Mary Duffy appeared in Coronation Street in May 2015 as a Liverpool Waitress. As well as appearing in the short films I'm Going to Live Forever and Break, the year before she played Ringo Starr's mother in the mini-series Cilla. Her stage roles include When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream & Shout, The Gamblers, Journey to the New World and A Cut Above the Rest.