Maureen Crombie

Maureen Crombie was born on the 6th January 1943 as Maureen Blott. She graduated from RADA in 1962 and went straight into the play 'Believe it or Not' at a theatre in Coventry. Then into films where on the set of 'Joey Boy' she met 'Steptoe and Son' actor Harry H Corbett whom she later married. They had two children together, a son Jon and a daughter Susannah who went on to be an actress and writer of children's books. Susannah also wrote the excellent biography of her father, 'The Front Legs of the Cow'. Maureen had suffered from cancer for a number of years and finally succumbed at home in November 1999 surrounded by her family.