"Baird) at the Southern Cross Hotel in Melbourne, where she presented awards to some of the main winners that year. During the 1970s, Carson suffered a series of strokes and endured other health problems, and only played Ena sporadically throughout the decade. She took time off from ""Coronation Street"" in 1973 after suffering a nervous breakdown. In April 1980, Carson's departure from Coronation Street was aired, except that nobody knew at the time that it would be her last appearance in the show. A storyline involving Ena moving to Lytham St. Annes, near Blackpool, to stay with a friend while"
"in 1980. Almost always wearing a double-breasted overcoat and hairnet, she spent much of her free time in the series' early years with her two cronies, Martha Longhurst (Lynne Carol) and Minnie Caldwell (Margot Bryant), in the snug bar of local pub The Rovers Return Inn, drinking milk stout. Ena particularly criticized Elsie Tanner (Pat Phoenix), whom she believed had loose morals. In turn, Elsie strongly disliked Ena for her seemingly incessant gossip and desire to know about the private lives of others, and the two confronted each other frequently. The final episode featuring Ena was broadcast on 2 April"
"her flat at the street's community centre was being renovated, was aired. When the character returned, the flat was not ready and Ena announced on screen (to characters Ken Barlow and Albert Tatlock) that she would return to her flat—but only if she felt like doing so. It was at this point that Carson became ill with pernicious anaemia and was forced to leave the programme, although at the time it was anticipated that she would return at some stage. However, this did not happen and henceforth, all storylines involving the return of Ena Sharples had to be shelved because"
"made and it was assumed she had moved to St Annes permanently. The first reference to her was made in the 1985 spin-off video ""The Jubilee Years"" when Ken Barlow revealed that Ena died ""a couple of years ago"", placing her death around the same time as that of Carson's. The first mention of Ena's death in the show itself was on 27 November 1989, during a scene in the Rovers Return when Deirdre says to builder Maurice Jones, ""Ena Sharples would be turning in her grave."" In 2010, a short online video titled ""Ken: A Life On The Street"""
"Carson was not well enough to appear, although Ena Sharples was still considered an active character. Carson lived in a bungalow in Bispham, Blackpool, with her sister Nellie, and refused to make any public appearances after her retirement. The year after she retired, Carson underwent surgery for an abscess from which she never fully recovered. Carson died of heart failure, aged 85, in her sleep, on Boxing Day 1983, at her home, 18 Fleetwood Road, Blackpool. She was cremated at Carleton Crematorium, Blackpool, and is commemorated at Bispham Parish Church in Blackpool. A memorial service dedicated to Carson was held"
"About the popularity of Martha in particular, Carol once told ""Weekend"": ""There are an awful lot of Marthas in the world. Some viewers used to tell me to mind my own business but most people could see that Martha was really a pathetic old dear."" By the 1960s, Martha had retired and was drawing her pension. Money was tight, but she made it last without having to work to supplement it. In December, when Ena Sharples (Violet Carson) collapsed due to stress and had a spell in hospital, Leonard Swindley (Arthur Lowe) asked Martha to temporarily take over Ena's caretaker"
"contains fragments of the Norman masonry. The building has a five-bay nave, a chancel with transepts and a south-west tower, in a minimally Early English style. The churchyard contains the tombs of many shipwreck victims, including the captain and crew of the brig ""Favourite"", which sank off Blackpool in 1865, and passengers from the ""Ocean Monarch"", which caught fire in the Irish Sea in 1848. Also commemorated in the churchyard is the actress Violet Carson, who lived in Bispham and who died in 1983 and gained fame between 1960 and 1980 for her portrayal of Ena Sharples in TV's ""Coronation"
"piano lessons while attending Church of England school, Carson performed with her younger sister Nellie as a singing act called the Carson Sisters. She then became a cinema pianist providing the musical accompaniment for silent films. She married George Peploe in 1926, but he died in 1929, aged only 31. They had no children. Carson never re-married. The premature death of Peploe mirrored the early life of Carson's iconic character Ena Sharples many years later; in the years long before the show was created, Ena's fiancée had died in the Great War, and her husband died prematurely in 1937. In"
"Sarah Thomas (actress) Sarah Jane Thomas (born 5 June 1952) is a British actress, born in London, probably best known for her television appearances as Enid Simmons in ""Worzel Gummidge"" (1980), and as Glenda Wilkinson in ""Last of the Summer Wine"" (1986–2010). Thomas also made a brief cameo appearance in the fifth episode of the original Blackadder series (1983), 'the Witchsmeller Pursuivant', as a peasant girl who dies of the Black Death in the pre-credit sequence. She also appeared in a Christmas episode of Heartbeat (December 29, 1996), called 'Charity Begins at Home.' Thomas began her career on screen when"
"2008/09, she again starred as the Fairy Godmother in ""Cinderella"", at the Grand Theatre in Swansea, alongside Su Pollard and Chris Jarvis. From December 2009 to January 2010 she appeared in ""Jack and the Beanstalk"" at the Malvern Theatre, alongside Mike Fischetti and Colin Baker. Sarah Thomas (actress) Sarah Jane Thomas (born 5 June 1952) is a British actress, born in London, probably best known for her television appearances as Enid Simmons in ""Worzel Gummidge"" (1980), and as Glenda Wilkinson in ""Last of the Summer Wine"" (1986–2010). Thomas also made a brief cameo appearance in the fifth episode of the"
"three 30 minute episodes, shown between 22 September and 6 October 1981 on BBC One. Directed by Michael Simpson, it starred Bernard Hepton as Inspector Goole, Sarah Berger as Sheila Birling, Nigel Davenport as Arthur Birling, Simon Ward as Gerald Croft, Margaret Tyzack as Sybil Birling and David Sibley as Eric Birling. It was repeated on primetime BBC One in three episodes between 17 and 31 August 1982, and as a single 85 minute version on 2 September 1984. An 86-minute ""An Inspector Calls"" film was produced for BBC Television, and first screened on 13 September 2015 on BBC One."
"to revolve around her ginger tom-cat, Bobby. Minnie Caldwell was a diminutive figure, with a distracted manner and often appeared drinking milk stout in the snug of the soap's public house the Rovers Return Inn. The character, consequently, was a put-upon companion of her two friends busybody Martha Longhurst (played by Lynne Carol) and the elderly battleaxe Ena Sharples (played by Violet Carson). Bryant suffered severe memory loss (amnesia) in March 1976, and was unable to continue in the role; her penultimate episode involved her reading her lines off prompts and on props such as her handbag and her final"
"1983, and both Pat Phoenix (Elsie Tanner) and Jack Howarth (Albert Tatlock) in 1984. In 1983, antihero Len Fairclough (Peter Adamson), one of the show's central male characters since 1961, was killed off, and in 1984, Stan Ogden (Bernard Youens) died. While the press predicted the end of ""Corrie"", H. V. Kershaw declared that ""There are no stars in ""Coronation Street""."" Writers drew on the show's many archetypes, with established characters stepping into the roles left by the original cast. Phyllis Pearce (Jill Summers) was hailed as the new Ena Sharples in 1982, the Duckworths moved into No.9 in 1983"
"the second series of the LWT secret agent series ""Wish Me Luck"" broadcast in 1989. Some of her other TV appearances since 1964 include ""The Rivals"", ""Bergerac"", ""Eyeless in Gaza"", ""Bill Brand"", ""Steptoe and Son"", ""Murder Most English"", ""Z-Cars"" in which she played Ann Fazakerley, the 1978 miniseries ""The Word"", the drama series ""Out"" and ""Bad Girls"". She also appeared in the films ""Three into Two Won't Go"" (1969) and ""Voices"" (1973) and provided the voice of the cat in the animated film of ""Watership Down"" (1978). She portrayed Mrs Bennet's sister, Mrs Phillips, in the 1995 BBC version of"
"Hill (2 episodes - 1983) as Miss Clark. 'King's Royal' (14 episodes 1982 - 1983) as Mrs Veitch. 'Goodbye Mr. Chips' (mini TV series - 1984) as Mrs Wickett. Anne was in 'Minder' (1 episode 1985) as Margaret Stuart. 'Playing For Real' (mini TV series - 1988) as Agnes Buchan. The last act Anne was in, in the 80s, was 'The Play On One' (1 episode 1989) as Shelia. Silent Scream (1990 film) was the first film Anne was in, and the first act in the 1990s. Anne was in Casualty (TV series) (8 episodes - 1991 -1993) as Norma"
"reached a low of eight million in February 1973, when Pat Phoenix quit as Elsie Tanner, Violet Carson (battleaxe Ena Sharples) was written out for most of the year due to illness, and Doris Speed (haughty landlady Annie Walker) took two months' leave due to bereavement. The audience of ITV's other flagship soap opera ""Crossroads"" increased markedly at this time, as its established cast, such as Meg Richardson (Noele Gordon), grew in popularity. These sudden departures forced the writing team to quickly develop characters who had previously stood in the background. The roles of Bet Lynch (Julie Goodyear), Deirdre Hunt"
"on the role of Ivy, whilst Freddie Jones played Jeremiah. The first episode of the series was broadcast on 21 May 1979 and ran for five series, the final episode being broadcast on 27 March 1986. In the long gap between the pilot and the first series, Sharples worked on many other series, including a four-year stint as script editor on the UK version of ""General Hospital"". Sharples had proved himself as a writer who could carry a long-running series, so it was inevitable that further shows would follow. In 1981, Sharples penned another Thora Hird comedy vehicle called ""Hallelujah!""."
"lead character in ""Rides"" and ""Fish"", she has made cameo appearances in individual episodes of ""Blore M.P"", ""The Professionals"" (1980), ""Only Fools and Horses"" (""1981""), Me and My Girl (1983), ""Last Bus to Woodstock (A Morse TV-Mystery) (1988), ""Tales of Sherwood Forest"" (1989), ""Prime Suspect"" (1995), ""The Broker's Man"" (1997–98), ""The Vanishing Man"" (1998), ""Perfect Strangers"" (2001), ""New Tricks"" (2003), ""A Touch of Frost"" (2004), ""Secret Smile"" (2005), ""Waking the Dead"", ""Holby City"", (2007), ""Spooks"" (2008) and ""Wallander"", Episode 1 in 2008. She has also appeared as Lady de Lesseps in ""Shakespeare in Love"". In 2009 she appeared in the"
"Caroline Webster Caroline Webster (born 1964) is an English former actress who is now a freelance film director and headshot photographer. During her acting career, she appeared as Jane Scott in BBC One's popular hospital drama ""Casualty"" for four series. Caroline Webster appeared in several British television series, beginning with one-off roles in ""London's Burning"" (1988), ""All Creatures Great and Small"" (1990) and ""The Bill"" (1991). Her key role came in 1990, when she appeared as paramedic Jane Scott in ""Casualty"". She appeared in 66 episodes between September 1990 and February 1994. Her last known television role was as Dr."
"of Sir Ralph Shawcross in the BBC sitcom ""You Rang, M'Lord?"" (1990–93), as the Bishop of Tatchester in the BBC adaptation of John Masefield's ""The Box of Delights"" (1984), and appeared in ""Miss Marple"" (""Nemesis"") in 1987 as Professor Wanstead and ""Agatha Christie's Poirot"" (""Hercule Poirot's Christmas"") in 1995 as Edward Tressilian. He also appeared in Hi-de-Hi, in the first episode of the fourth season, titled ""Co-respondents Course"", as Clive. His final role was in the TV mini-series ""Rebecca"" in 1997. Horsley was married to the actress June Marshall (1923-1988) from 1948 until her death, and had two daughters. He"
"she made guest appearance as Nina Jarvis in an episode of the BBC drama ""Doctors"", And also in February 2009 also saw her making another guest appearance in the BBC drama ""Casualty"" again for another episode where she played the role of Rosie Pullen who was looking after her father Artie Pullen (Terry Molloy) who was suffering from multiple sclerosis, and in September 2010 she appeared as Valerie in the last episode of the first series of the Channel 4 comedy series ""Pete Versus Life"" and in April 2011 she appeared as Amelia in the final episode of ""The Crimson"
"Later in the 1970s, Ena alternated between Weatherfield and St. Anne's. Her friends gradually left her life – Martha had died in 1964, and Minnie left in 1976 to live at Whaley Bridge with their old friend Handel Gartside (Harry Markham). In 1977, Councillor Tattersall (George Waring) tried to sack Ena so that his niece could take her job, but Alf Roberts (Bryan Mosley) fought on Ena's behalf. The Lomaxs offered to house Ena but she refused. In 1980, Ena dumped herself on Elsie Tanner (Pat Phoenix), and later Albert, while the flat was being re-decorated. Angered by the lack"
"and then there was always a silent one who nodded but was a bit rebellious"". The former character outline turned into Martha Longhurst, and the latter Minnie Caldwell (Margot Bryant). Martha was present in the second of the two dry runs made in November 1960, where she was played by Doris Hare. During final casting for the show proper, casting director Margaret Morris offered Hare the larger part of Ena Sharples, but Hare had to turn it down as she had commitments with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Lynne Carol had been a child performer since the age of three and"
"Charlie Chaplin in his final comedy to star himself, ""A King in New York"" (1957). During the 1960s and 1970s, she appeared mainly in British TV shows and French films. She was a semi-regular on the instructional series ""En France"" (1962) and the leading lady in several episodes of ""The Saint"" (1962–69), which starred Roger Moore as Simon Templar. Among her last film credits were two British horror films, ""The Vampire Lovers"" (1970) and ""The Vault of Horror"" (1973), and she was also a regular in the British sitcom ""Father, Dear Father"" (1971–1973). One of her last television roles was"
"series and there was surprise when during 1980 a further series was announced as the third series ended. Bill Cotton, BBC Head of Television, had watched ""Terminal"" and enjoyed it greatly. He telephoned the presentation department and ordered them to make the announcement. As David Maloney was unavailable, Vere Lorrimer became the producer. He introduced new characters, a new spacecraft ""Scorpio"" and its computer Slave. Jan Chappell (who played Cally) decided that she did not want to return, and was replaced by Glynis Barber as Soolin. Gareth Thomas made a final appearance as Blake and insisted that his character be"
"mental breakdown and climbed on top of the factory, staying there until Ken Barlow finally persuaded her to come down. She was also known for her argument with Ena Sharples in the Corner Shop. Hargreaves also appeared in ""Pink Floyd—The Wall"" as Pink's mother. She was notable for her role as a single mother in ""The Spongers"" (1978), from BBC's Play For Today series, and she appeared in the police drama ""Juliet Bravo"" several times playing different characters. Hargreaves died in August 1984 from a brain tumour at the age of 45, in London, England. Juliet Bravo,episode ""Breaching the Peace"""
"in its 2011 run as Sarah Sullivan. Oberman's TV credits include ""Doctor Who"", ""Mistresses"", ""Robin Hood"", and ""Doctors"". Prior to ""EastEnders"" Oberman appeared in a variety of television programmes including ""Casualty"" (1997–98), ""Kiss Me Kate"" (1998), and ""The Bill"" (2000), and carved out a comedic niche with leading roles in ""Bob Martin"" (2000–2001), ""Lenny Henry In Pieces"" (2000–2003), ""Big Train"", ""Toast of London"" and ""Friday Night Dinner"" (2011–present). Oberman has performed in more than 600 radio plays since the mid-90s. She also had a recurring role in the penultimate and last series of procedural comedy-drama ""New Tricks"" (2014–15) as Fiona"
"She has played two different murder victims: Angela Fairley in the psychological thriller ""Conviction"", and as Charley Witham in ""Life on Mars"". Other roles are Rosie in ""Sorted"", Katy Barnes in ""Doctors"", Jennifer Thurber in the BBC drama ""Casualty"" (20 September 2008), Julie Tinniswood in the ITV drama ""Heartbeat"" (3 May 2009), Bryony in ""Emmerdale"" (April 2010), and Gemma in ""This Is England 86"". She played the role of Lauren in the short film ""Cotton Stones"". She also appeared in two domestic abuse television adverts. She made a guest appearance in ""Coronation Street"" as Jess Burrows (18 January 2010), but"
"allow for advertising breaks, as well as UKTV in Australia and New Zealand and ABC1 in Australia. The show aired its final episode on 11 April 2011. A spin-off from the series, titled ""The Body Farm"", revolving around forensic scientist Eve Lockhart (Tara Fitzgerald), was announced by the BBC in January 2011 and ran for just one series. In 2018, a five-part radio prequel to the series, ""The Unforgiven"", was broadcast on BBC Radio 4, with Sue Johnston, Claire Goose, Wil Johnson and Holly Aird reprising their roles. All five episodes were written by series creator Barbara Machin. The programme"
"Havergale. She appeared in one episode of 'Adam Adamant Lives!' (1966). Anne was in 'Softly Softly' (1 episode - 1968) as Renee. For three episodes, Anne was in 'The Expert (1969). 'The Trouble Shooters' (1 episode - 1969) as Audrey Randall. 'Hadleigh (1 episode - 1969) as Mrs Cooper, 'Detective' (1 episode - 1969) as Elsie. 'Parkin's Patch ( 1 episode - 1969) as Jean Hopkins, was the last act she was in, in the 1960s. At the beginning of the 70s, Anne's first role was 'The Wednesday Play' (1 episode - 1970) as Mrs Garson. ' Sunset Song' (mini"
"(replacing Esma Cannon) and Trixie Scales. The theme tune for this colour pilot was performed by Alex Welsh and his Band, however, this was never transmitted, as the BBC rejected the colour revival of the series. Two years later, the series was later revived by ITV company LWT, with Jones and Karlin reprising their roles. The 1977–78 version ran for two series, most of the scripts being based on the BBC episodes from the 1960s, and featured Anna Karen (reprising her role as Olive from ""On the Buses"") and future ""EastEnders"" star Gillian Taylforth as factory workers. The theme tune"
"she appeared in Special Branch (1970). Thomas appeared in the popular sitcom Last Of The Summer Wine In 1985, as Glenda. She continued with the series until it finished in 2010. Her other appearances included The Velvet Glove (1977), as a Nurse, Together (1980), as Alison Warner and Worzel Gummidge (1979–81), as Enid Simmons, Miss Maple and Enid The Maid. Thomas’s only film role came in 1995 when she appeared in Madagascar Skin (1995). In December 2007, Thomas starred in ""Cinderella"" at the Assembly Hall Theatre as the Fairy Godmother, appearing with Tom Vaughan, from Hollyoaks, and Barney Harwood. In"
"Scarlett Nicholls Scarlett Mary Nicholls is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Emmerdale"". She is played by Kelsey-Beth Crossley and made her first appearance on 2 March 2007. It was announced on 8 May 2011 that Crossley was leaving the show. She made her final appearance on 28 July 2011. On 21 October 2012, it was announced Crossley would make a brief return to ""Emmerdale"". Scarlett is the only daughter of millionaire Tom King (Ken Farrington) and Carrie Nicholls (Linda Lusardi). Carrie was a nurse taking care of Tom's wife, Mary, as she was dying of cancer"