Claire Sutton (QVC presenter)
Claire Joanna Sutton (born 25 March 1967 in Leicester, Leicestershire) is a British television presenter. She is a former dancer, actress and model, best known for her role as home shopping host on the shopping channel QVC UK, which she left in 2020.
Career[]
Sutton studied dance and drama, and has since starred in various commercials and plays.[1] In 1990, she was the hostess for the BBC One game show Takeover Bid alongside Bruce Forsyth.[2] She was also a member of the cheer leading band G-Force, with whom she performed on the Gladiators TV show on ITV in the mid-1990s cheering on the participants.[2] In 1998, she became a full-time TV presenter on the QVC shopping channel,[1] where she was reputed for her bubbly personality.[1] In July 2020, she decided to leave QVC UK[3] and became a full-time funeral celebrant.[4]
Personal life[]
Sutton is the youngest of three children. Her father died when she was 13.[5] She married landscape gardener Daniel Sage in 1999, four years after they met at a taping of Gladiators in which he was attending as a spectator.[2] They have three children.[2][1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "About Claire Sutton". QVCUK.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ^ a b c d "The Box: I shook my pom poms… We fell in love". Birmingham Post and Mail. 2003. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ^ https://stories.qvcuk.com/presenters/claire-sutton/its-been-a-pleasure-thank-you-for-22-years/
- ^ https://independentcelebrants.com/celebrants/claire-sage/
- ^ "Me and my Mummy". QVCUK.com. 22 April 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
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