Wendy Jane Walker (born 1964,

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) is an English actress who became well known during the 1980s for playing Susan Barlow in the ITV soap opera, ''

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''. She originally played the part as a child from 1970 to 1974, and after another actress portrayed the character in intervening years, she returned in 1985 as a regular character. Walker stayed in the role until late 1987.Corrie net – Wendy Jane Walker
/ref> Other acting roles included ''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'', ''

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'' and six episodes of '' How We Used to Live'' in 1984. By 1990, Walker had retired from acting and was working as a

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. In 2019, Walker stated that she lives a "happy, quiet" life in Devon, UK and that she has at least one daughter.

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* English soap opera actresses 1964 births Living people 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses Actresses from Manchester {{tv-actor-stub