Wendy Jane Walker
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Wendy Jane Walker is an actress who became well known during the 1980s for playing Susan Barlow
in the ITV
Soap Opera
, Coronation Street
.
She originally played the part as a child from 1970 to 1971, and after another actress portrayed the character in intervening years, she returned in 1986 as a regular character. Walker stayed in the role until late 1987.
Other acting roles included The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
, Brass
and 6 episodes of How We Used to Live
in 1984. By 1990, Walker had retired from acting and was working as a tour operator
.
Susan Barlow
Susan Ida Barlow , is a fictional character in the British soap opera Coronation Street. She has been portrayed by four actresses. Wendy Jane Walker played her from 1970 to 1971 and Suzy Patterson from 1979 to 1981...
in the ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
Soap Opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
, Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
.
She originally played the part as a child from 1970 to 1971, and after another actress portrayed the character in intervening years, she returned in 1986 as a regular character. Walker stayed in the role until late 1987.
Other acting roles included The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective and illustrated by Sidney Paget....
, Brass
Brass (TV series)
Brass was a British television Comedy-Drama, made by Granada Television for ITV.Set mostly in Utterley, a fictional Lancashire mining town in the 1930s, Brass was a comedy satirising the working-class period dramas of the 1970s and the American supersoaps such as Dallas and Dynasty...
and 6 episodes of How We Used to Live
How We Used To Live
How We Used to Live is a British educational historical television drama written by Freda Kelsall and sometimes narrated by Redvers Kyle and John Crosse, both employed as continuity announcers at Yorkshire Television at the time of production. Production began in 1968 at the YTV studios in Leeds...
in 1984. By 1990, Walker had retired from acting and was working as a tour operator
Tour operator
A tour operator typically combines tour and travel components to create a holiday. The most common example of a tour operator's product would be a flight on a charter airline plus a transfer from the airport to a hotel and the services of a local representative, all for one price. Niche tour...
.
External links
- Wendy Jane Walker on IMDb.