Kate Fitzgerald

Kate Fitzgerald (born 3 July 1956) is a British television actress from Liverpool. She best known for playing Doreen Corkhill for five years in defunct soap opera Brookside (1985–1990), Nancy Tinker in Coronation Street, and Loretta Chase in Benidorm.

Kate Fitzgerald
Born (1956-07-03) 3 July 1956
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
OccupationActress
Years active1979–present
Notable work
Brookside (1985–1990)
Coronation Street (2015, 2018–2019)
Benidorm (2017–2018)
RelativesAngela Walsh (sister)

Education

Fitzgerald attended Notre Dame Catholic College girl's school in Liverpool, later graduating from drama school.[1]

Career

Fitzgerald's first appearance on television was in 1979 on ITV Playhouse in the Willy Russell play The Daughters of Albion. Kate went on to star in Russell's Educating Rita at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1981, where she played Rita.[2]

From 1985 to 1990, Kate played the character Doreen Corkhill in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside.[1] She appeared in Movies 'Til Dawn in 1997, before moving on to ITV television series Peak Practice as Andrew Attwood's sister, Chrissy Booth, for four episodes. [3] In 1999, Kate was Mrs. Delaney for 2 episodes in Queer as Folk [4]

Fitzgerald starred as Loretta Chase in the ITV Sitcom Benidorm, the eccentric mother of Sheron Dawson (Julie Graham), from 2017 until 2018.[5][6]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1997 Movies 'Til Dawn Kit
2000 Secret Society [7] Mrs. Selby
2002 Dead Drunk Val Short film
2006 Under the Mud Dorothy Potts

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1979 ITV Playhouse Sharron 1 episode: "The Daughters of Albion"
1984 The Tempest, Act IV Ariel Television film
1985–1990 Brookside[1] Doreen Corkhill Series regular
1993, 1995, 1997, 2002–2003 The Bill [6] Rita Garrard (1993); Tricia James (1995); Maria Moss (1997); Lillian Rickman (2002–2003) 9 episodes total
1994, 1997 Casualty June Williamson (1994); Marie Muldowney (1997) 2 episodes
1997 The Lakes Mam Kavanagh Episode #1.1
1998 Peak Practice [6] Chrissy Booth 4 episodes
1999 Queer as Folk Mrs. Delaney 2 episodes
Trial by Fire Bernadette Featherstone Television film
2001 Clocking Off Jess Anderson 1 episode: "Ronnie's Story"
2002, 2008, 2012 Doctors Mary Foley (2002); Aunt May (2008); Aunt Nessa Parkes (2012) 3 episodes
2006 The Street TV Participant 1 episode: "Stan"
Sinchronicity Evelyn Episode #1.2
2008, 2010 Holby City [6] Nerys Davies (2008); Patricia Burns (2010) 2 episodes
2014 Cilla Vera 2 episodes
2015, 2018, 2019 Coronation Street [1] Nancy Tinker Recurring role, 13 episodes
2017–2018 Benidorm [6] Loretta Chase Series regular, 17 episodes (series 9–10)

References
  1. "Brookside familiar face Kate Fitzgerald pops up in Coronation Street". liverpoolecho.co.uk. 2015. Archived from the original on 16 October 2018.
  2. "Educating Rita is back home in Liverpool". itv.com. 2015. Archived from the original on 16 October 2018.
  3. "Peak Practice cast-list". peakpracticeonline.co.uk. 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  4. "Queer As Folk[16/03/99] (1999)". bfi.org.uk. 1999. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  5. "Interview with Kate Fitzgerald". italktelly.com. 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  6. "Who is Benidorm's outrageous Loretta? Former Brookside star Kate Fitzgerald causes a storm". liverpoolecho.co.uk. 2015. Archived from the original on 16 October 2018.
  7. "Secret Society". moviesto.me. 2000. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
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