Paula Wilcox: ‘More sex, money or fame? How sad to have to choose. Let’s have it all’
The actor on becoming a celebrity after Coronation Street, her weakness for Bovril, and why she wants a helicopterBorn in Manchester, Paula Wilcox, 76, moved to London aged 17 to join the National Youth Theatre and was cast in Jack Rosenthal’s 1970 television sitcom The Lovers, which ran for two series and became a film. She also appeared in The Liver Birds, Man About the House and Miss Jones and Son, and she played two characters in Coronation Street. On stage she starred in Shirley Valentine, Great Expectations and Canary. Her recent TV work includes Trying, The Cleaner, Avoidance and Channel 5’s new drama The Fortune. She is married and lives in London.What is your greatest fear? Being run over by a cyclist on a pavement or pedestrian crossing, because it’s nearly happened too frequently. Continue reading...
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The actor on becoming a celebrity after Coronation Street, her weakness for Bovril, and why she wants a helicopter
Born in Manchester, Paula Wilcox, 76, moved to London aged 17 to join the National Youth Theatre and was cast in Jack Rosenthal’s 1970 television sitcom The Lovers, which ran for two series and became a film. She also appeared in The Liver Birds, Man About the House and Miss Jones and Son, and she played two characters in Coronation Street. On stage she starred in Shirley Valentine, Great Expectations and Canary. Her recent TV work includes Trying, The Cleaner, Avoidance and Channel 5’s new drama The Fortune. She is married and lives in London.
What is your greatest fear?
Being run over by a cyclist on a pavement or pedestrian crossing, because it’s nearly happened too frequently.
