Jeanne Barber was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada . Worked for William F. Cooke productions who produced "Pete's Place" . She sat in on several shows as an extra while executing her duties. More of a background person, she worked as a research analyst for Genesis media in Toronto on such movies as The Michelle Apartments ,Margaret's Museum, Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveler part 2, "No Contest" She was instrumental in producing a "Soap Secrets" reality program for the UK and was the voice over as well as the primary interviewee for the Coronation Street episode. She also wrote a book in 2000 entitled Coronation Street A to Zed.