After initial training to be an actress at the Repertory School of Acting in Manchester, Alberge completed her training with the Colwyn Bay Repertory Company, at the New Rialto Theatre in
Colwyn Bay. During
World War II she was employed as a performer with
ENSA. In the 1950s she worked with a wide variety dramatic productions in theatre and with the
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Later work After she left
Coronation Street, Alberge continued to perform in theatre, and regularly appeared as a
supporting character actress in television dramas and light entertainment shows from the 1960s to the 1980s, including
Z-Cars, the
Ken Dodd Show,
Crown Court,
Rentaghost,
Odd Man Out and Juliet Bravo. In November 1983, she joined the cast of
Brookside, playing pensioner Edna Cross. She remained in this role until the character's death in 1985, after just over 100 episodes. When Alberge learned that her character was to be written out of the soap, she said "Life goes on." Her last on screen performance was in 1986 in an episode of the BBC's
Casualty. ==Personal life==