Irene Sutcliffe
Irene Sutcliffe was an English actress. She was best known for playing Maggie Clegg 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.
Early life
Sutcliffe was born and brought up in Burnley, Lancashire, during her early life. Her father, Fred Sutcliffe, was an ironmonger. She trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.Personal life
Sutcliffe died on 3 May 2019 at the age of 94.Credits
Television- The Royals as The King's Mother
- Doctors as Joan Woolf in the Episode "The Tiptoe of Expectation"
- Doc Martin as Janet Sawle in the episode "Nowt So Queer" /"The Two of Us"
- Hetty Wainthropp Investigates as Helen Rance in the episode "Woman Of The Year"
- She's Out Mrs Simms
- Miss Marple as Miss Gorringe in the Episode "At Bertram's Hotel"
- All Creatures Great & Small as Sister Rose in the Episode "The New World"
- Juliet Bravo as Mrs Williams in the Episode "Getting Away With It"
- ) BBC Radio 4 Play
- Coronation Street as Maggie Clegg / Cooke, Series Regular
- Emergency Ward 10 as Night Sister
- Sunday Night Theatre as Desdemona in the Episode "Will Shakespeare"
- Withnail & I as Mabs Blennerhassit
- Death on the Nile as Mrs Van Shuyler
- The School for Scandal as Lady Sneerwell