Susie Blake is best known for her portrayal of the snobbish TV announcer in Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV and of Bev Unwin in Coronation Street, a role she played between 2003 and 2006, before a brief return in 2015.
11 Facts About Susie Blake
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Susie Blake has played Hillary Nicholson in Mrs Brown's Boys since 2011.
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Susie Blake's mother was an illustrator and children's television presenter.
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Susie Blake regularly appeared in Victoria Wood's television programmes and has extensive radio credits.
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Susie Blake appeared in the first episode of the sitcom One Foot in the Grave in which her character was responsible for firing Victor Meldrew, thus setting the events of the show in motion.
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Susie Blake appeared as Bev Unwin in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street until her departure in December 2006.
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Susie Blake played the character of Madame Morrible in the West End production of Wicked, replacing Miriam Margolyes on 2 April 2007.
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Susie Blake was in a national tour of Grumpy Old Women 2 in 2009 with Jenny Eclair and Wendi Peters.
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Susie Blake appeared as Hillary Nicholson in the RTE and BBC comedy Mrs Brown's Boys, replacing Sorcha Cusack, who played Hillary in the first series.
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Susie Blake briefly reprised her Coronation Street role of Bev Unwin in July 2015 to help the long-running character Deirdre Barlow bow out of the soap in January 2015.
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In March 2019, Susie Blake portrayed Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in a theatre production of The Mirror Crack'd at the Salisbury Playhouse.