Noreen Kershaw soap opera, "Coronation Street", as well as Channel 4's comedy drama, "Shameless", ITV1 soap opera "Emmerdale" and "Heartbeat" and BBC Scotland"s "River City". In 2008, she directed the feature film "Act of Grace". Noreen Kershaw Noreen Kershaw is an English television actress and director. She trained at the Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre and, at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre, originated the title role of the play "Shirley Valentine", later made famous by Pauline Collins. She was seen in the BBC television series "Life on Mars", as WPC Phyllis Dobbs, the desk officer. She had previously played the roles of Kathy Roach
Karen Valentine "Karen", in 1975. She played Gidget in the 1969 film "Gidget Grows Up", the title role in the critically acclaimed true story "Muggable Mary, Street Cop" (1982) and appeared in many other movies for television including "The Daughters of Joshua Cabe" (1972), "Coffee, Tea or Me?" (1973), "The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped" (1974), "e'Lollipop" (1976), "Murder at the World Series" (1977), "Go West, Young Girl" (1978) and "Skeezer" (1982). Valentine was a semi-regular on "The Hollywood Squares" from 1971 to 1977 on both NBC-TV and in syndication, often trading quips with Paul Lynde. She guest-starred on many series, including "Starsky