
Bernard Wrigley
Place of Birth: Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
Biography
From starting in folk clubs as a child bride, and then writing & performing at the Octagon theatre in Bolton, the career has always combined singing and acting. From TV programmes and films such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Phoenix Nights, Dinnerladies, Alan Bennett films, Brassed Off, My Son The Fanatic & Steve Coogan’s Coogan’s Run, to the many radio plays and programmes presented or guested upon, there has throughout been a steady stream of LPs and CDs - eighteen to date, the early ones all now remastered to CD.
Known For

Brassed Off
1996★ 7.0

Strumpet
2001★ 5.1

Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
2002★ 6.7

Afternoon Off
1979★ 0.0

A Day Out
1972★ 4.8

The Insurance Man
1986★ 5.3

Soul Music
1997★ 6.7

The Parole Officer
2001★ 5.8

A Private Function
1984★ 6.4

My Son the Fanatic
1997★ 4.9

Rita, Sue and Bob Too
1987★ 6.1

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000★ 6.5

Speech Day
1973★ 0.0

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978★ 0.0

Sunset Across the Bay
1975★ 6.0