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

Clare Cathcart
Born(1965-10-02)2 October 1965
County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, UK
Died4 September 2014(2014-09-04) (aged 48)
Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
OccupationActress
Known forMrs Torpy

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

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

References

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  1. ^ "Profile at". ulsteractors.com. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Clare Cathcart dead". Daily Mirror. London: Trinity Mirror. ISSN 9975-9950. OCLC 223228477. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Call the Midwife actress Clare Cathcart dies, aged 48". digitalspy.co.uk. 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  4. ^ "AHA | Clare Cathcart". amandahowardassociates.co.uk. 2014. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014. The Comedy of Errors at the National Theatre, directed by Dominic Cooke
  5. ^ "Salvage | Short Film | Northern Ireland Screen". northernirelandscreen.co.uk. 2014. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014. Meabh Murphy
  6. ^ "Clare Cathcart dead". Daily Record. Glasgow: Trinity Mirror. ISSN 0956-8069. OCLC 500344244. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Call the Midwife actor Clare Cathcart dies aged 48". thestage.co.uk. 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  8. ^ "Press Report - Holby episode dedicated to the memory of Clare". press-report-ie.eu. 2014. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  9. ^ "Clare Cathcart dead: Call The Midwife and Doctors actress dies aged 48". The Independent. London, UK: INM. ISSN 0951-9467. OCLC 185201487. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
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