Acting

Bernie Nolan

Born — Died

1960-10-17 — 2013-07-04

Place of birth

Dublin, Ireland

Known for

Acting

Credits

12 titles

Bernadette Therese Doneathy (née Nolan; 17 October 1960 – 4 July 2013) was an Irish actress, singer and television personality, formerly lead vocalist of the girl group the Nolans. She was the second youngest of sisters Anne, Denise, Maureen, Linda and Coleen. From the age of two, Bernie was brought up in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. The Nolans began in 1974 and went on to have seven UK Top 20 hits, including "I'm in the Mood for Dancing" (1979), "Gotta Pull Myself Together" (1980) and "Attention to Me" (1981). They won the 1981 Tokyo Music Festival with "Sexy Music". Bernie left the group in 1995 to become an actress. On television, she had roles in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside fr…

Known for

Film credits

Series credits

Ready, Steady, Cook poster
8.0

Talented chefs battle it out against the clock, creating delicious dishes in 20 minutes

Ready, Steady, Cook

1994

Brookside poster
6.4

The ground-breaking soap set in a housing estate on the outskirts of Liverpool.

Brookside

1982

Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster
7.1

Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

1996

An Audience with... poster
5.3

An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.

An Audience with...

1978

Celebrity Mastermind poster
6.0

Celebrity Mastermind is a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. The show is a spin-off of the long-running quiz show Mastermind, with the exception that all the contestants are celebrities. As with the main show, John Humphrys is the host and question-master. Magnus Magnusson was quizmaster on the 2003/04 episodes featuring Jonathan Meades as winner.

Celebrity Mastermind

2003

ChuckleVision poster
6.3

ChuckleVision is a long-standing British children's series broadcast from 1987 to 2009. The Chuckle Brothers' famous comedy involves slapstick, other visual gags, wordplay, and catchphrases such as "To me, to you!" and "Oh dear, oh dear!"

ChuckleVision

1987

The Marti Caine Show poster
NR

Marti Caine presents a star studded variety show in which she performs comedy material, sings and dances alongside special guests.

The Marti Caine Show

1979

Filthy Rich & Catflap poster
6.7

Richie causes trouble in his pursuit of TV fame with Eddie, his alcoholic minder, and Filthy, his sponging agent.

Filthy Rich & Catflap

1987

Mike Yarwood In Persons poster
7.5

Popular and ratings-winning BBC sketch and impressions series with Mike Yarwood.

Mike Yarwood In Persons

1976

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NR

The All Star Talent Show was a 2006 UK television programme that was broadcast on Five. It was presented by Andi Peters and Myleene Klass, with Julian Clary making up the judging panel alongside two guest judges. Each show had six celebrities performing, with the winner of each episode going into the final at the end of the series. In addition, the runner up with the most votes at the end of the series also performed again in the final.

The All Star Talent Show

2006

Dawson and Friends poster
7.0

Four hour-long comedy specials with a variety of sketches, songs and stand-up routines.

Dawson and Friends

1977