Sue Wallace is a British

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Early life

Wallace was born in the north of England.

Education

Wallace studied

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and English at the

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Career

Wallace started her career as a teacher. Wallace went on to have a lengthy career on television and the stage since the early 1980s in among others, ''

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'', '' Bergerac'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Common as Muck'', '' Heartbeat'' and '' Doctors''. Wallace appeared in different roles in various television works by Victoria Wood, including ''Screenplay: Happy Since I Met You'' in 1981, ''

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'' in the mid-1980s, the television film ''

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'' in 1994, one episode of '' Dinnerladies'' in 1998 and finally in Wood's television historical drama film ''

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'' in 2006. Film roles include '' Is There Anybody There?'' and as Janet in ''

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''.

Filmography

Films

* 1978 ''She Loves Me'' * 1985 ''Blue Money'' - Letty. * 2008 ''Is Anybody There?'' - Mrs. Hitler. * 2013 ''

'' - Janet.

References

External links

* * English television actresses Alumni of the University of Birmingham Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{England-tv-actor-stub