Actress Maggie Fox dead after ‘sudden accident’
Actress Maggie Fox — known for her roles in Coronation Street and Shameless — has died following a 'sudden accident', it has been revealed.
Fox played four different roles on Corrie during her career, but she was most notably known as Ruth Audsley in 2001.
The actress’ death was revealed in an announcement made by her heartbroken friend and comedy partner, Sue Ryder.
“It is with great sadness that I have to announce the death of Maggie Fox, my comedy partner of 40 years and co-Artistic Director of LipService. Maggie passed away yesterday with her family around her,” the statement began. "Consequently the Spring Tour of Chateau Ghoul has been cancelled. As you can imagine I am completely heartbroken.”
It is with huge sadness that I announce the death of my comedy partner of 40 years Maggie Fox yesterday. I sat down and remembered certain moments in shows where the audience laughed so much we had to pause. Sometimes we laughed too! Full statement https://t.co/CzEA0QcTzZpic.twitter.com/4wPvXMvZCd
— LipService Theatre (@LipServicetour) March 22, 2022
Ryder continued: “Our theatre company LipService was officially launched in 1985 and we have written 22 original comedies, touring all over the world, managing to have children in between! It's notoriously difficult to present new work in theatre and we are really proud that we managed to do so and to build an audience for it.
“We are still all in a state of shock as this was very sudden following an accident. We had planned a new digital version of Chateau Ghoul which we had already filmed which will be shared with you later in the year in memory of Maggie, plus some live events using the huge amount of digital footage we thankfully have archived. Details to be published when have a plan.”
Ryder concluded: “Thank you for supporting us over all these years, we are so lucky to have such a loyal audience. We do hope you will join us to celebrate her comedy genius later in the year. Sue.”
Alongside her role as Ruth, Fox also appeared in the soap in 2010 as Judge Travers.
She had a number of roles in other shows, including Shameless where she appeared as a registrar and starred as Bilson on ITV period drama, The Forsyte Saga.
She later when on to perform in Radio 4 sketch show Lip Service, which she co-wrote alongside Ryder.
Watch: Maggie Fox stars as Ruth Audsley in Coronation Street.
