29 Facts About Margi Clarke

Margi Clarke was born on 25 May 1954 and is an English actress and radio and television presenter.

Margi Clarke had a leading role in the film Letter to Brezhnev, a low-budget film which had an international release.

Later, Clarke played Jackie Dobbs in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.

Margi Clarke featured in the low-budget film Letter to Brezhnev, the screenplay being adapted by her brother from his own play.

At the next Evening Standard British Film Awards, Margi Clarke was awarded the prize for "Most Promising Newcomer".

Margi Clarke had originated her role of Theresa in Letter to Brezhnev a few years earlier when she played the role in a modest run at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1983.

Margi Clarke had a lead role in the films Letter to Brezhnev, The Dressmaker and Strike It Rich, and appeared in the Pet Shop Boys' video for their 1987 single,"Rent".

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Margi Clarke was the stand-in host for Paula Yates on Channel 4's The Tube on several occasions.

Margi Clarke was the voice for the character of Bixie in Weetabix adverts.

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Margi Clarke received a Royal Television Society Award for "Best Female Presenter" in 1994.

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Margi Clarke turned down an offer to take the series into a late night chat show format, the host eventually being Toyah Willcox.

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In 1991, Margi Clarke performed with Half Man Half Biscuit on the single "No Regrets", a cover of the song, "Non, je ne regrette rien", best known from the version recorded by Edith Piaf.

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In 1994, Margi Clarke tried a new venture, stand-up comedy, and took her one-woman show 21st Century Scutt around the country - the tour included a stint at the Edinburgh Film Festival and the Royal Festival Hall on London's South Bank.

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Margi Clarke was a regular guest on Channel 4's music show The Word, including one occasion where she tricked presenter Terry Christian into showing his testicles in a hidden camera set-up.

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Around this time, Margi Clarke's partner was the artist Jamie Reid and she was paid an undisclosed sum to pose nude while nine months pregnant with their daughter; the couple split up around 1997.

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The pictures of Margi Clarke were published in the Sunday People tabloid.

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In 1994, Margi Clarke worked with Welsh political band Anhrefn for the single "Clutter from the Gutter".

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Margi Clarke returned to acting in 1998, joining the soap opera Coronation Street, playing Jackie Dobbs.

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Margi Clarke left in 1999, and joined the cast of Five soap opera Family Affairs, staying for just under a year, as well as guesting in an episode of the BBC's Casualty.

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In 2004, Margi Clarke appeared on the Five reality TV show The Farm and had a leading role in the theatrical film School for Seduction co-starring Kelly Brook.

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In 2006, Margi Clarke had a role in an episode of the Hollyoaks spin-off Hollyoaks: In the City and around the same time she was a contestant on a celebrity version of the BBC gameshow The Weakest Link.

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Margi Clarke is often referred to as "The Queen of Liverpool" by the media.

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On 11 January 2008, as part of the opening night celebrations of Liverpool's European Capital of Culture year, Margi Clarke was one of around a hundred local celebrities hoisted hidden in a blue container by a crane 30 feet into the air, landing on the main stage at St George's Hall in the city.

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In January 2008, Margi Clarke joined Liverpool's talk radio station City Talk 105.9, presenting a late night show on Saturday evenings.

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Margi Clarke returned to a prime-time starring role in the second series of the British sitcom Benidorm on ITV in 2008 and reprised her role as Jackie Dobbs in Coronation Street on 2 January 2009, and again on 22 February 2010.