Clare Cathcart Explained

Clare Cathcart
Birth Date:2 October 1965
Birth Place:County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, UK
Death Place:Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Occupation:Actress
Known For:Mrs Torpy

Clare Cathcart (2 October 1965 – 4 September 2014)[1] was a Northern Irish actress.

She was known for her appearances in Coronation Street, New Tricks and Call the Midwife in which she played Mrs Torpy.[2] Cathcart also appeared in the TV programmes Holby City, Goodnight Sweetheart, Come Fly with Me, Doctors,[3] The Bill, and Casualty. Onstage, she appeared in The Comedy of Errors at the National Theatre, directed by Dominic Cooke.[4]

Her film appearances include Hotel Splendide, Up on the Roof and in 1999 Maeve Murphy's Salvage.[5] [6] Her last appearance onstage was in Kathy Burke's production of Mary J O'Malley's Once a Catholic at the Tricycle Theatre, London in 2013.[7]

Death

Cathcart died at her home in Brighton, on 4 September 2014, aged 48, from an asthma attack.[8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile at. ulsteractors.com. 6 September 2014. 2011-12-21.
  2. News: Clare Cathcart dead. Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror. London. 9975-9950. 223228477. 5 September 2014.
  3. Web site: Call the Midwife actress Clare Cathcart dies, aged 48. digitalspy.co.uk. 2014. 5 September 2014.
  4. Web site: AHA | Clare Cathcart. amandahowardassociates.co.uk. 2014. The Comedy of Errors at the National Theatre, directed by Dominic Cooke. 5 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140905234802/http://www.amandahowardassociates.co.uk/actors/actor.php?client=clare-cathcart. 5 September 2014. dead.
  5. Web site: Salvage | Short Film | Northern Ireland Screen. northernirelandscreen.co.uk. 2014. Meabh Murphy. 8 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140908180922/http://www.northernirelandscreen.co.uk/catalogue/139/107/salvage-1999.aspx. 8 September 2014. dead.
  6. News: Clare Cathcart dead. Daily Record. Trinity Mirror. Glasgow. 0956-8069. 500344244. 5 September 2014.
  7. Web site: Call the Midwife actor Clare Cathcart dies aged 48. thestage.co.uk. 2014. 5 September 2014.
  8. Web site: Press Report - Holby episode dedicated to the memory of Clare. press-report-ie.eu. 2014. 22 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141109050400/http://www.press-report-ie.eu/clanek-28748272-holby-episode-dedicated-to-the-memory-of-clare. 9 November 2014. dead.
  9. News: Clare Cathcart dead: Call The Midwife and Doctors actress dies aged 48. The Independent. INM. London, UK. 0951-9467. 185201487. 5 September 2014.

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