Thelma Barlow

Acting

Thelma Barlow

Born 1929-06-19 · Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Thelma Barlow (née Pigott) is an English television actress and writer, known for her roles as Mavis Wilton in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street and as Dolly Bellfield in the BBC One sitcom dinnerladies. She is the oldest living female Coronation Street cast member.

Acting credits

Florence Foster Jenkins poster
6.7

The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

Florence Foster Jenkins

2016

Mrs. Henderson Presents poster
6.7

Recently widowed well-to-do Laura Henderson purchases the Windmill Theatre in London as a post-widowhood hobby. After starting an innovative continuous variety review, which is copied by other theaters, they begin to lose money. Mrs Henderson suggests they add risqué burlesque acts similar to the Moulin Rouge in Paris.

Mrs. Henderson Presents

2005

Is Anybody There? poster
6.3

A young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.

Is Anybody There?

2009

Sweet Charity poster
NR

Jan and Agnes run a high street charity shop called Sweet Charity. Though friends, cutting remarks fly between the two without warning or long-term ramifications, but they are as one when it comes to handling items donated by customers.

Sweet Charity

2002

Sleepless in Settle poster
NR

Alan is 72 and lives with his mother Barbara. She worries about him being left on his own. After watching the film Sleepless In Seattle she hatches a plan to find him a nice lady.

Sleepless in Settle

2024

Coronation Street - The Feature Length Special poster
9.0

Some burning questions will be answered when five of our best loved Coronation Street characters embark upon the cruise of a lifetime. Will we see another side to Curly, Raquel, Rita, Mavis, and Alec as they enjoy the sunny Mediterranean cruising? Can the dark, starry nights on board the world's most romantic cruise-liner spark the passion in Curly and Raquel's difficult relationship or will they be sailing into troubled waters?

Coronation Street - The Feature Length Special

1995

Thora Hird Tribute poster
NR

Friends, colleagues and fans, including Julie Walters, Jonathan Ross, Norman Wisdom, Keith Barron and Victoria Wood, pay tribute to Dame Thora Hird, who died in 2003 at the age of 91.

Thora Hird Tribute

2003

The Stalls of Barchester poster
6.3

Scholar Dr. Black's seemingly mundane assignment of sorting through the assets of the Barchester Cathedral library takes an eerie turn when he comes across the papers of the late Archdeacon, who plotted to gain his position through murder. However, he soon comes to discover something truly horrific about the wooden choir stalls in the church, which are tied to a famous local tree and a sinister local legend.

The Stalls of Barchester

1971