Susie Blake

Blake trained at the Arts Educational School and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She is the granddaughter of the actress Annette Mills and a grand-niece of the actor Sir John Mills. Actresses Hayley and Juliet Mills are Blake's first cousins once-removed. Blake has appeared regularly in television programmes written by and starring Victoria Wood during the 1980s and 1990s; most notably as the continuity announcer in Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (1985) in the mid 80s, introducing the spoof soap Acorn Antiques (1987). She also has extensive radio credits. She appeared in the first episode of the sitcom One Foot in the Grave in 1990; her character was responsible for firing Victor Meldrew, and thus set the events of the show into motion. She appeared as a witch in the pantomime Wizard of Oz at "The Lowry Theatre and Gallery" in Salford in 2004. She appeared as Bev Unwin in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street until her departure in December 2006. Blake played the chara