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

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]

Personal life

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

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 Ten (1966) as Night Sister
  • Sunday Night Theatre (1953) as Desdemona in the Episode "Will Shakespeare"

Film

Radio

Stage

References

  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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