Noreen Kershaw

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Noreen Kershaw is an English television actress and director She trained at the Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre and at Liverpools 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 role of Kathy Roach in Channel 4s Brookside 19881990 and been a star of the long running Granada TV sitcom Watching She has directed episodes of the top rated ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street as well as Channel 4s comedy drama Shameless ITV1 series Emmerdale and Heartbeat and BBC Scotlands River City In 2008 she directed the feature film Act of Grace Description above from the Wikipedia article Noreen Kershaw licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia