Brenda Elder (born 1938) is an English actress, best remembered for her recurring role as Elsie Seddon, the mother of Sally Webster, in Coronation Street from 1986 to 1997.
Coronation Street is a British soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford.
Mary Isobel Sugden, known professionally as Mollie Sugden was an English actress. She was best known for being an original cast member in the British sitcom Are You Being Served? (1972–1985) as senior saleswoman Mrs. Slocombe and appeared reprising the character in the AYBS spin-off Grace & Favour (1992–1993).
Susan Frances Harmar Nicholls is an English actress, known for her roles on British television in Crossroads (1964–1968), The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–1979) and, Rentaghost (1981–1984), and especially for her long-running part as Audrey Roberts in the soap opera Coronation Street. She also appeared on Broadway in the 1974 revival of the comedy London Assurance.
Elsie Gregory is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street, played by Pat Phoenix from the series' inception in 1960 to 1973, and again from 1976 until 1984. Elsie Tanner was one of the original core characters on Coronation Street and appeared in the first episode. She is considered to be an icon in soap history and regarded as one of the greatest ever characters to appear in Coronation Street.
John Savident is a British actor, known for his numerous television roles, including his portrayal of Fred Elliott in the soap opera Coronation Street from 1994-2006. He is also known for his performance as Monsieur Firmin in the West End debut of The Phantom of the Opera and The Lion King.
Shirley Rosemary Stelfox was an English actress, known for her portrayal of the character Edna Birch, a moralising busybody in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, and as Rose, the vampy sister of the snobby and overbearing Hyacinth Bucket in the first season of the comedy series Keeping Up Appearances.
Concepta Riley is a fictional character from the British television soap opera Coronation Street, played by Doreen Keogh. Concepta was created by Tony Warren as one of Coronation Street's original characters. She debuted in the soap opera's fifth episode which was broadcast on 23 December 1960.
Marianne Stone was an English character actress. She performed in films from the early 1940s to the late 1980s, typically playing working class parts such as barmaids, secretaries and landladies. Stone appeared in nine of the Carry On films, and took part in an episode of the Carry On Laughing television series. She also had supporting roles with comedian Norman Wisdom.
Doreen Sheila Elsie Keogh was an Irish actress of radio, stage, television and film, who was best known for roles in numerous television serials and telefilms, but most especially Concepta Riley the first barmaid, at the Rovers Return Inn in soap opera Coronation Street, as an original character in 1960 until 1975.
Alan Brown, known professionally as Alan Browning, was an English actor. He is best remembered for portraying Alan Howard in the television series Coronation Street, a role he played from 1969 to 1973. He was married to his Coronation Street co-star Pat Phoenix from 23 December 1972, until his 1979 death from liver failure as a result of his heavy alcohol intake. Phoenix played his onscreen wife, Elsie Tanner, in Coronation Street.
Gillian Jones is an Australian actress from Newcastle, New South Wales who is best known for appearances in Twelfth Night, Oscar and Lucinda, Last Train to Freo and the role of Di Paige in the television series Love My Way. She had a recurring role on the Australian drama Packed to the Rafters since 2009.
Colin Philip Lowrie is a retired English stage and television actor, best known for playing Dennis Tanner in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street, from the programme's inception in 1960–1968, and again from 2011 to 2014.
This is a list of British television related events from 1975.
This is a list of British television related events from 1973.
Elsie Kelly is an English actress. She is best known for portraying the role of Noreen Maltby in the ITV hit sitcom Benidorm.
Irene Sutcliffe was an English actress. She was best known for playing Maggie Clegg in ITV's Coronation Street, a role she played from 1968 until 1975. She had a long career; her first credited TV role was in 1953 on BBC's Sunday Night Theatre and her last in 2015.
Stella Tanner was an English radio and television actress.
Anne Margaret Cunningham is an English actress, best known for her role as an original cast member of Coronation Street, in which she played Linda Cheveski, daughter of Elsie Tanner.