What is Judith Barker?
{{Infobox person | name = Judith Barker | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1943|06|22}} | birth_place = [[Oldham]], [[Lancashire]], England | nationality = [[British people|British]] | occupation = Actress | television = | years_active = 1964–present }} '''Judith Barker''' (born 22 June 1943) is an English actress, best known for her role in the [[ITV]] soap opera ''[[Coronation Street]]'' as the upwardly mobile homewrecker [[List of Coronation Street characters#Janet Reid|Janet Reid/Barlow]], which she played between 1969 and 1977. She has been married to Kenneth Alan Taylor since 1964. Since her departure from ''Coronation Street'', Barker has mostly been a character actress in television dramas, such as the 1984 [[Channel 4]] series, ''Scully'', in which she played teacher Mrs. Heath, an exception being her role in ''[[Brookside]]'', playing the role of Audrey Manners, during 1995. She appeared in the first series of ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]'', playing secretary [[List of Waterloo Road characters#Estelle Cooper|Estelle Cooper]]. She also had a small role in the film ''[[Beatrix Potter|Miss Potter]]''. It was reported that she declined the premiere for the movie with [[Renée Zellweger|Renee Zellweger]], to teach drama at her local school, Jude's Drama in [[Oldham]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-01-10|title=Film star who runs local fame academy|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/film-star-who-runs-local-980406|access-date=2022-03-05|website=Manchester Evening News|language=en}}</ref> Barker reappeared in ''Waterloo Road'', in series 10, playing a different character, Grace. In 2012, she appeared in the second series of ''Scott & Bailey'', as Dorothy Parsons, the mother of Lesley Sharp's character, DC Janet Scott. From 2019 to 2020, she played the recurring role of Agatha Finn in ITV's ''[[Emmerdale]]''. Barker also runs her own drama classes at Springhead Congregational Church, along with choreographer Adele Parry and musical director Dave Bin