Early Life and Career
Brought up in Shettleston, Glasgow, Scotland, at the age of 18 she married into a Glasgow gangster family. Her 2005 autobiography Handstands in the Dark describes working-class Glasgow in the years 1961-1994.
For 14 years, she ran a public house the Weavers Inn (formerly the Nationalist Bar, later the Calton Bar) in the tough Calton area of Glasgow where she staged the first performances by comedian and magician Jerry Sadowitz.
Later, she became a full-time stand-up herself, running comedy clubs including "Jesters" in Glasgow, and regularly compered at clubs in Glasgow, Manchester, and Liverpool. She played regular dates in the Netherlands and played in New York City.
She was, for a time, a BBC Radio Five Live entertainment correspondent, reporting for former British MP, Edwina Currie's Currie Club show from London, New York, and New Zealand.
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