Susan Twist was born on the 6th of June, 1956 in Liverpool and trained at LAMDA from 1975 to 1978, first appearing on our TV screens in the TV Drama series 'The Squad' (1980) followed by a role as a Receptionist in 'The Chinese Detective' (1981). After her appearance as Betty in the TV movie 'God Speed Co-operation' (1982) she got her first big break when she joined 'Brookside', firstly in 1985 as Jean and then in 1994 as traffic warden Rosie Banks, who was married to factory worker Eddie, played by Paul Broughton. Her traffic warden character fell into disgrace when she blew all of her Lottery winnings in a gambling frenzy and, so convincing was Susan during her three years as money-mad Rosie, she still gets suspicious looks from fellow shoppers when she pops out to buy a Lottery ticket. As well as having to deal with her two troublesome sons and her husband's dramatic affair, Susan's character faced the trauma of her husband digging up Trevor Jordache from where he'd been buried under the patio in the soap's most famous storyline. Before she did 'Brookside' she was working between jobs on the perfume counter of a department store. It was only short-term and part-time to tide her over at Christmas but when she got the part in 'Brookside' it was reported that she had been plucked straight from the perfume counter to become a soap star. Susan says, "It was as though all the acting in theatre I had previously done counted for nothing. No one wanted to know. Theatre audiences have always traditionally been a different group from those who watch soaps on television. I didn't want to stay with 'Brookside' forever. Three and a half years was good. I would never have had a chance to learn about television otherwise. It is a totally different technique to acting on stage."
In 1995 though she lost her father to cancer and was herself treated for
cervical cancer. Then she had a mysterious back complaint which left
her barely able to move, innumerable bouts of 'flu and then one
night she woke up face to face with a burglar.
Susan said, "By Christmas, I'd got to the point where I just
couldn't face seeing or talking to anyone." Sue, then 39, didn't have a partner and was living alone in a two-up-two-down terrace in Manchester not having had a long-term relationship for six years.
"I was with my last boyfriend for nine years. I was terribly
distraught when we parted - and you tend not to let anyone get close
enough to do it again," she says. Further individual TV appearances followed from 1998 which included 'The Bill' (1998-2003) as Prison Officer D.C.I. Dixon, 2 episodes of 'Girls in Love' (2005), 'The Royal' (2006). then as Nellie Hindley in the series 'See No Evil: The Moors Murders' (2006), 'Being Eileen' (2013) and 'In The Flesh' (2013). Susan also appeared in rival soap 'Coronation Street' (2002-17) in two roles: firstly as Donna Stout, a short-term girlfriend of Derek Hardman, the father of Maxine, and then returned to the programme in October 2017 as Lydia Hartman, a friend of Nicola's late mum who Nicola went to see to talk about finding her biological dad, Pat Phelan. Her last TV appearance was in 2018, the year she played Grace Peverall in the Podcast series 'Stone' (2018).
Susan has been far busier on the stage where her many theatre credits include: 'The Beauty Queen of Leenane' (Theatre By The Lake in 2022), 'Home I'm Darling' (TBTL in 2021), 'Be My Baby' (Leeds Playhouse in 2019), 'Hamlet' (Leeds Playhouse in 2019), 'Road' (Leeds Playhouse in 2018), 'Tenant of Wildfell Hall' (Bolton Octagon /York Theatre Royal in 2017), 'Gaslight' (Oldham Coliseum in 2017), 'Be My Baby' (Anton Benson Productions in 2016), 'Pygmalion' (Oldham Coliseum in 2016), 'History Boys' (Sell a Door Theatre Co. in 2015), 'Hobson’s Choice' (Octagon Theatre Bolton 2014), 'Ugly Duck' (Claybody Theatre in 2013), 'The Market' (West Yorkshire Playhouse Leeds in 2013), 'Ballroom Blitz' (Hull Truck Theatre Company in 2012), 'The Daughter-in-Law' (Manchester Library Theatre in 2012), 'Everybody Loves A Winner' (Royal Exchange in 2009), 'My Own Show' (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough in 2006) and 'Tuppence To Cross The Mersey' (Pulse Productions in 2005). In 2003 the 47-year-old actress was winning acclaim as a big-hearted Jewish matriarch living in 1930s New York as one of the stars of 'Brighton Beach Memoirs', an autobiographical piece by Neil Simon, who penned 'The Odd Couple'. Before that she appeared in 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' (Liverpool Playhouse in 2001), 'Jumping Jack Flash' (Liverpool Everyman Theatre in 1999) and 'The Three Musketeers' (Canterbury Tales Productions in 1997). Susan, with over 25 years' experience in the theatre, though still has her her face probably best known for her stint in 'Brookside'.
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