Early Life
Whitelaw was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, the daughter of Frances Mary (née Williams) and Gerry Whitelaw. She grew up in a working class part of Bradford and later attended Grange Girls' Grammar School in Bradford. At age 11, she began performing as a child actress on radio programmes and later worked as an assistant stage manager and acted with the Repertory Theatre at the Prince's Theatre in Bradford during high school..
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