Person
Olwen May
Acting · Born 1963-01-01 · Lower Agbrigg, Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
Olwen May is an English actress and theatre director, known for Happy Valley (2014), Whoops! (2013), and Inspector George Gently (2007). She played D.C. Joyce Malone in Coronation Street (1960) during the investigation of Frank Foster's alleged rape of Carla Connor. She has also directed several plays. She lives in West Yorkshire with her partner, Kevin Doyle.
Known for
Vera
Helen Allenby
Slow Horses
Park Receptionist
Shameless
Social Worker
Waterloo Road
Defence Barrister
Halo
Jade
A Touch of Frost
Doctor
Brassic
Margaret
Miss Scarlet
Ms. Willoughby
The Bay
DC Lou McClaren
Life on Mars
Mavis Witham
Filmography
- 2023Red Sky at NightVera
- 2022Slow HorsesPark Receptionist
- 2022HaloJade
- 2021A Very British ScandalDora
- 2020Miss ScarletMs. Willoughby
- 2019BrassicMargaret
- 2019The BayDC Lou McClaren
- 2018CareRebecca
- 2018KinderSusan
- 2014Whoops!Mary Hickson
- 2011The Body FarmKay Warner
- 2011VeraHelen Allenby
- 2008Florence NightingaleMother Mary Clare
- 2006Assertion Techniques
- 2006Waterloo RoadDefence Barrister
- 2006Life on MarsMavis Witham
- 2004ShamelessSocial Worker
- 2003The RoyalSheila
- 2000Seeing RedHarriet
- 1997My Son the FanaticProstitute
- 1994The Trial of Lord LucanW.P.C.
- 1992A Touch of FrostDoctor
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