Barbara Archer

Barbara Archer
Born
Barbara Janet Archer

1934 (age 91–92)
East Ham, Essex, England
OccupationActress
SpouseClive L. Taylor (m. 1955)

Barbara Janet Archer (born 1934) is a British actress.

Life and career

Barbara Janet Archer was born in East Ham, Essex in 1934. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1953 and subsequently played the staff matron in the early BBC sitcom Whack-O!.

She remains probably best known, however, for her appearance in the 1958 film Dracula, starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.

Archer married Clive L. Taylor, a meat porter at Smithfield Market, in East Ham in October 1955, having turned 21 shortly prior.

Selected filmography

Selected television

References

  1. ↑ "Meet Barbara The 'Barmaid'". Kentish Independent. 13 September 1963. p. 4. Retrieved 14 October 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Jympson Harman's Movie News". Evening News (London). 31 March 1956. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2026.
  3. ↑ Kenneth Bailey, 'TV News: Jimmy Gets a Matron', The People, 30 September 1956, p. 4.
  4. ↑ John Edgar Browning; Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart (20 October 2010). Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010. McFarland. pp. 64–. ISBN 978-0-7864-6201-8.
  5. ↑ "Mum-Boy Friend-And Me". Daily Herald. 9 July 1955. p. 5. Retrieved 14 October 2026.