Barbara Dickson

Barbara Dickson

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderFemale
Birthdaysept. 27, 1947
BiographyBarbara Ruth Dickson (born 27 September 1947) is a Scottish singer and actress whose hits include "I Know Him So Well" (a chart-topping duet with Elaine Paige), "Answer Me" and "January February". Dickson has placed fifteen albums on the UK Albums Chart from 1977 to date, and had a number of hit singles, including four which reached the top 20 on the UK Singles Chart. The Scotsman newspaper has described her as Scotland's best-selling female singer in terms of the numbers of hit chart singles and albums she has achieved in the UK since 1976.

She is also a two-time Olivier Award-winning actress, with roles including Viv Nicholson in the musical Spend Spend Spend, and was the original Mrs. Johnstone in Willy Russell's long-running musical Blood Brothers. On television she starred as Anita Braithwaite in Band of Gold.

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Known For

Band of Gold
Ended

Band of Gold

as Anita Braithwaite
The Missing Postman
Ended

The Missing Postman

as Linda Taylor
The Real Marigold Hotel
Ended

The Real Marigold Hotel

as Barbara Dickson

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