Beverley Callard (born March 28, 1957 in Leeds) is an English actress, best known for her role as Liz McDonald in ITV's Coronation Street, and Floella Henshaw in BBC Three's Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.

Beverley Jane Moxon was born in Leeds on March 28, 1957 to Clive and Mavis Moxon. Clive was a baker and Mavis was a concert pianist. She has a younger sister called Stephanie.

She attended Elmfield and Peel Street schools in Morley, Leeds.

At the age of seven, Bev made her acting debut as Darius the page boy. After leaving school in 1973, she took a job as a shorthand typist. She later Read more...

Beverley married her first husband, journalist Paul Atkinson at Dewsbury Register Office, Leeds, on 19 January 1974. The couple thought she was expecting a child but it turned out that she was not. Their daughter Rebecca Callard was born in 1976 but the couple later divorced. Bev then married teacher David Sowden in 1980 but after this marriage fell apart she lived with warehouse worker Steven Callard. Read more...