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Noreen Kershaw

Television Director / Film Director | * 10/16/1950 (73) | Bury, Lancashire (United Kingdom (UK))
Noreen Kershaw (born 16 October 1950) is an English television actress and director. She trained at the Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre and Liverpool's Everyman Theatre, originated the title role of the play Shirley Valentine, later made famous by Pauline Collins. She was seen in the BBC television series Life on Mars, as WPC Phyllis Dobbs, the desk officer. She had previously played the roles of Kathy Roach in Channel 4's Brookside 1988–1990, Lynne Harrison in Granada Television's Albion Market 1985–1986, and Joyce Wilson in the long-running Granada TV sitcom, Watching. She has directed episodes of the top-rated ITV1 soap opera, Coronation Street, and Channel 4's comedy drama, Shameless, ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale and Heartbeat, and BBC Scotland"s River City. In 2008, she directed the feature film Act of Grace. In 2022, she was a director of the ITV police procedural drama Ridley. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | TV Movies | Crime

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Movies with Noreen Kershaw as Actress(10)

as Mrs Mickletwhaite, Drunk Servant/ Thief2018 Peterloo
as Margaret1999 Lost for Words
as Joan1994 Self Catering
as Aunty Vera1994 Blood on the Dole
as Jean1990 Night Voice
as Prostitute1990 Needle
as Mrs. Lister1985 In the Secret State

TV Shows/Series with Noreen Kershaw as Actress(9)

as Phyllis Dobbs2006 Life on Mars
as Gwen Watson1995 Elidor
as Kate Lewis1993 Peak Practice
as Mary McCready1992 Heartbeat
as Maureen Murray1991 G.B.H.
as Joyce Wilson1987 Watching
as Steph1986 Casualty

Movies with Noreen Kershaw as Crew(1)

Directing/Director2008 Act of Grace

TV Shows/Series with Noreen Kershaw as Crew(5)

Directing/Director2017 Broken
Directing/Director2011 Justice
Directing/Director2011 Scott & Bailey
Directing/Director2009 Moving On
Directing/Director1992 Heartbeat

Full Name: Noreen Kershaw
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Monday, 10/16 1950 (October) in Bury, Lancashire (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 73 years + 164 days)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester School of Theatre
Noreen Kershaw frequently works together with these people:
Paul Copley (11x, Actor)
Eva Pope (8x, Actress)
Jean Heywood (8x, Actress)
Jack Deam (8x, Actor)
Elizabeth Rider (8x, Actress)
Philip Whitchurch (7x, Actor)
Geoffrey Bayldon (7x, Actor)
Eamon Boland (7x, Actor)
Steve Evets (7x, Actor)
John Duttine (7x, Actor)
David Hargreaves (7x, Actor)
Andrew Schofield (4x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:486357, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024