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| Born | Anne Kirkbride June 21, 1954 Oldham, Lancashire, England |
| Years active | 1972 to present |
| Spouse(s) | David Beckett |
Anne Kirkbride (born June 21, 1954 in Oldham, Lancashire) is an English soap opera actress. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works
Career
Kirkbride was noticed by casting directors for the British soap opera Coronation Street while she did an ITV special series called Another Sunday and Sweet FA. A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. Coronation Street (commonly known as 'Corrie' is an award-winning Soap opera created by Tony Warren This article deals with the ITV1 brand name as it is broadcast at present She was offered to play the bit part of 'Deirdre Hunt' in November 1972. Deirdre Anne Barlow (née Hunt, previously Langton and Rachid) is a long-running Fictional character on the British Soap opera After a few appearances, the character's popularity grew. After more appearances in 1973, Kirkbride signed a contract with the serial in 1974. Serials in Television and Radio are series often in a weekly Prime time slot that rely on a continuing plot that unfolds in a serial fashion Since then, Deirdre has become synonymous with a scratchy voice (caused by real-life chain smoking) and very big eyeglasses. Chain smoking is the practice of lighting a new Cigarette for personal consumption immediately after one that is finished sometimes using the finished cigarette to light the
In 1993, Kirkbride was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The non-Hodgkin lymphomas are a diverse group of hematologic cancers which encompass any Lymphoma other than Hodgkin lymphoma. Since then, she has come clean to the British press about her bout of depression following the diagnosis. She was cured within a year of being diagnosed.
Kirkbride is the daughter of Jack Kirkbride, former cartoonist for the Oldham Evening Chronicle. Jack Kirkbride (born in Oldham, Lancashire) was an English Cartoonist, and father to Anne Kirkbride, the actress who plays The Oldham Evening Chronicle is an English daily Newspaper published each weekday evening
In 2007, Kirkbride starred in the first episode of ITV1's You Don't Know You're Born. This article deals with the ITV1 brand name as it is broadcast at present You Don't Know You're Born is a British Television documentary series that aired on ITV1 in 2007
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