Career
Shakesby was born in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire. Her television credits include: Hancock"s Half Hour, Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, The Borderers, The Liver Birds, Yes Minister, The Likely Lads and Sapphire & Steel.
Shakesby was born in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire. Her television credits include: Hancock"s Half Hour, Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, The Borderers, The Liver Birds, Yes Minister, The Likely Lads and Sapphire & Steel.
She is also notable for being an original cast member of Coronation Street, in which she played Susan Cunningham, the first on-screen love interest of Ken Barlow.