Eve Pearce(1929-2023)
- Actress
Eve Pearce was born in Aberdeen in Scotland to a very poor family and
was brought up in a one-roomed tenement, her mother dying when she was
seven years old. When she was twelve her father re-married and she
moved to London. She began her acting career in the early 1960s, making
her television debut in 'Z-Cars' in 1962. She also took a recurring
role in 'Coronation Street' in 1967, and has made many appearances on
stage and television. She is a published poet, often writing on
anti-war themes, and is also a volunteer reader with the Interact
Reading Service, a charity which arranges therapeutic readings in
hospitals for stroke victims.
