- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 27, 1947
- Place of Birth
- Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK
Barbara Dickson
Barbara Ruth Dickson OBE (born 27 September 1947) is a Scottish singer and actress whose hits include "I Know Him So Well" (a chart-topping duet with Elaine Paige), "Answer Me" and "January February". Dickson has placed fifteen albums on the UK Albums Chart from 1977 to date, and had a number of hit singles, including four which reached the top 20 on the UK Singles Chart. The Scotsman newspaper has described her as Scotland's best-selling female singer in terms of the numbers of hit chart singles and albums she has achieved in the UK since 1976. She is also a two-time Olivier Award-winning actress, with roles including Viv Nicholson in the musical Spend Spend Spend, and was the original Mrs. Johnstone in Willy Russell's long-running musical Blood Brothers. On television she starred as Anita Braithwaite in Band of Gold. Dickson was born in Dunfermline and went to Woodmill High School an…
Filmography
movieSet the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl
2021 · Self
movieABBA: In Their Own Words
2020 · Self
tvThe Real Marigold Hotel
2016 · Self
tvSofia the First
2013 · Flora (voice)
movie…Sings Musicals
2012 · Self (archive footage)
movieGerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line
2011 · Self
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
tvThe Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007 · Self
movieLarry presents: Best of The 80s
2004 · Self
moviePrachtig 80: Volume 2
2003 · Self
The Terry and Gaby Show
tvThe Terry and Gaby Show
2003 · Self
Rikki Fulton: The Time Of His Life
movieRikki Fulton: The Time Of His Life
1999
tvThe Missing Postman
1997 · Linda Taylor
movieThe Missing Postman
1997 · Linda Taylor
tvNever Mind the Buzzcocks
1996 · Self
movieAn Evening with Lily Savage
1996 · Self - Audience Member
tvBand of Gold
1995 · Anita Braithwaite
tvReady, Steady, Cook
1994 · Self - Guest
movieTriple Scotch & Wry
1990 · Various
tvMichael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out
1988 · Self
Daytime Live
tvDaytime Live
1987 · Self
movieScotch & Wry
1986
movieAn Audience with Billy Connolly
1985 · Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
movieChess Moves
1985 · Svetlana
movieMagasinet Special: Chess 1984
1984 · Self
tvTaggart
1983 · Marie McDonald
tvLive From Her Majesty's
1983 · Self
tvWogan
1982 · Self
tvChamps-Elysées
1982 · Self
tvBlankety Blank
1979 · Self
tvThe Marti Caine Show
1979 · Self
movieSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978 · Our Guests at Heartland
tvAn Audience with...
1978 · Self
The Val Doonican Music Show
tvThe Val Doonican Music Show
1977
movieMum, Where Are You?
1975 · Songs
tvThe Two Ronnies
1971
tvDisco
1971 · Self