Barbara (Shaun of the Dead)
Background
Barbara is a resident of London, England. Her son is Shaun and she and Philip have been married for 17 years. She married Philip after Shaun's dad died.
During the events of Shaun of the Dead (2004) played by Penelope Wilton
Barbara calls Shaun and tells him Philip was bitten. Shaun tells Barbara, he and Ed are going to take her somewhere safe. Barbara tells Philip that Shaun wants to take them somewhere and Philip thinks everything happening is due to junkies running around. Shaun leaves with Barbara and Philip and Ed tells him he crashed Pete's car so they are forced to use Philip's Jaguar. Philip is attacked by Clubber 1 and bitten in the neck. Everyone gets into the car and Ed peels out and starts blasting music from a tape. They drive to Liz's and Shaun climbs up the wall to her apartment. He returns with Liz, Dianne and David and they get into the car and Shaun introduces Liz to Barbara. Philip dies and then turns into a zombie and everyone runs out of Philip's Jaguar. They run into Yvonne's group which consists of Declan, Mark, Maggie, Yvonne's Mum and Cousin Tom and who are heading in the opposite direction. As they pass a house, Barbara stops, because she thinks her friends Jill and Derek live there and Pyjama Zombie shambles to the back sliding door. Shaun hears Barbara scream and as he goes to help her, he is attacked by Pyjama Zombie. Liz and Dianne help Shaun kill Pyjama Zombie while Ed and David watch. He checks to see how many zombies are surrounding the Winchester and Shaun asks Dianne to try and teach everyone how to act like a zombie so they can sneak their way to the Winchester.
As they make it to the Winchester they find the front door locked and Ed's phone rings and he answers it and tells Noel he still doesn't have any marijuana. Shaun starts yelling at Ed and the crowd of zombies start to surround the group. Shaun tells the others he is going to lead the zombies away and find another way in after David breaks one of the windows of the Winchester. David goes to turn the lights on, but the power is off. David starts to complain about Shaun and his plan and Shaun walks in. As the day turns into night, the outside lights turn on and Shaun goes to flip the circuit breakers in the Winchester back on. He flips on the indoor lights and then flips on an outdoor light, revealing a large group of zombies outside. Dianne turns on the television and all the channels are offline. Ed asks Liz for money and then uses it to play a loud casino game. The zombies start to pound on the windows and zombie John grabs David and the jukebox suddenly comes on. Shaun, Liz and Ed start whacking John with pool sticks while David goes to turn off the breaker for the power. Liz hits John with a fire hydrant and then Dianne tries to him with darts. Ed tosses Shaun the Winchester rifle over the bar and Shaun uses it to push John into the jukebox. Ed tells Shaun he should have shot John and as Shaun pulls the trigger to show Ed the weapon no longer works, he fires a round.
Liz goes to take care of Barbara and Barbara gives her the necklace Shaun's father gave her. Liz then realizes that Barbara has been bitten and calls to Shaun. Barbara shows Shaun her bite and Ed runs over, followed by Dianne. Barbara thanks Shaun for the flowers she found in the trash and then dies. David comes over and cocks the rifle and points it at Barbara and says they have to shoot her. Shaun and Ed break bottles and threaten to cut David and Shaun says David hates Shaun and is in love with Liz. David denies it and Dianne tells him she knows it is true. Liz calms the situation down and Barbara rises from the dead, forcing Shaun to shoot her in the head after telling her he is sorry.