Alice Barry(I)
- Actress
Alice was born the eldest of four children. She grew up in
Burnley, attending St Mary Magdalene's school and came to acting late in
life, after her son had grown up and left home. After working as an
extra she was spotted by a director who encouraged her to go for larger
parts, leading to roles in 'Coronation Street'. Peter Kay's Phoenix
Nights' and most famously as the owner of the best little whore house
on the Chatsworth estate in 'Shameless'. Alice's sense of humour has
been evidenced in her appearances for BBC's Comic Relief appeals when
she spoofed the knickerless tennis player in the famous Athena poster
and also parodied Mena Suvari's scene in 'American Beauty',Alice being
covered in plastic red noses as opposed to the rose petals of the
original film.
