- Susannah Corbett
Susannah Corbett (born 1968) is a British
actress , the daughter ofHarry H. Corbett , "Steptoe and Son " star.Her training took place at
East 15 Acting School , Essex and she built her career the slow way. Her first major role was in theITV series "Peak Practice " as acystic fibrosis sufferer, Vanessa Machin (series 3, episode 15). She is best known for her role as Ellie Pascoe, wife of one of the title characters in "Dalziel and Pascoe ", a popularBBC television drama series based onReginald Hill 's novels. She appeared in the series regularly between 1996 and 2000, returning for a guest appearance in 2005.Personal life
Corbett lives in a cottage in
Ashburnham ,East Sussex , that her father bought when she was 11. After her father's death, her mother Maureen discovered her late husband had left her to raise their daughter and son Jonathan, with little money.External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0179201/ Susannah Corbett] at the
Internet Movie Database
* [http://smokingsides.com/asfs/C/Corbett.html Entry at Smoking Celebrities]
* [http://www.geocities.com/pp19uk/likefatherlikedaughter.html Interview with Corbett]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/crime/dalziel/series.shtml BBC Dalziel & Pascoe website]
* [http://www.evewhite.co.uk/new/component/option,com_virtuemart/page,shop.browse/category_id,17/Itemid,41/ Details of Susannah's work as a children's author]
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