Barbara trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She has worked extensively with the State Theatre Company of South Australia from its earliest days, including roles in Old Times, Winters Tale, A Delicate Balance and the role of Laurel in the Australian play Salt. She also did considerable work for the Stage Co. which included a one woman show The Rainbows End written by a South Australian writer on the life of Miles Franklin; this production was taken to the San Antonio Arts Festival.
Barbara has also worked for many years in Radio Drama. Television credits include roles in Matlock, Division 4, Cop Shop and Hat Stick and Cloak, a series of fairy stories shown on the ABC. Film credits include Weekend of Shadows, Breaker Morant and The Moment, a short experimental film. Barbara received a Critics Circle Award in 2012 for Lifetime Achievement.
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