# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lynda-baron
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:38:25.285Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lynda-baron"
name: "Lynda Baron"
slug: "lynda-baron"
description: "Lilian Ridgway, known professionally as Lynda Baron, was an English actress and singer. She is known for having played Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in the BBC sitcom Open All Hours (1976–1985) and its sequel, Still Open All Hours (2013–2016), Auntie Mabel in the award-winning children's series Come Outside (1993–1997), and the part of Linda Clarke in EastEnders in 2006 and from 2008 to 2009, with a brief return in 2016."
tagline: "English actress"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/95/Lynda_Baron.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1939-03-24"
deathDate: "2022-03-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.05
  momentum:             4.696378830083565
  historical:           11.32112
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0056271/"
    handle:    "nm0056271"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynda_Baron"
    title: "Lynda Baron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ليندا بارون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ليندا بارون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynda_Baron"
    title: "Lynda Baron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynda_Baron"
    title: "Lynda Baron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "لیندا بارون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynda_Baron"
    title: "Lynda Baron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynda_Baron"
    title: "Lynda Baron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynda_Baron"
    title: "Lynda Baron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynda_Baron"
    title: "Lynda Baron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%86%DA%88%D8%A7_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "لنڈا بیرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1576b0d6-f950-4ad2-ae29-a235d2978e00"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11879940"
    title: "Wikidata"
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  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/271458"
    title: "Lynda Baron"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump