Elizabeth Bradley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Elizabeth Bradley

British actress

Date of Birth: 20-May-1922

Place of Birth: Hampstead, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 30-Oct-2000

Profession: actor, film actor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Elizabeth Bradley

  • Elizabeth Bradley (20 May 1922 – 30 October 2000) was an English actress, perhaps most famous for playing battle-axe Maud Grimes in the fictional soap Coronation Street. Bradley was born Joan Abraham in Hampstead, London, the daughter of a senior civil servant, and took her father's middle name as her stage surname.
  • She started acting professionally at the age of 23.
  • She married actor Garth Adams in 1950, and was so until his death in 1977 - they had three children.Bradley's most famous role was as wheelchair-using pensioner Maud Grimes in Coronation Street in old age, from 1993 to 1999.
  • The character was sometimes called "the mother-in-law from hell".
  • She filmed 476 episodes during this time, and died suddenly in France a year after leaving the show. She has also made TV appearances in The Bill, Casualty, Bad Girls and The Sweeney.
  • Her film roles included Four Dimensions of Greta and The Flesh and Blood Show (both 1972) with director Pete Walker, and as the old woman who encounters a naked David Naughton at London Zoo in An American Werewolf in London (1981). She was also a successful theatre actress, obtaining an Olivier Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her role in a National Theatre production of Billy Liar.Bradley died after suffering a stroke, at the age of 78.

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