How tall is Amanda Barrie

Sandy Cowell said on 30/Sep/22
Alma, bless her, left £40K to Audrey to thank her for being such a good friend.

Amanda, who played her, looked really quite fragile in ‘Carry On Cleo’, with her milk-white skin and slender frame. I’d like to see ‘Bad Girls’ again, in which she escapes with Stephanie Beacham. The scenes are very funny indeed and they will show Amanda at a different stage in her life from when she starred in the Carry On capers.

Mind you, I don’t doubt that she was nearly 5ft4 at one time. I’ll say 5ft3.75 for her peak, and 5ft4 in the morning. 🌹

Sandy Cowell said on 1/Sep/22
Life hasn’t been kind to Alma in Coronation Street. If you want to see Amanda in something funny and uplifting, check out ‘Carry On Cleo’, ‘Carry On Cabbie’ or ‘Bad Girls’. She’s a real hoot in ‘Bad Girls’! 🤩

5ft4.

Miss Sandy Cowell said on 15/Oct/21
Re: Classic Coronation Street.

How can Amanda's Alma put up with her life being under scrutiny by her Street husband, Mike Baldwin? He was unfaithful to her, thereafter being blackmailed by Greg Kelly, (it was a set up) and in today's episode, he shouts at her because she's nursing a hangover after ONE night on the tiles! He even accuses her of cavorting around with multiple men - pah! 😝🖕

I don't blame her for walking out on him! 😤

Lovely Amanda gets 5ft4. 💐👩

Miss Sandy Cowell said on 25/Mar/20
There was, and still is to this day, something massively cheeky about Amanda which showed through in every role she played. That she ended up taking one of the funniest parts in 'Bad Girls' surprises me not a jot! Her Cleopatra in 'Carry On Cleo' is something I watched before I was worldly wise enough to understand all the double entendres, and I remember merely thinking, "Isn't she beautiful?" as she bathed in ass's milk, but now, even in 'Classic Coronation Street', she has a saucy edge to her.

Then I remember that recent TV interview, when she said the 'S' word on live TV, following it with, "Am I allowed to say that?"

It was a bit too late by then! Amanda has filled my life with happy memories, and I look forward to her next role. Sometimes I ask myself whether she gets away with more because she's on the petite side, but I think Amanda could get away with anything - even if she measured in at 6ft!

5ft3.5. 😜😹🤣

Miss Sandy Cowell said on 2/Feb/20
Noticeably shorter than Stephanie Beacham, her escape buddy in 'Bad Girls', I'd say 5ft3.25 is right for Amanda nowadays. I know she peaked at 5ft4. 😁💐

Miss Sandy Cowell said on 14/Sep/19
🎂💝💐 Happy Birthday Amanda! 💐💝🎂

I couldn't believe it just now when I read that Amanda Barrie turns 84 today; my, she looks good! That means she was 81 when she said sh*t on live TV one February morning, and had me laughing into my bran flakes!

I wish this funny, ageless lady a very Happy Birthday!

5ft3.5.

🎂💝💐🎉🎂💝💐🎉🎂💝💐🎉🎂💝💐🎉

Paul Wood said on 18/Jul/19
Amanda probably was 5ft 4in peak but she comes from a generation where it was considered unfeminine to be too tall, so she probably knocked off half an inch. More women than you would think did that.

Sandy Cowell said on 14/Jun/18
The year that is showing in 'Vintage Coronation Street' is 1989 and Amanda's just joined the cast. She looks considerably taller than Helen Worth's character, Gail, who is written up as 5ft1.5. In view of that fact, I would say that Amanda (aka Alma), has to be a strong 5ft4! OK, so the difference isn't exactly a towering one, but notice it DOES! And then some!

I will have to opt for 5ft4!

Arch Stanton said on 23/Apr/17
Yeah, looks about right in Carry On Cleo.

Sandy Cowell said on 15/Feb/17
Oooooh! Amanda just said s**t on Lorraine's morning slot! Ha ha ha ha ha! I wonder if it makes the papers tomorrow, or if they bleep it out or keep it in in the ITV1 + 1 repeat?
I was going to do her the other day, but this was the prompt I needed! Pathetic, isn't it?
I'll give her 5ft4!
(She was lovely as Cleo in the 'Carry On'caper!)

Bruno said on 31/Jan/15
One sexy lady

Arch Stanton said on 25/Jan/15
You know what, I always knew there was something familiar about her in Corrie but I never connected the dots to Carry On. Of course!!! LOL.

littlesue said on 25/Jan/15
Yes, always read 5ft 4 for her, not a patch on Liz's Cleo, lol