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(1924-07-12)12 July 1924
Died3 May 2019(2019-05-03) (aged 94)
England
OccupationActress
Years active1950s–2015

Personal life

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Sutcliffe 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.

Sutcliffe died on 3 May 2019 at the age of 94.[4][5]

Credits

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Television

  • 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

Radio

Stage

References

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  1. ^ MSN
  2. ^ "1999 Audie Awards". Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  3. ^ Lancashire Telegraph Archived 2012-10-07 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2010
  4. ^ "Obituary: Irene Sutcliffe – Coronation Street star with a theatre career of distinction". The Stage. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Irene Sutcliffe obituary". TheGuardian.com. 10 June 2019.
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