Sharon Maughan
| Sharon Maughan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Sharon Patricia Mughan 22 June 1950 West Derby, Liverpool, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Spouse(s) | Trevor Eve (m. 1980) |
| Children |
Alice Eve Jack Eve George Eve |
Sharon Patricia Maughan (born 22 June 1950) is a British actress.
She was born in West Derby, Liverpool, at Alder Hey Hospital – the only girl of five children born to Norah (née McClay) and Frank Mughan, a seaman who proudly became a white collar worker, despite having very little education.
The family was part of the massive pilgrimage from the inner city to the newly created and undeveloped Kirkby, where she attended St Gregory's, the first all-girl Catholic comprehensive school in the country. Beryl D'Arcy-Grey helped Maughan to pursue her dreams of becoming an actress, and she was accepted by the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Despite keeping her Liverpool accent while at RADA, she was awarded the diction prize. It was not until 2003 that she managed to incorporate her native accent in her professional career, playing nurse Tricia Williams in Holby City.
Upon graduating from RADA, Maughan gained her Equity Card playing Ophelia in an Open University Tour of Hamlet. She then did rep at the Liverpool Playhouse and Chester, and won her first television opportunity in Philip Mackie's The Organisation, starring Peter Egan. This led to episodes of The Last of the Baskets with Patricia Hayes, then Justice with Margaret Lockwood. In 1973, Maughan was chosen for the coveted role of Rachel Rosing in a Granada Television serialisation of Howard Spring's novel, Shabby Tiger, which prompted Clive James to review her as having, "a screen presence that was sonnet inspiring".
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