Barbara Rafferty

Barbara Rafferty
Born	Barbara Ann Brown 13 January 1950 Clydebank, Scotland
Years active	1973-present
Spouse(s)	Sean Scanlan

Barbara Rafferty (born 15 January 1950 in Clydebank), is a Scottish actress.

Career

Rafferty is best known for playing Ella Cotter in Rab C Nesbitt between 1990 and 1999, and then again from 2008 - 2011 when the show made a comeback. Rab C Nesbitt made a comeback for a special Episode in 2014 then a followed on series in 2014 summer . Other notable television roles include playing pub landlady Agnes Meldrum in Hamish Macbeth and Alice MacAllister in The Young Person's Guide To Becoming A Rock Star. Also, in the 2006 film The Last King of Scotland, Barbara Rafferty starred as Mrs. Garrigan.^[1] until 2009 she was appearing in the BBC Scotland soap River City as Shirley Henderson^[2]

Barbara's daughter, Amy Rafferty, is a singer, songwriter, and musician with the cult Glasgow music collective The Recovery Club.

Her son, Bob Rafferty, fronts the well known Glasgow alternative rock band El Dog.

In 2013 it was announced that Rafferty would join the cast of His Majesty's Theatre in Aberdeen Pantomime Cinderella with her friend Elaine C. Smith

She currently plays Grandma Mainland in the new CBeebies TV series, Katie Morag. It started airing on 3 November 2013.

Filmography

Film
Title	Year	Role	Notes
The Wicker Man	1973	Woman with baby	Credited as Barbara Ann Brown
The Slab Boys	1997	Mrs. McCann
The Acid House	1998	Dr. Callaghan	Segment: "The Acid House"
Women Talking Dirty	1999	Janine
The Last King of Scotland	2006	Mrs. Garrigan
Sir Billi the Vet	2006	Barbara the Jag	Voice
Perfect Sense	2011	Woman in car park
Fast Romance	2011	Mrs. Livingston
Sir Billi	2012	Barbara the Jag	Voice
The Legend of Barney Thompson	2015	Jean Monkrieff
Television
Title	Year	Role	Notes
Tutti Frutti	1987	Woman in infirmary	Mini-series; Episode 3: "Gin a Body, Dig a Body"
Taggart	1988	Agnes Sweeney	Episode: "Double Jeopardy"
Take the High Road	1988–89	Alice Taylor	11 episodes
Your Cheatin' Heart	1990	Shirley	Series 1 - 5 episodes
Doctor Finlay	1994	Flora	Series 2, Episode 6 - "In Arcadia"
Go Now	1995	Madge Cameron	Television film
The Tales of Para Handy	1995	Madam Isis	Series 2, Episode 1 - "The Fortune Teller"
Hamish Macbeth	1995–97	Agnes Meldrum	Lead role; 3 series - 20 episodes
The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star	1998	Alice MacAllister	Series 1
Life Support"	1999	Margaret McGovern	Series 1 - 2 episodes
Tinsel Town	2000	Jacqueline Donnelly	Series 1, Episode 1
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes	2001	Mrs. Kitson	Episode: "The White Knight Stratagem"
Rockface	2002–03	Alice Urquhart	Series 1 & 2 - 5 episodes
Captain Abercromby	2002–03	Bobweb, various (voice)	Lead role; 26 episodes
Heartbeat	2003	Pam Astbury	Series 13, Episode 6 - "The Holiday's Over"
Sea of Souls	2004	Rena	Series 1 - 3 episodes
River City	2006–08	Shirley Henderson	4 episodes
No Holds Bard	2009	Granny Braid	Television film
Garrow's Law	2009	Katherine Stanton	Series 1, Episode 3
Doctors	2009	Margaret Adams	Episode: "Once Upon a Time"
Doctors	2013	Beth Harris	Episode: "Saving Irene"
Rab C. Nesbitt	1990–2014	Ella Cotter	Lead role; 10 series - 51 episodes
The Sunny	2014	Mrs. Dolan	Television film
Katie Morag	2013–present	Grandma Mainland	Lead role; 26 episodes

Other appearances

• California Sunshine as Jessica (2014; short film)
• Missing as Rachel (2007; short film)
• Autumn Leaves as Mrs. McBride (1997; short film)

References

2. Archived 3 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine.

External links

• River City official site
• Barbara Rafferty at the Internet Movie Database
• River City, Shirley Henderson Character page