Barbara Marten

Barbara Marten (born "Barbara Mason" on 3rd January 1947 in Leeds) appeared in Coronation Street in August 1984 as Jim's Cafe worker Doreen Braithwaite.

She attended the London School of Music and Dramatic Art but changed her career and became a teacher for two years instead, before returning to the profession on stage in Coventry and Doncaster.

Coronation Street was her television debut but she has also appeared in The Practice, Christabel, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Brookside, The Fifteen Streets, Love and Reason, Harry, Band of Gold, the regular part of Eve Montgomery in Casualty, Where the Heart Is, Bob & Rose, Fat Friends, The Royal, EastEnders, The Bill, Silent Witness, Goldplated, Heartbeat, Law & Order: UK, The Street, Doctors, Waking the Dead, Public Enemies, Whitechapel, Kidnap and Ransom and The Mill.

Film roles include A Month in the Country, Goodbye My Love, Between Two Women and Oranges and Sunshine.

On stage she has played roles in The Winter's Tale, Hedda Gabler, and Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2.

On radio, she has given readings for Morning Story and Pen to Paper.

External pages

 * Internet Movie Database entry for Barbara Marten
 * Theatricalia entry for Barbara Marten
 * Wikipedia entry for Barbara Marten