Barbara Hicks (12 August 1924 – 6 September 2013) was an English film actress.

[1] She appeared in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film Brazil and Merchant Ivory Productions's 1992 Bafta award-winning Howards End.

[2] Hicks was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, and lived at Little Maplestead, Essex.

After training at the Webber Douglas School of Dramatic Art, she made her first appearance on stage in 1948 at the Royal Court, Liverpool in Leo Marks’ Written for a Lady, which transferred to the Garrick Theatre, and became her West End debut.

[3] She was married for 40 years to Lieutenant Colonel Peter Taylor (25 January 1913 – 26 March 2010).