Irene Sutcliffe
Encyclopedia
Irene Sutcliffe is an English actress. She is best known for playing Maggie Clegg in ITV
's Coronation Street
, a role she played from 1968 until 1975. She has had a long career; her first credited TV role was in 1953 on BBC
's Sunday Night Theatre
, and her most recent, in Doctors was in 2010.
, Lancashire
during her early life. Her father Fred Sutcliffe was an ironmonger. She trained at LAMDA.
Film
Radio
Stage
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
's Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
, a role she played from 1968 until 1975. She has had a long career; her first credited TV role was in 1953 on BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's Sunday Night Theatre
Sunday Night Theatre
Sunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of plays created by the BBC first in early 1950, and was regularly shown on Sundays until late 1959, when the last play, A Cup of Kindness, was staged...
, and her most recent, in Doctors was in 2010.
Early life
Sutcliffe was born and lived in BurnleyBurnley
Burnley is a market town in the Burnley borough of Lancashire, England, with a population of around 73,500. It lies north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Brun....
, Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
during her early life. Her father Fred Sutcliffe was an ironmonger. She trained at LAMDA.
Acting career
Television- Doctors (2010) as Joan Woolf in the Episode "The Tiptoe of Expectation" (Season 12, Episode 33)
- Miss MarpleMiss Marple (TV series)Miss Marple is a British television series based on the Miss Marple murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie. It starred Joan Hickson in the title role, and aired from 1984 to 1992. All twelve original Miss Marple Christie novels have been dramatised. The screenplays were written by T. R...
(1987) as Miss Gorringe in the Episode "At Bertram's Hotel" (Episode 7) - Juliet BravoJuliet BravoJuliet Bravo is a British television series, which ran on BBC1 between 1980 and 1985. The theme of the series concerned a female police inspector who took over control of a police station in the fictional town of Hartley in Lancashire.-Programme name:...
(1984) as Mrs Williams in the Episode "Getting Away With It" (Season 5, Episode 4) - Coronation StreetCoronation StreetCoronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
(1968–1974,75) as Maggie Clegg / Cooke, Series Regular - Sunday Night TheatreSunday Night TheatreSunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of plays created by the BBC first in early 1950, and was regularly shown on Sundays until late 1959, when the last play, A Cup of Kindness, was staged...
(1953) as Desdemona in the Episode "Will Shakespeare"
Film
- Withnail & I (1987) as a waitress
Radio
- Death on the NileDeath on the NileDeath on the Nile is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on November 1, 1937 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence and the US edition at $2.00.The book...
(BBC Radio 4 adaptation) (1997) as Mrs Van Shuyler
Stage