Bernard Wrigley
Born: 1948-02-25
• Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
From starting in folk clubs as a child bride, and then writing & performing at the Octagon theatre in Bolton, the career has always combined singing and acting. From TV programmes and films such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Phoenix Nights, Dinnerladies, Alan Bennett films, Brassed Off, My Son The Fanatic & Steve Coogan’s Coogan’s Run, to the many radio plays and programmes presented or guested upon, there has throughout been a steady stream of LPs and CDs - eighteen to date, the early ones all now remastered to CD.
Filmography
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
The Parole Officer
Strumpet
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
My Son the Fanatic
Soul Music
Brassed Off
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
The Insurance Man
A Private Function
Afternoon Off
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Sunset Across the Bay
Speech Day
A Day Out
No Image
Said the Preacher