Cheryl Murray (born Cheryl Frayling-Wright 13 July 1952 in

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...

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) is an English actress, best known for her role as Suzie Birchall on the soap opera '' Coronation Street'', which she played from 1977 to 1979 and again in 1983.

Career

Murray played the eldest daughter of

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and sister of Smiths fan Lucette Henderson in the video " Everyday Is Like Sunday" by

Morrissey Steven Patrick Morrissey (; born 22 May 1959), known professionally as Morrissey, is an English singer and songwriter. He came to prominence as the frontman and lyricist of rock band the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. Since th ...

- which was filmed in and around

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and

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. She also appeared in the fourth series of David Croft's ''

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'' as Joan Wainwright and as Gillian alongside

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in the 1980s

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comedy series '' Sorry!;'' the episode entitled " Collapse of Small Party". Murray has been diagnosed with

multiple sclerosis Multiple (cerebral) sclerosis (MS), also known as encephalomyelitis disseminata or disseminated sclerosis, is the most common demyelinating disease, in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged. This ...

and had her first MS attack while working on ''Coronation Street''. Murray retired from acting in 1998 due to her diagnosis years earlier. In 2014 Murray made a guest appearance on the ITV documentary "Gail and Me: 40 years of Gail on Coronation Street".

Filmography

* ''Gail and Me: 40 Years Of Gail On Coronation Street '' (2014) Herself * ''When

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Met Tony Booth'' (2002) Herself * ''

Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, ' ...

'' (1998) Mrs. Parker. * ''Rich Deceiver'' (1995) Maria. * '' Sorry!'' (1985) Gillian. * ''

'' (1985) Joan Wainwright. * '' Coronation Street'' (1977-1983) Suzie Birchall. * ''

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'' (1977) Arabella. * ''

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'' (1974–1975) Bella Janes/Mary Wilkins. * ''

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'' (1975) Sheila Springer. * ''Microbes and Men'' (1974) Hedwig Freiburg. * ''

Z Cars ''Z-Cars'' or ''Z Cars'' (pronounced "zed cars") is a British television police procedural series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, near Liverpool. Produced by the BBC, it debute ...

'' (1974) Jean Ramsden. * ''

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'' (1974) Julie. * ''Vienna 1900'' (1973) Elise. * ''

Billy Liar ''Billy Liar'' is a 1959 novel by Keith Waterhouse that was later adapted into a play, a film, a musical and a TV series. The work has inspired and been featured in a number of popular songs. The semi-comical story is about William Fisher, ...

'' (1973) Pauline.

References

External links

* English television actresses English soap opera actresses Actresses from Liverpool 1952 births Living people {{UK-tv-actor-1950s-stub