Actress. A native of Runcorn, Cheshire, England, she is best remembered for her role as ‘Marie Jackson’ on the television soap opera series, “Brookside” from 1983 to 1995. Among her other television appearances were on, “Within These Walls,” “Enemy At The Door,” “Chiller,” “Emmerdale Farm,” “Birds Of A Feather,” “Heartbeat,” “Mersey Beat,” “Footballers’ Wives,” “Divided We Stand,” and the films, “Shirley Valentine” (1989), “The Young Americans” (1993), “Owd Bob” (1997), “The Unknown Soldier” (1998), “The 51st State” (2001), “Ali G Indahouse” (2002), “Vera Drake” (2004), and “King Of Fridges” (2004). A noted stage actress, she passed away from lung cancer at the age of 55. (bio by: K)