# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gwen-taylor
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:07:53.714Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gwen-taylor"
name: "Gwen Taylor"
slug: "gwen-taylor"
description: "Gwen Taylor is an English actress who has appeared in many British television programmes. She is known for her roles as Amy Pearce in the sitcom Duty Free (1984–1986), Barbara Liversidge in the sitcom Barbara (1999–2003), Peggy Armstrong in the drama series Heartbeat (2005–2009), Anne Foster in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2011–2012), and Vi Highway in BBC One soap opera EastEnders (2021–2023). She was nominated for the 1990 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her role as Rita Simcock in the comedy series A Bit of a Do (1989). Her film appearances include Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) and The Lady in the Van (2015). In 1981, Taylor was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Gertrude in Hamlet."
tagline: "British actress"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/jFn4ehkvGhwUH9f8YtXQVXnUpaF.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: "1939-02-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.223164
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852438/"
    handle:    "nm0852438"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "جوين تايلور"
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    title: "Gwen Taylor"
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  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%86_%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "گوئن تیلور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Taylor"
    title: "Gwen Taylor"
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    title: "Gwen Taylor"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3780144"
    title: "Wikidata"
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  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10735"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump