Barbara Jefford

Barbara Jefford
Born
Barbara Mary Jefford

(1930-07-26)26 July 1930
Plymstock, Devon, England
Died12 September 2020(2020-09-12) (aged 90)
OccupationActress
Years active1949–2013
Spouses
  • (m. 1953; div. 1961)
  • (m. 1967)

Barbara Mary Jefford, OBE (26 July 1930 – 12 September 2020) was a British actress, best known for her theatrical performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Old Vic and the National Theatre and her role as Molly Bloom in the 1967 film of James Joyce's Ulysses. For Ulysses, Jefford was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress. She was also Olivier nominated in 1991 for playing Volumnia in Coriolanus at the Barbican.