“I always vowed I'd never wear Liz's dreadful mini-skirts again, but now it looks like I will!"”
Nickname:
the thinking man's strumpet
Birthname:
Beverley Jane Moxon
Hometown:
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Assets:
Busty, blonde, low blouse, short skirts.
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Hobbies:
enjoy dancing to keep fit and doing classes at the gym, walking the dog
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Chicks She's Worked With
Suranne Jones, Samia Smith, Alison King, Debra Stephenson, Sheridan Smith, Kathryn Drysdale, Sally Lindsay, Sally Whittaker, Jill Halfpenny, Helen Flanagan, Katy Cavanagh, Sue Devaney, Gaynor Faye, Sarah Lancashire, Kim Vithana, Tricia Penrose, Michelle Keegan, Anne Kirkbride, Debbie Rush, kym marsh, Joanne whalley, Tina O'Brien, Natalie Casey
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Beverley Jane Moxon was born in Leeds in 1958 to a baker father, Clive and a concert pianist, Mavis. She has a sister, Stephanie At the age of seven, Bev made her acting debut as Darius the page boy. After leaving school she took a job as a shorthand typist. She later turned to acting and appeared on stage Jaqui Coryton in Noel Coward's Hay Fever, Liz and Rita in Billy Liar and The Wicked Queen in Snow White.
Bev made her television debut (as Beverley Sowden) in the Yorkshire Television soap Emmerdale Farm as Angie Richards in 1983. The character dated the show's heart-throb Jackie Merrick, played by actor Ian Sharrock. The following year Bev played Gail and Brian Tilsley's friend June Dewhurst in Coronation Street. Other roles followed including parts in Hindge & Bracket: Dear Ladies, Hells Bells, Will You Love Me Tomorrow and The Practice. In 1989 Bev joined Charles Lawson, Nicholas Cochrane and Simon Gregory as the new McDonald family in Coronation Street, making her debut on 27 September. Bev's character of Liz McDonald has since had to endure being a battered wife, a kidnap victim, harassed mother and unfaithful wife.
Beverley married her first husband, decorator Paul Atkinson at Dewsbury Registry Office, Leeds on 19 January 1974, the couple thought she was expecting a child but it turned out that she was not. Their daughter Rebecca was born in 1976 but the couple later divorced. Bev then married teacher David Sowden in 1980 but after this marriage fell apart she lived with warehouse worker Steven Callard. Bev fell pregnant in 1989 and the couple married. Their son, Joshua was born in 1990. Steven and Bev separated briefly in 1997 after his alleged affair with a shop assistant. Bev was involved in a car crash at 60mph in 1997 but was lucky to escape with just bruises and whiplash. Daughter Rebecca has had television success in shows such as The Borrowers and The Grand. She has also appeared with Rebecca in The Booktower and Screen Two's Will You Love Me Tomorrow.
Beverley now lives with her partner, Jon McEwan, in Eccles, Salford, with her son Josh and Jon's son Ben. They also own a pub in the town, The White Horse and restaurant M30.
In a strange twist of fate Beverley now employs her former on screen son Andy aka Nicholas Cochrane as a bar manager at her pub on the outskirts of Manchester, Bev hired Nick after his sacking from Bolton based Wish Inns for whom he was employed as a manager of The Swan, a public house located on King Street, Wigan. Greater Manchester.
In an article revealed by Digital Spy in August 2008, it was announced that Callard's pay, along with other Street stars, would be cut due to the credit crunch. She personally suffered the most, losing 40% of her wage.
Stuff she’s done, ie: movies, tv, albums:
Coronation's Street, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, The Bill, Casualty, Mile High, Shades of Darkness, GMTV, This Morning, 60 Minute Makeover, The Peter Principle, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, Hell's Bells, Dear Ladies, Emmerdale Farm
Dudes she has worked with:
Will Mellor, Craig Charles, Simon Gregson, Charles Lawson, Nicholas Cochrane, Phil Daniels, Iain Glen, Peter Bayliss, Sam Kelly, Derek Nimmo, Jim Broadbent, David Schneider, Ian Bleasdale, Ralf Little, Michael Le Vell, Peter Baldwin, Kevin Kennedy, Keith Duffy
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