Clare Cathcart (2 October 1965 – 4 September 2014) was a Northern Irish actress. She was known for her appearances in Coronation Street, '' New Tricks'' and '' Call the Midwife'' in which she played Mrs Torpy. Cathcart also appeared in the TV programmes ''

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'', Goodnight Sweetheart, ''Come Fly with Me'''', '' ''Doctors'', ''

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'', and ''Casualty''. Onstage, she appeared in ''

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'' at the National Theatre, directed by

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. Her film appearances include ''Hotel Splendide'', '' Up on the Roof'' and in 1999

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's ''Salvage''. Her last appearance onstage was in

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's production of Mary J O'Malley's ''

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'' at the

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, London in 2013.

Death

Cathcart died at her home in Brighton, on 4 September 2014, aged 48, from an

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* 1965 births 2014 deaths Film actresses from Northern Ireland Stage actresses from Northern Ireland Television actresses from Northern Ireland Actors from County Fermanagh Respiratory disease deaths in England Deaths from asthma {{NI-bio-stub