In the 80s, Liverpool-born Margi Clarke looked set to follow a career in music. The lead singer of various punk bands in her home city, she once supported Adam And The Ants. But it was her work in TV and film that was to eventually bring her to mainstream attention.
After starting out as a presenter for Granada, she moved into acting with a role in Channel 4 soap Brookside, before finding recognition in 1985 with a role in cult British film Letter To Brezhnev, which went on to become a surprise international hit. Since then, she's notched up appearances in several films, including The Boys From County Clare and 24 Hour Party People.
Her small-screen acting credits include playing Tyrone Dobb's mum in Coronation Street as well as parts in Casualty, Family Affairs and Benidorm. She's also continued to present programmes fronting her own daytime show, Swank, in the Nineties and also guesting on cult series The Word and The Tube. The bubbly star has also tried her hand at stand-up comedy, and has taken her show to the Edinburgh Festival.
Where is Margi Clarke now?
Margi appeared on Corrie on and off from 1998 but hasn't graced our screens for several years. The last reports about Margi surfaced in 2012 when it was revealed she was working as a barmaid at Ma Egerton’s pub in Liverpool.
She told the Liverpool Confidential: "Every actor takes on other work when they are waiting for the next big job."
