Sharon Duce

Sharon Duce

Born: January 17, 1950
in Sheffield, England
Sharon Duce is a British actress famous for her TV roles in series such as Big Deal, Growing Pains, Natural Lies and The Royle Family. She is married to the actor Dominic Guard and the couple has two children.

Movies for Sharon Duce...

Look to the Light
Title: Look to the Light
Character: Nan
Released: May 27, 2024
Type: Movie
An aspiring reality star’s quest for fame collides with true love and leads him on a path of destruction.
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Title: Black Work
Released: June 21, 2015
Type: TV
'Black Work' is the story of Jo Gillespie, a woman who's husband is shot dead in the line of action, in his job as a undercover cop. Jo, a police officer herself soon has to confront issues in her marriage and family life in order to discover who really killed her husband.
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Title: Vera
Character: Marcia
Released: May 1, 2011
Type: TV
A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.
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Title: Moving On
Character: Sue Morgan
Released: May 18, 2009
Type: TV
Moving On is a British television series set in contemporary Britain consisting of standalone dramas all sharing the theme of someone going through some kind of change in their life and moving on.
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Missing
Title: Missing
Character: Mrs. Susan Greenside
Released: January 13, 2006
Type: Movie
A tense two-part psychological thriller about a troubled, homeless girl who gets caught up in the hunt for a violent killer.
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Title: The Royal
Character: Norma Smithson
Released: January 19, 2003
Type: TV
Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.
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Secret Society
Title: Secret Society
Character: Janice
Released: October 29, 2000
Type: Movie
Daisy is the love of Ken's life - she is also large... and very pretty... and on the dole. But Ken is a dreamer, all his dreams to make a fast buck ending up where they started - as dreams. With the rent unpaid, the bailiffs at the door and Ken's dreams in tatters, Daisy sets out to bring home the bacon and gets a job in the local factory. There she meets Marlene and half a dozen other large women who are all united in a secret passion - Sumo wrestling! Ken doesn't know what's hit him.
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Rogue Trader
Title: Rogue Trader
Character: Patsy Sims
Released: June 25, 1999
Type: Movie
Rogue Trader tells the true story of Nick Leeson, an employee of Barings Bank who--after a successful trading run--ends up accumulating $1.4 billion in losses hidden in account #88888.
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Title: The Royle Family
Character: Valerie Kavanagh
Released: September 14, 1998
Type: TV
British comedy series focusing on the lives of a working-class family in Manchester who love the TV.
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Title: Maisie Raine
Character: Eileen Slayburn
Released: July 28, 1998
Type: TV
Maisie Raine was a drama series originally broadcast on BBC1 for 2 series from 28 July 1998 – 9 July 1999. Pauline Quirke took the lead role as DI Maisie Raine, an unorthodox detective whose hands on and down to earth approach was not always appreciated by her superiors. When she took on a case, she did it her way, regardless of whose toes she stepped on and who she offended. Each episode would see the team investigating a crime and often uncovering more about the perpetrators and the victims histories with DI Raine often becoming personally involved or bending the rules to get the results she wanted. Also starring alongside Quirke were Ian McElhinney, Steve John Shepherd, Rakie Ayola and Richard Graham.
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Title: Midsomer Murders
Character: Mandy Gideon
Released: March 23, 1997
Type: TV
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
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Super Grass
Title: Super Grass
Character: Mum
Released: March 4, 1995
Type: Movie
Greg is growing a marijuana plant in his basement flat. When his parents visit he gives them "herb" tea. After becoming very giggly they leave. After this Greg's friend arrives and they smoke a joint together. Then his gran arrives with her friend who steals some of the plant. Then the drug squad arrive.
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Title: Wycliffe
Character: Supt. Le Page
Released: July 24, 1994
Type: TV
Wycliffe is a British television series, based on W. J. Burley's novels about Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe. It was produced by HTV and broadcast on the ITV Network, following a pilot episode on 7 August 1993, between 24 July 1994 and 5 July 1998. The series was filmed in Cornwall, with a production office in Truro. Music for the series was composed by Nigel Hess and was awarded the Royal Television Society award for the best television theme. Wycliffe is played by Jack Shepherd, assisted by DI Doug Kersey and DI Lucy Lane. Each episode deals with a murder investigation. In the early series, the stories are adapted from Burley's books and are in classic whodunit style, often with quirky characters and plot elements. In later seasons, the tone becomes more naturalistic and there is more emphasis on internal politics within the police.
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Title: Peak Practice
Character: Carol-Anne Kern
Released: May 10, 1993
Type: TV
Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton as Dr Beth Glover and Simon Shepherd as Dr Will Preston, though the roster of doctors would change many times over the course of the series. Cardale was based on the Staffordshire village of Longnor for the final series, but was previously based in the Derbyshire village of Crich, although certain scenes were filmed at other nearby Derbyshire towns and villages, most notably Matlock, Belper and Ashover.
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Natural Lies
Title: Natural Lies
Released: May 31, 1992
Type: Movie
An advertising executive investigating the death of an old girlfriend uncovers a conspiracy to cover up the spread of BSE in humans.
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Title: Growing Pains
Character: Pat Hollingsworth
Released: May 16, 1992
Type: TV
Family drama series about a middle aged couple (Ray Brooks and Sharon Duce) who, with their own three children in their teenage years, decide to become foster parents.
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Misterioso
Title: Misterioso
Character: Joan Glen
Released: July 25, 1991
Type: Movie
On the death of her mother, a young woman in northern England learns that her father is actually her step-father. She embarks on a search for her birth father, finds him running a jazz club in London, and learns a lot of happy and sad things about her family that she didn't know before. The title of the film is the classic jazz piece, "Misterioso," by Thelonious Monk, which features prominently in it.
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Buddy's Song
Title: Buddy's Song
Character: Carol
Released: March 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Buddy is an aspiring teenager who is a very good musician and has pressure to go further than his Dad's teddy boy rocker days...
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Shooting Stars
Title: Shooting Stars
Character: Paula
Released: May 17, 1990
Type: Movie
Drama set around the kidnapping of a footballer.
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Doctor Who: Ghost Light
Title: Doctor Who: Ghost Light
Character: Control
Released: October 18, 1989
Type: Movie
The Doctor takes Ace on an initiative test to a strange Victorian old house where she is forced to confront her darkest fears.
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Title: Press Gang
Character: Katherine Hill
Released: January 16, 1989
Type: TV
The activities of the staff at The Junior Gazette, a children's weekly newspaper produced by a group of school pupils.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Sheila Denham
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Alesia Pamboris
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Thea
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
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Title: Big Deal
Character: Jan Oliver
Released: October 14, 1984
Type: TV
The ups and downs of small time London gambler Robby Box, and the effect that his poker addiction has on his long suffering girlfriend Jan Oliver and family.
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Title: The Bounder
Character: Doreen
Released: April 16, 1982
Type: TV
The Bounder is a British sitcom which ran from 16 April 1982 to 28 October 1983, made by Yorkshire Television. The series starred Peter Bowles as Howard Booth, an ex-convict who served two years in jail. He lives with Trevor Mountjoy who's his brother in law, and his wife Mary Rosalind Ayres. The latter left after Series one in 1982. It also starred Isla Blair as the next door widowed neighbour, Laura Miles. This series was created by Eric Chappell.
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Outland
Title: Outland
Character: Hooker
Released: May 22, 1981
Type: Movie
An honest marshal in a corrupt mining colony on Io, Jupiter's sunless third moon, is determined to confront a violent drug ring even though it may cost him his life. After his wife angrily deserts him, he waits alone for the arrival of killers hired by the company to eliminate him.
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Days at the Beach
Title: Days at the Beach
Character: Bridget
Released: February 13, 1981
Type: Movie
In 1920 a trio of British soldiers have to guard an exploded mine washes up on a beach. Part of the BBC2 Playhouse strand.
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Title: Minder
Character: Beryl
Released: October 29, 1979
Type: TV
This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye for a nice little earner. Alongside his many business ventures, Arthur would regularly hire Terry out as a minder or bodyguard, later replaced by nephew, Ray Daley.
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Title: Tales of the Unexpected
Character: Sophie Trent
Released: March 24, 1979
Type: TV
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
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Absolution
Title: Absolution
Character: Louella
Released: June 5, 1978
Type: Movie
At a Catholic boys' school, domineering disciplinarian Father Goddard rules over his pupils with an iron hand. When one of his teenage charges confesses to murder, the dogmatic but deeply repressed Goddard finds his faith challenged and his life spiralling dangerously out of control.
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Title: The Professionals
Character: Annie
Released: December 30, 1977
Type: TV
The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.
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Title: The House That Jack Built
Character: Lu
Released: June 15, 1977
Type: TV
Serial in six parts charting 10 years of a marriage from wedding night to the present time. Eight Years Ago - Winter Lu's dream is that Jack should be happy. Their hopes are hatched in a little two up, two down house. Starred Duggie Brown as Jack and Sharon Duce as Lu.
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The House That Jack Built
Title: The House That Jack Built
Character: Lu
Released: June 15, 1977
Type: Movie
For Jack, the dream was to live in a castle with grounds big enough to ride a horse for two hours. For Lu, it was the dream of love. Shelagh Delaney's drama Charts 10 years of a marriage from wedding night to the present day
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Housewives' Choice
Title: Housewives' Choice
Character: Joyce
Released: October 19, 1976
Type: Movie
Marcia is looking for someone to look after her baby and Joyce seems ideal, looking like a perfect, kindly, respectable lady.
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Title: Bill Brand
Character: Sian
Released: June 7, 1976
Type: TV
Following the death of the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament, Bill Brand is selected as Labour candidate for a Lancashire textile constituency.
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Two Men from Derby
Title: Two Men from Derby
Character: Freda Hayes
Released: February 21, 1976
Type: Movie
Two men from Derby County FC are keen to make a new signing, but he is not at home. His wife promises he won't be long and makes conversation with them while attending to her household chores.
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Knots
Title: Knots
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
A touring company of actors arriving at a theatre, rehearsing and preparing a performance of a revue based on the book 'Knots' by R.D. Laing, devised by Edward Petherbridge
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The Tamarind Seed
Title: The Tamarind Seed
Character: Sandy Mitchell
Released: July 11, 1974
Type: Movie
During a Caribbean holiday, a British civil servant finds herself falling in love with a Russian agent.
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Bermondsey
Title: Bermondsey
Character: Rosemary
Released: June 19, 1972
Type: Movie
John Mortimer's play about the tangled love life of an East London pub landlord.
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Bank Holiday
Title: Bank Holiday
Character: Girl
Released: March 2, 1972
Type: Movie
18-year-old friends Todd and Towzer set off by motorbike to spend a Bank Holiday weekend in Scarborough. Their long hair, cut-off denim jackets, medals, badges and swastikas lead to hostility from everyone they meet, including the police
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Girl on the M1
Title: Girl on the M1
Character: Veronica
Released: September 21, 1971
Type: Movie
A 'lorry driver groupie' decides to start a new life.
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Title: Coronation Street
Character: Paula Carp
Released: December 9, 1960
Type: TV
The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them through regular social and family interactions at home, in the workplace, and in their local pub, the Rovers Return Inn. Britain's longest-running soap.
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Signs of Life
Title: Signs of Life
Character: Joyce
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Anne attempts to shift her outlook by taking herself on holiday. But on arrival she is met with danger. A chance encounter with another traveller offers an unexpected solution, which could heal or crumble their lives completely.