Cast & creator
Thelma Barlow
Best known for Midsomer Murders, Doctor Who, Pebble Mill
Thelma Barlow (née Pigott) is an English television actress and writer, known for her roles as Mavis Wilton in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street and as Dolly Bellfield in the BBC One sitcom dinnerladies. She is the oldest living female Coronation Street cast member.
Also known as: 델마 바로우
Movies
8
film credits
Series
13
television credits
Career
21
1971–2024 · acting roles
Credit score
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (21)
Showing 21 of 21 credits
Series
★ 7.5
Midsomer Murders
Mrs. Beverley
1997
Series
★ 7.6
Doctor Who
Lady Thaw
2005P
Series
★ 4.1
Pebble Mill
Self
1991
Series
★ 6.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
2011
Series
★ 6.0
The Word
1990
Series
★ 6.9
Murder Most Horrid
Mrs Drapes
1991
Series
★ 7.4
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Letitia
1971
Series
★ 6.0
Countdown
1982
Series
★ 6.8
Cluedo
Herself
1990
Series
★ 7.5
dinnerladies
Dolly Bellfield
1998
Series
★ 7.1
David Copperfield
Mrs. Heep
1999
Movie
★ 6.7
Florence Foster Jenkins
Mrs. Oscar Garmunder
2016
Series
★ 9.0
Dinnerladies Diaries
Self
2018
Movie
★ 6.7
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Lady Conway
2005
Movie
★ 6.3
Is Anybody There?
Ena
2009
Movie
Sweet Charity
Jan
2002
Series
★ 7.8
The Royal
Ada
2003
Movie
★ 9.0
Coronation Street - The Feature Length Special
Mavis Wilton
1995
Movie
Thora Hird Tribute
Dolly (archive footage, uncredited)
2003
Movie
★ 6.3
The Stalls of Barchester
Letitia Haynes
1971
Movie
Sleepless in Settle
Barbara
2024