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Barbara Kellerman
Barbara as The White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia (TV serial).
Born	30 December 1949 (1949-12-30) (age 60) Manchester, England, U.K.
Occupation	Actress
Spouse(s)	Robin Scobey (divorced)

Barbara Kellerman (born 30 December 1949 in Manchester; surname at birth: Kellermann) is an English actress, noted for her film and television roles. She trained at Rose Bruford College. Kellerman's Jewish parents had fled Nazi Germany and settled in Leeds. Her father was an academic physicist and her mother was a senior teacher of modern foreign languages. Kellerman has an older brother and a younger sister.

One of Barbara's eyes is blue and one is brown.

Kellerman's film credits include: Satan's Slave, The Monster Club and The Sea Wolves.

Her television appearances include: Space: 1999, The Glittering Prizes, 1990, The Professionals, The Mad Death, Quatermass and The Chronicles of Narnia (TV miniseries). She played the White Witch in The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe (1988), The Old Hag (Narnian Hag) in Prince Caspian in 1989, and continued on to be Lady of the Green Kirtle in The Silver Chair (1990).

On radio she portrayed superspy Modesty Blaise in a 1978 BBC World Service adaptation of the novel Last Day in Limbo.

She is a former wife of Robin Scobey.

Most memorable roles

The Chronicles of Narnia

Barbara is best known for her work in The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe (1988) as the White Witch. Barbara starred in all of the miniseries firstly as the White Witch in The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe, secondly for playing an old hag in Prince Caspian and finally playing the Green Lady in The Silver Chair. The coat that she wore to play the White Witch was actually made from pure nylon causing her to be very cold during the filming. No birds had been killed for the coat.

The Sea Wolves

Before The Chronicles of Narnia, Barbara played another baddie who was a mysterious English lady named Mrs Cromwell. Mrs Cromwell, who was really a German spy, pretended to be in love with Captain Gavin Stewart (Roger Moore) and towards the end of the movie she tries to stab him with a pen knife, that she'd kept in her handbag. But (Capt. Gavin Stewart) saw what she was up to and just before she tried to stab him, he turned the knife towards her stomach and stabbed her instead. See Mrs Cromwell dead in this picture [1].

Filmography

• Monsignor Renard (3 episodes, 2000) as Mme Dufosse
• The Bill (1 episode, 1998)
• The Chronicles of Narnia (TV serial) (1988–90) as The White Witch, Narnian Hag and the Lady of the Green Kirtle
• Lytton's Diary (5 episodes, 1986) as Helena
• My Brother Jonathan (1985) (TV) as Rachel Hammond
• Morte d'Arthur (1984) (TV) as Queen Guinevere
• Storyboard (1 episode, 1983)
• The Mad Death (1983) as Anne Maitland
• Number 10 (1 episode, 1983) as Frances Stevenson
• Living Apart Together (1982) as Amy
• Hammer House of Horror (1 episode, 1980) as Laurie Morton
• The Sea Wolves (1980) as Mrs. Cromwell
• Lady Killers (1 episode, 1980) as Madame Marie Fahmy
• BBC2 Playhouse (1 episode, 1980)
• The Monster Club (1980) as Angela
• The Professionals (1 episode, 1979) as Sylvie
• Quatermass (2 episodes, 1979) as Clare Kapp
• S.O.S. Titanic (1979) (TV) as Passenger
• Crown Court (1 episode, 1979) as Miranda Buckingham
• BBC Television Shakespeare - The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight (1979) (TV) as Anne Boleyn
• The Quatermass Conclusion (1979) as Clare Kapp
• 1990 (8 episodes, 1977) as Delly Lomas
• Satan's Slave (1976) as Frances
• The Crezz (1 episode, 1976) as Alexandra Tuke
• Victorian Scandals (1 episode, 1976) as Jane Brookfield
• BBC Play of the Month (1 episode, 1976) as Jacqueline Maingot
• The Glittering Prizes (4 episodes, 1976) as Barbara Morris
• A Pitcher of Snakes (1976) (TV)
• Space: 1999 (1 episode, 1975) as Dr. Monique Bouchere
• General Hospital (unknown episodes, 1974) as Nurse Laura Hardy
• Marked Personal (2 episodes, 1974) as Jane Wright
• John Halifax, Gentleman (1974) as Louise
• Wessex Tales (1 episode,1973) as Nanny
• On the House (1 episode, 1971) as Maureen
• How We Used to Live (1 episode, 1969) as Girl

Barbara Kellerman also appeared on a breakfast show in 1988 with actress Sophie Wilcox. This breakfast clip is shown on the BBC Chronicles of Narnia DVD boxed set on bonus disc.

External links

• Barbara Kellerman at the Internet Movie Database