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| Born | April 4, 1941 |
| Hometown | Ardwick, United Kingdom |
| Spouse | Ali Tarmey (m 1962 - 2012) |
| Children | Sara Piddington , Carl Piddington |
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Corrie’s Tyrone and Fiz will never replace Jack and Vera, actors say
- The show’s Christmas Day episode will see Tyrone Dobbs, played by Alan Halsall, getting ready for a surprise wedding to fiancee Fiz Stape.
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Bill Roache pays poignant tribute to former Coronation Street co-star Liz Dawn
Liz played Vera Duckworth in the ITV soap.
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Remembering Elizabeth Dawn: Coronation Street star who came to define a generation
Coronation Street is the best of the North, this liminal space made real by time and repeated viewing, where the bones of lives are given form on typewriter and laptop, and given flesh by words spoken from mouths as familiar as those of our own family. Coronation Street is more than the faintly-praised damnation of a “soap opera”, Vera Duckworth was more than a mere “character”, and Liz Dawn, who portrayed Vera on screen for 34 years and who has died, aged 77, was never just an actor. Liz Dawn
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Elizabeth Dawn: The actress who found fame as loudmouth Vera Duckworth in Coronation Street
The blonde curls and foghorn voice of soap opera’s most recognisable loudmouth, Vera Duckworth of Coronation Street, made Elizabeth Dawn a star. Dawn’s screen partnership with William Tarmey as Vera’s husband, Jack, was one of the great comedy double acts in Coronation Street’s long history. The couple bickered constantly and Vera even walked out on Jack several times and had affairs, but no one ever believed they would ever part for good – they were made for one another.
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Liz Dawn, Coronation Street 'legend' who played Vera Duckworth, dies at 77
Liz Dawn, Coronation Street 'legend' who played Vera Duckworth, dies at 77
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Liz Dawn's best moments as Coronation Street's Vera Duckworth
Liz Dawn's best moments as Coronation Street's Vera Duckworth
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Shayne Ward and Kym Marsh lead tributes to Corrie's Liz Dawn who played Vera Duckworth
"God bless her."
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Liz Dawn who played Coronation Street's Vera Duckworth has died
'She has been the love, light and inspiration in our lives and we are left bereft.'
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Liz Dawn dead: Read ITV statement on death of Coronation Street actress in full
Liz Dawn, star of Coronation Street, has died aged 77 after a battle with lung condition emphysema. Dawn joined the soap in 1974 and became half of one of television's most iconic couples, alongside Bill Tarmey, who portrayed her on-screen husband Jack. A statement was released by ITV and Coronation Street expression "the greatest sadness" to hear of Dawn's death.
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Liz Dawn dead: Coronation Street star, who played Vera Duckworth, dies aged 77
Coronation Street star Liz Dawn – who played character Vera Duckworth for 34 years – has passed away at the age of 77 after a long battle with lung condition emphysema. Dawn joined the ITV soap in 1974 and comprised half of one of soap's most iconic couples alongside Bill Tarmey who played her on-screen husband Jack Duckworth. “Liz died peacefully last night at home with her loving family around her.
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