Early life and roles
Shakesby was born in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire. [1] She began her acting career in London’s West End, aged 18, playing the Sea Witch in Where the Rainbow Ends. Other West End appearances included Susie in Someone to Kill, Charlotte in Night of the Iguana, Felicity in The Real Inspector Hound Helen in Suddenly at Home. For the Royal Shakespeare Company, Troilus and Cressida, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, The Love-Girl and the Innocent, La Ronde.
Patricia made her television, on 9 December 1960 in Coronation Street . Shakesby played Ken Barlow's (William Roache) middle class girlfriend, Susan Cunningham, for 12 episodes. In the first episode, Ken states he is taking Susan to the Imperial Hotel, which Ken's father, Frank, forbids, as Ken's mother, Ida, works as a cleaner in the kitchens there and Frank does not like the thought of Ken spending money in the same establishment where his mother works hard to earn it. [4]
In 1972, Shakesby appeared alongside Anthony Hopkins in the television series War and Peace , playing Vera Rostova. Between 1985 and 1990, she appeared in six series of the BBC television series Howard's Way , playing Polly Urquhart. Her other television credits include Hancock's Half Hour , Dixon of Dock Green , Z-Cars , The Borderers , On the Buses , The Liver Birds , The Likely Lads , Sapphire & Steel , Casting the Runes and Yes Minister . [1] [5]
On stage, Shakesby has appeared with Ronnie Barker in a 1970s production of The Real Inspector Hound and several plays for the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon and London. She wrote a play, The Lady of the Abbey, based on the life of the wife of Robert Fitzhamon, who founded Tewkesbury Abbey. [4]
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