"many years. Doris Speed Doris Speed, MBE (3 February 1899 – 16 November 1994) was an English actress, best known for her role as the snooty but likeable Mayoress of fictional Weatherfield and Rovers Return Inn public house landlady Annie Walker on ""Coronation Street"", a role she played from the series inception in 1960 until 1983. As a child she toured with her musical and comedy artist parents George and Ada (née Worsley) Speed, moving to different schools almost every week. Her debut came to her at the age of three years, as she toddled onstage in a nightdress to"
"on to become the first great 'double act' of the series, and following the series' early success, Jack and Annie's two children were introduced - Billy (Ken Farrington) and Joan (June Barry), who arrived for Joan's wedding to teacher Gordon Davies (Calvin Malone) in 1961. In 1983, a year of immense change for ""Coronation Street"", the ""Daily Mirror"" published a story claiming that Doris Speed was many years older than she had claimed. Speed collapsed on seeing the article and was quickly written out of the show to give the elderly actress time to recover. Shortly afterwards however, her home"
"to go to London he makes Sophie the manager of Speed Daal. Ashleigh Middleton played Sophie from her birth up until March 1997 when Emma Woodward who was just three-years-old at the time took over the role. In 2004 Emma quit the role of Sophie to concentrate on her school work. The show's bosses ran auditions upon the announcement which resulted in her being replaced with Brooke Vincent, a patron of the Manchester Kids charity. In an interview Brooke revealed that her role in Coronation Street is just part of her life, stating she does not see it as a"
"Theatre, which was a parody of TV soap operas written by Sarah Wood. The play also starred ""Coronation Street's"" Paul Fox, ""Emmerdale's"" Janice McKenzie and ""EastEnders""' Marc Bannerman. In 2003 she performed in the Radio 4 series ""Elephants to Catch Eels"", with former ""Coronation Street"" star John Bowe, and she played the part of Silver in the radio play, ""Speed and Silver"". Speed married model and actor Spencer Hayler on 12 September 2009, and Speed gave birth to their daughter Kitty Bina Grace Hayler on 20 May 2012. They live in Fulham, west London. Speed is good friends with Charlie"
"a Londoner most famous for her role as Kat Moon in ""EastEnders"", ""religiously"" watched YouTube footage of early episodes to master the ""old-fashioned Mancunian"" accent as she described it. Wallace also briefly had sessions with a dialect coach before filming commenced. James Roache plays his father William Roache in the drama. The elder Roache has played Ken Barlow in ""Coronation Street"" since its inception. As well as acting in ""The Road to Coronation Street"", James was filming scenes for ""Coronation Street"" in a non-regular role as Ken Barlow's grandson at the same time. Celia Imrie played Doris Speed, who played"
"Diana Davies (actress) Diana Davies (born 20 July 1936 in Manchester, Lancashire) is an English actress, best known for playing roles in two long-running ITV soap operas; Norma Ford in ""Coronation Street"" and Caroline Bates in ""Emmerdale Farm"" between 1984 and 1999. Amongst her roles prior to becoming a regular in ""Emmerdale Farm"", Davies portrayed three different characters in the retrospective educational drama ""How We Used To Live"" between 1969 and 1981; her characters being Mama (1969), Alice Boothroyd (1976) and Mabel Hodgkins (1981). She also appeared in the Liver Birds as Jenny. Davies divorced her husband, Peter, in 1979,"
"with whom she had a son, Stephen. She moved to Torquay in 2004 to live with her sister, Jill Barton. Diana Davies (actress) Diana Davies (born 20 July 1936 in Manchester, Lancashire) is an English actress, best known for playing roles in two long-running ITV soap operas; Norma Ford in ""Coronation Street"" and Caroline Bates in ""Emmerdale Farm"" between 1984 and 1999. Amongst her roles prior to becoming a regular in ""Emmerdale Farm"", Davies portrayed three different characters in the retrospective educational drama ""How We Used To Live"" between 1969 and 1981; her characters being Mama (1969), Alice Boothroyd (1976)"
"as ""Coronation Street's"" executive producer. He was unhappy with the show's Corner Shop set and decided to implement changes. Podmore thought that employees Gail Potter (Helen Worth) and Tricia Hopkins (Kathy Jones) could not create an atmosphere of gossip that the shop had once created. He believed that in order to recreate it, a new mature female should be introduced. He originally planned the character of Renee to be independent, fun and feisty – an ideal to spar with pub landlady Annie Walker (Doris Speed) over alcohol sales. Podmore told Daran Little in his book ""The Coronation Street story"" that"
"Louise Harrison Louise Harrison (born Louise Anna Imogen Harrison in Bowdon, Cheshire), is a British actress who trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. She is best known for her role as PC Donna Harris in the long running ITV drama ""The Bill and"" Dawn Prescott in ""Coronation Street"". She has also appeared in various other TV dramas and on stage. Her first role was in the series ""A Very Peculiar Practice"", where she played Suzanne. Shortly after she went on to play her first regular role as Dawn Prescott in Coronation Street and then a couple"
"Lucy Speed Lucy Renee Speed (born 31 August 1976) is an English actress best known for her television roles as Natalie Evans (née Price) in the BBC One soap opera ""EastEnders"", and as DS Stevie Moss in the ITV1 police drama series ""The Bill"". Speed is the second of two children born to Sue (née Salter) and Sid Speed, having an older brother, Dan. Her career in performing began at the age of seven after her ballet teacher saw potential and advised her parents to get her an agent. She attended a local after-school theatre group in south Croydon alongside"
"Ellie Leach Ellie Louise Leach (born 15 March 2001) is an English actress, best known for playing the role of Faye Windass in the soap opera ""Coronation Street"" since 2011. Leach is the cousin of Brooke Vincent, who plays Sophie Webster in ""Coronation Street"". Leach was born in Bury, Greater Manchester and she has a younger sister, Daisy. Leach attended Fairfield High School for Girls and currently studies performing arts at a further education college. Leach appeared in commercials for Staples and McDonald's. In 2009, Leach appeared in the film ""A Boy Called Dad"". In 2010, Leach appeared in an"
"Doris Roberts Doris Roberts (born Doris May Green; November 4, 1925 – April 17, 2016) was an American actress, author, and philanthropist whose career spanned six decades of television and film. She received five Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild award during her acting career, which began in 1951. Roberts studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City and started in films in 1961. She had several prominent roles in movies, including playing opposite Shirley Stoler in ""The Honeymoon Killers"" (1969), Elliott Gould in ""Little Murders"" (1971), Steven Keats in ""Hester Street"" (1975),"
"similar to an episode of ""Tonight with Trevor McDonald"". Tragedy mum Natasha Hogan was interviewed to support this. Zoe Henry revealed that her husband, Jeff Hordley, who plays Cain Dingle in ""Emmerdale"", had given her advice on playing a villainous role. Interviews Zoe provided the Sunday Mirror: Following the characters departure, Henry had a guest part in ""The Bill"". before taking on the full-time role of Rhona Goskirk in ITV1's Emmerdale. Casey Carswell Kim ""K.C."" Carswell is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Coronation Street"". She was played by Zoe Henry, making her first appearance on 16"
"Nikki Ann Sanderson was born on 28 March 1984 in Blackpool, UK. Sanderson dated her former ""Coronation Street"" co-star Danny Young from 2005 to February 2009. Nikki Sanderson Nikki Ann Sanderson (born 28 March 1984) is an English actress and former glamour model who is known for playing Candice Stowe in the television soap opera ""Coronation Street"", Dawn Bellamy in ""Heartbeat"" and Maxine Minniver in ""Hollyoaks"". During her time at ""Coronation Street"" and since, she has also been a glamour model and television presenter on programmes such as """", ""Junior Eurovision"" and ""Ministry of Mayhem"". Sanderson was born in Blackpool,"
"worker Doreen Lostock in the newly-commissioned ITV soap opera, ""Coronation Street"". Crow appeared for two years from 1961, but was absent for most of 1962 due to the Equity Actor's Strike. The character reappeared in June of that year, before departing for good in October. During her tenure, her character had a relationship with Billy Walker (Ken Farrington), son of popular long-standing character Annie (Doris Speed). The character of Doreen had a particularly good friendship with fellow factory worker Sheila Birtles (Eileen Mayers). This friendship proved popular with the public, and served as a basis for the friendships of future"
"City, she will serve as a recurring character in the fourth series. In 2015, Jacobs appeared in an episode of the ITV drama ""Midsomer Murders"" as Police Constable Carolyn Florrie. She voiced Amaya in the fifth episode of the video game ""Game of Thrones"". Jaye Jacobs Emma Jaye Jacobs (born 27 May 1982), known professionally as Jaye Jacobs, is an English actress. She is best known for playing the roles of Donna Jackson in the BBC medical drama series ""Holby City"" from 2004 to 2011 and 2017 onwards and Sian Diamond in the BBC school drama series ""Waterloo Road"" from"
"houseboat when she fell ill. Around Christmas 2012, Haque was diagnosed with cancer. She developed a lung clot and pneumonia and in the early hours of 17 January 2013, she died in her sleep in a London hospital, while undergoing tests. Sophiya Haque Sophiya Haque (14 June 1971 – 17 January 2013) was an English actress, singer, video jockey and dancer. She is best known for playing the role of Poppy Morales in ""Coronation Street"" between 2008 and 2009. Haque was born Syeda Sophia Haque in Portsmouth, Hampshire to a Bangladeshi father and a British Jewish mother. She was the"
"in late 2011) when Sophie was talking with her new partner Maddie Heath (Amy James-Kelly). It was announced on 15 December 2008, that actress Sacha Parkinson has been cast as Sian alongside Lucien Laviscount. They were both introduced as schoolmates of Sophie Webster (Brooke Vincent). A ""Coronation Street"" insider told the ""Daily Star"" ""Brooke is an amazing actress and the introduction of two characters her own age will give the writers free rein to come up with some fantastic plots for her. Being so young means there’s a limit to what Sophie can get up to - but now she"
"as Gail Platt. Thelma Barlow Thelma Barlow (née Pigott; born 19 June 1929) is an English television actress and writer, most famous for her roles as Mavis Wilton in the long-running ITV soap opera ""Coronation Street"" and as Dolly Bellfield in the sitcom ""Dinnerladies"". Thelma Barlow was born in 1929 in Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, the younger of two daughters. Her father, Tommy, a cabinet maker, died of pneumonia five weeks before her birth, and Barlow was brought up by her mother Margaret. Barlow has an elder sister, Veda. During her childhood the family moved to Huddersfield, West Riding"
"some of Corrie's 'energy' that it's been lacking of late."" TV critic Christine Klabacher added, ""Actress Margi Clarke threw herself into the role as always and brightened a rather dull week in the soap [...] characterisation was called for, and Margi obliged in bucketloads."" Jackie Dobbs Jackie Dobbs is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Coronation Street"", played by Margi Clarke. She was introduced in 1998, but written out in 1999 due to the personal problems of the actress who played her. Nine years later, in 2008, the character was reintroduced, once again played by Clarke, who"
"Karen McDonald Karen McDonald (also Phillips) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Coronation Street"", played by Suranne Jones. Karen was created by producer Jane Macnaught as a recurring character and one of the factory girls. She made her debut in the episode airing on 21 June 2000. On 13 May 2004, Jones announced her decision to leave the soap and her final scenes were broadcast on 26 December 2004. Karen's storylines have focused on her number of boyfriends including, Vikram Desai (Chris Bisson) and Joe Carter (Jonathan Wrather), also her relationship with Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson)"
"Sian Powers Sian Powers is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Coronation Street"", portrayed by Sacha Parkinson. Sian was introduced as a love interest for Sophie Webster (Brooke Vincent). Sian joined the cast of ""Coronation Street"" alongside Ben Richardson (Lucien Laviscount) in January 2009 as Sophie's schoolmates. They soon form a new group of teenagers along with Ryan Connor (Ben Thompson). Sian and girlfriend Sophie are ""Coronation Street's"" first lesbian couple. It was announced on 29 May 2011 that Parkinson had quit her role, and she made her last on screen appearance on 30 December 2011. Fifteen-year-old"
"Tyrone Dobbs Tyrone Dobbs is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Coronation Street"". Portrayed by Alan Halsall, the character first appeared on screen during the episode airing on 30 November 1998 and is still a cast member 20 years later. Tyrone's storylines have been focused on his relationships with Maria Sutherland (Samia Ghadie) and Fiz Brown (Jennie McAlpine) as well as his doomed marriage to Molly Compton (Vicky Binns) and suffering domestic violence at the hands of his fiancée Kirsty Soames (Natalie Gumede). In 2018, following the death of his mother Jackie (Margi Clarke), Tyrone discovers that"
"Thelma Barlow Thelma Barlow (née Pigott; born 19 June 1929) is an English television actress and writer, most famous for her roles as Mavis Wilton in the long-running ITV soap opera ""Coronation Street"" and as Dolly Bellfield in the sitcom ""Dinnerladies"". Thelma Barlow was born in 1929 in Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, the younger of two daughters. Her father, Tommy, a cabinet maker, died of pneumonia five weeks before her birth, and Barlow was brought up by her mother Margaret. Barlow has an elder sister, Veda. During her childhood the family moved to Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire. Barlow"
"""It was the most liberating thing I've ever done"". In 2012, Gee made a guest appearance at a Sweeney Meet event held in Hammersmith, London. joining fans of the '70s show The Sweeney in which she had appeared. Prunella Gee Prunella Gee (born Prunella Mary Gee on 17 February 1950) is an English actress, best known for her work in the 1970s and 1980s, and for the role of Doreen Heavey in ""Coronation Street"", a part she first played in 1999. Doreen appeared in 17 episodes before returning as a permanent character in 2002 until 2003. She came back the"
"in an auction. After solicitors' bills, outstanding tax payments, death duties, and other distributions, the combined estate of Dors and Lake left little for the upkeep of their son (aged 14), who was subsequently made a ward of court to his half-brother Gary Dawson in Los Angeles. Dors was portrayed by Keeley Hawes (younger) and Amanda Redman (older) in the TV biographical film ""The Blonde Bombshell"" (1999). On the cover of the 1967 album ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" by ""The Beatles"", Diana Dors appears in the collage of celebrities, on the right below the tree. Dors claimed to"
"decided to rename Coronation Street Alf Roberts Street in his honour, and Alf was hurt when the locals opposed it. He was also made an OBE for services to local Government. When Alf became mayor for the second time, Audrey declined to be mayoress, and Alf asked Betty Turpin (Betty Driver) instead. A compromise was later reached. When Alf retired from the council, Audrey held his seat for a while. On New Year's Eve 1998, the Roberts attended Nick Tilsley (Adam Rickitt)'s 18th birthday party at Gail's house. Worn out from dancing, Alf slumped onto an armchair where he suffered"
"Annie Walker (Doris Speed) a carpet with her initials on it. The initials were the same because the carpet came from the Alhambra Weatherfield Bingo Hall. His promise to get a colour television for the Ogdens was similarly unsuccessful as he only managed to get them a colour tinted screen. In 1978, Eddie was suspected by the police of stealing Stan's handcart and filling it with lead stolen from Farraday Street, even though Eddie's friend, Tiny Hargreaves (Jimmy Gardner), was the real culprit. The cart was impounded by the police when Hilda took it back and Eddie and Stan claimed"
"episode of ""Moving On"" as Stacy. In 2011, Leach successfully landed the role of Faye Butler, a potential adoptive child for Anna (Debbie Rush) and Eddie Windass (Steve Huison). Ellie Leach Ellie Louise Leach (born 15 March 2001) is an English actress, best known for playing the role of Faye Windass in the soap opera ""Coronation Street"" since 2011. Leach is the cousin of Brooke Vincent, who plays Sophie Webster in ""Coronation Street"". Leach was born in Bury, Greater Manchester and she has a younger sister, Daisy. Leach attended Fairfield High School for Girls and currently studies performing arts at"
"wants Sunita and his children back, after learning that she has a new partner, Matt, and that they're engaged. In January 2010, Dev is secretly pleased when Sunita tells him that she has broken up with Matt. Realising that they are meant to be together, Dev and Sunita agree to give their relationship another chance and buy 7 Coronation Street from the widowed single mother, Maria Connor. In December 2010, after the tram crash Becky McDonald (Katherine Kelly) steals money from the Corner Shop's safe whilst Dev is in hospital after Sunita was injured. Later that month, Dev says whoever"
"known role is as Jack Walker, genial landlord of the Rovers Return Inn in television soap ""Coronation Street"". Jack ran the pub alongside his wife Annie (played by Doris Speed). The Walkers were extremely popular characters, and both Leslie and Speed were much liked and respected by fellow cast members. Jack appeared in the show from the second episode on 14 December 1960 until his last appearance on 24 June 1970. In addition to acting, Leslie was also a playwright, and wrote under the name ""Arthur S. Broughton"". One such play, ""Welcome Little Stranger"", enjoyed success in repertory theatre. On"
"it was confirmed that Parkinson was joining the cast of ITV drama ""Safe House"" for its second series. Sacha Parkinson Sacha Louise Parkinson is an English actress. She is best known for playing the role of Sian Powers in the ITV soap opera ""Coronation Street"" from 2009 to 2011. After leaving ""Coronation Street"", she went on to play Miriam Caterall in the Channel 4 drama ""The Mill"", and in late 2014, she appeared in ""The Driver"" playing Katie. In 2015–2016 she played Connie Hawkins, later Towler, in the third and fourth series of ""Mr Selfridge"". Parkinson was born in Salford,"
"and husband Andrew have three children, Tom, Poppy and William. Debbie Rush Debbie Rush is an English actress, best known for playing the role of Anna Windass in ""Coronation Street"" for 10 years from 2008 to 2018. After training at the Manchester School of Acting when she was in her thirties, she has also starred in ""Shameless"" and ""Hollyoaks in the City."" Rush also filmed the role of Pam in the horror film ""Salvage"" alongside Neve McIntosh. In December 2010, Rush released her own fitness DVD, ""Debbie Rush's Bulge Buster Workout"". In March 2015, Rush was nominated in the category"