - The White Hat	Fernande Steuvals
1975	The Picnic	The Aunt
1975	Porridge Series 2 Episode 4 No Peace for the Wicked	Home Office Visitor
1975	Within These Walls Series 2, Episode 3	Prisoner
1977	The Black Panther
1977	Ripping Yarns Series 1, Episode 2 The Testing of Eric Olthwaite	Mrs Olthwaite
1973 to 1980	The Two Ronnies	Various
1981	Happy Since I Met You	Mum
1982	By the Sea	The Aunt
1986	Bread (TV series) Series 1, Episode 2	May's neighbour
1988 to 1993	You Rang M'Lord?	Mabel
1996	Casualty	May Davies
1996 to 1997	Oh, Doctor Beeching!	Vera Plumtree
2002	Ali G Indahouse	Ali's Nan

References

External links

• Barbara New at IMDb

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