# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbara-knox
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:40:17.148Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barbara-knox"
name: "Barbara Knox"
slug: "barbara-knox"
description: "Barbara Knox is an English actress, best known for her long-running portrayal of Rita Tanner in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. She first appeared as Rita Littlewood for one episode in December 1964, before returning to the show as a full-time cast member in January 1972. She is currently the second-longest-serving cast member in Coronation Street, behind William Roache. Knox is also the second-longest-serving current television soap opera star in the world after playing Rita for 54 years."
tagline: "British actress"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/40Yu1uDeb9QR4Ie5a4kwPyyKYYt.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1932-09-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.43
  momentum:             7.452688904016338
  historical:           9.061484
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461598/"
    handle:    "nm0461598"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%86%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "باربرا نوكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%83%D9%86%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "باربارا كنوكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Knox"
    title: "Barbara Knox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Knox"
    title: "Barbara Knox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Knox"
    title: "Barbara Knox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Knox"
    title: "Barbara Knox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Knox"
    title: "Barbara Knox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Knox"
    title: "Barbara Knox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "باربرا ناکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4859063"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215179"
    title: "Barbara Knox"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump