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name: "Barbara Jefford"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barbara-jefford"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 July 1930"
died: "12 September 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:40.407580+00:00"
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# Barbara Jefford

Actor. Born 26 July 1930 in Plymstock, Devon, England. Died 12 September 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 July 1930, Plymstock, Devon, England
- **Died:** 12 September 2020

## Biography

Barbara Jefford was a British actress. She was born in Plymstock, Devon, and trained at the Hartley-Hodder School of Speech and Drama before graduating from RADA in 1949.

Jefford was best known for her classical stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Old Vic and the National Theatre. She appeared in almost every Shakespeare play and received an OBE in 1965 for services to the theatre.

Her film roles included Molly Bloom in *Ulysses* (1967), for which she received a BAFTA nomination, Baroness Kessler in *The Ninth Gate* (1999), Sister Hildegarde in *Philomena* (2013) and Collyer's Mother in *The Deep Blue Sea* (2011). She died in 2020.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Deep Blue Sea* (2011), Fi1m 82, as Collyer's Mother — [page](https://film.one/film/the-deep-blue-sea.md)

## Also known for

- *The Ninth Gate* (1999), Baroness Kessler
- *From Russia with Love* (1963), Tatiana Romanova (voice) (uncredited)
- *Thunderball* (1965), Patricia Fearing (voice) (uncredited)
- *The Spy Who Loved Me* (1977), Naomi (voice) (uncredited)
- *Philomena* (2013), Sister Hildegarde
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), Barbara Drinkwater, Elizabeth Chettham
- *And the Ship Sails On* (1983), Ildebranda Cuffari
- *Lust for a Vampire* (1971), Countess Herritzen

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