Barbara Hicks

Barbara Hicks
Born	(1924-08-12)12 August 1924 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK.
Died	6 September 2013(2013-09-06) (aged 89)
Occupation	Actress

Barbara Hicks (12 August 1924 – 6 September 2013) was an English film actress. She appeared in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film Brazil and Merchant Ivory Productions's 1992 Bafta award-winning Howards End.

Biography

Hicks was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, and lived at Little Maplestead, Essex. She was educated at Adcote School, Shropshire. She was married for forty years to Lt-Colonel Peter Taylor (25 January 1913 - 26 March 2010). He was an outstanding front line commander who won two MCs in Italy in 1944.

Hicks appeared in a National Theatre 80th birthday tribute to Lord Olivier, Happy Birthday, Sir Larry on 31 May 1987 in the presence of Olivier.

She was the mother of actor Giles Taylor.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1953	Background	Mrs. Young
1954	Conflict of Wings	Mrs. Thompson
1956	Sailor Beware!	Little Girl's Mother
1958	I Was Monty's Double	Hester
1959	Operation Bullshine	Sergeant Merrifield
1960	Hand in Hand	Miss Roberts
1961	Petticoat Pirates	Physical Training Instructress
	A Matter of WHO	Margery
1964	Smokescreen	Miss Breen
1968	The Charge of the Light Brigade	Mrs. Duberly's maid
1980	The Wildcats of St Trinian's	Miss Coke
1981	Memoirs of a Survivor	Woman on Waste Ground
1982	A Shocking Accident	Aunt Joyce
	Britannia Hospital	Miss Tinker
	Evil Under the Sun	Flewitt's Secretary
1983	Dombey and Son	Mrs. Pipchin
1985	Brazil	Mrs. Alma Terrain
	Morons from Outer Space	Stenographer
1989	Wilt	Ms Clinch
1990	The Witches	Regina
1992	Howards End	Miss Avery
2000	Up at the Villa	Lulu Good

External links

• Barbara Hicks at IMDb