Sally Lindsay
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
| - | Stockport-born actress who rose to fame playing Shelley Unwin in ''Coronation Street''. | + | Stockport-born actress who rose to fame playing Shelley Unwin in ''Coronation Street''. Appears to have found a niche as a locum, having filled in for [[Warwick Davis]] on Tenable and [[Stephen Mulhern]] on The Big Quiz, and was the second ever [[Richard Osman|Richardosman]] on [[Pointless]]. (We can't remember who was first.) |
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
| - | She can claim a number one single, too: at the age of seven, she was a member of the St Winifred's School Choir which had a Christmas chart-topper with "There's No One Quite Like Grandma", for which she was paid a 50p book token. Sorry for reminding you of that. Chart fans might like to know that ''Grandma'' was, in the period between 1971 and 1983 when chart compilers took a week off after Christmas, the only Christmas number one to not top the unpublished New Year chart, with John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" dipping out as a result. Somehow we can't see him complaining. | + | She's also had recurring roles in, among other things, ''Mount Pleasant'', ''Still Open All Hours'' and ''Scott & Bailey'', as well as having been a ''Loose Women'' panellist. More recently she's played the titular amateur detective in the Channel 5 hit ''The Madame Blanc Mysteries''. She can claim a number one single, too: at the age of seven, she was a member of the St Winifred's School Choir which had a Christmas chart-topper with "There's No One Quite Like Grandma", for which she was paid a 50p book token. Sorry for reminding you of that. Chart fans might like to know that ''Grandma'' was, in the period between 1971 and 1983 when chart compilers took a week off after Christmas, the only Christmas number one to not top the unpublished New Year chart, with John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" dipping out as a result. Somehow we can't see him complaining. |
== Web links == | == Web links == | ||
Revision as of 19:56, 3 December 2024
Contents |
Shows
Bigger Than... (voiceover)
The Big Quiz (stand-in host)
Don't Stop Me Now (guest co-host)
Pointless (guest co-host)
Stars in Their Eyes (announcer)
Tenable (stand-in host)
Biography
Stockport-born actress who rose to fame playing Shelley Unwin in Coronation Street. Appears to have found a niche as a locum, having filled in for Warwick Davis on Tenable and Stephen Mulhern on The Big Quiz, and was the second ever Richardosman on Pointless. (We can't remember who was first.)
Trivia
She's also had recurring roles in, among other things, Mount Pleasant, Still Open All Hours and Scott & Bailey, as well as having been a Loose Women panellist. More recently she's played the titular amateur detective in the Channel 5 hit The Madame Blanc Mysteries. She can claim a number one single, too: at the age of seven, she was a member of the St Winifred's School Choir which had a Christmas chart-topper with "There's No One Quite Like Grandma", for which she was paid a 50p book token. Sorry for reminding you of that. Chart fans might like to know that Grandma was, in the period between 1971 and 1983 when chart compilers took a week off after Christmas, the only Christmas number one to not top the unpublished New Year chart, with John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" dipping out as a result. Somehow we can't see him complaining.
