lilian baron played nurse gladys in open all hours.
who plays nurse gladys in open all hours?
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lilian baron (born 24 march 1939), known professionally as lynda baron, is an english actress and comedian, best known for playing nurse gladys emmanuel in the bbc comedy series "open all hours" (1976–1985) and its sequel, "still open all hours" (2013–2016). 





























from 1993 to 1997, she played auntie mabel in bbc children's programme "come outside" and in 2006, she starred as linda clarke in "eastenders", before returning from 2008 to 2009 and again in 2016.





























section::::early life.
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in 1984, at which time no new episodes of the series had been produced for two years, a spin-off was proposed based around lynda baron's character, nurse gladys emmanuel. given the working title "call the nurse", this spin-off series would have followed nurse gladys as she visited various eccentric and demanding patients. the characters of arkwright and granville were not written to appear, and roy clarke was keen to develop a new set of supporting characters rather than rely on those already built up for "open all hours". a thirty minute pilot was written but did not enter production as the bbc turned down the series; instead, "open all hours" returned for its fourth and what would be final series the following year.
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