Irene Sutcliffe (12 July 1924 – 3 May 2019) was an English actress. She was best known for playing Maggie Clegg[1] in ITV's Coronation Street, a role she played from 1968 until 1975. She had a long career; her first credited TV role was in 1953 on BBC's Sunday Night Theatre and her last in 2015. In 1999, Sutcliffe was a finalist for the Audie Award for Best Female Narrator for her narration of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.[2]
Irene Sutcliffe | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 July 1924 Burnley, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 3 May 2019 (aged 94) England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1950s–2015 |
Personal life
editSutcliffe was born and brought up in Burnley, Lancashire, during her early life. Her father, Fred Sutcliffe, was an ironmonger.[3] She trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Credits
editTelevision
- The Royals (2015) as The King's Mother
- Doctors (2010) as Joan Woolf in the Episode "The Tiptoe of Expectation" (Season 12, Episode 33)
- Doc Martin (2007) as Janet in the episode "the two of us"
- Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1997) as Helen Rance in the episode "Woman Of The Year" (Season 2, Episode 6)
- She's Out (1995) Mrs Simms
- Miss Marple (1987) as Miss Gorringe in the Episode "At Bertram's Hotel" (Episode 7)
- All Creatures Great & Small (1989) as Sister Rose in the Episode "The New World" (Season 6, Episode 7)
Morse (season1, Episode 1) as Mrs Hornsby (6/1/1987)
- Juliet Bravo (1984) as Mrs Williams in the Episode "Getting Away With It" (Season 5, Episode 4)
- ((Dark Green by Rose Tremaine)) (1975) BBC Radio 4 Play
- Coronation Street (1968–1974, 1975) as Maggie Clegg / Cooke, Series Regular
- Emergency Ward 10 (1966) as Night Sister
- Sunday Night Theatre (1953) as Desdemona in the Episode "Will Shakespeare"
Film
- Withnail & I (1987) as Mabs Blennerhassit (Waitress)
Radio
- Death on the Nile (BBC Radio 4 adaptation) (1997) as Mrs Van Shuyler
Stage
References
edit- ^ MSN
- ^ "1999 Audie Awards". Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ Lancashire Telegraph Archived 2012-10-07 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2010
- ^ "Obituary: Irene Sutcliffe – Coronation Street star with a theatre career of distinction". The Stage. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Irene Sutcliffe obituary". TheGuardian.com. 10 June 2019.
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