# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/liz-dawn
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:21:12.506Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/liz-dawn"
name: "Liz Dawn"
slug: "liz-dawn"
description: "Sylvia Ibbetson, known professionally as Elizabeth Dawn or Liz Dawn, was a British actress, best known for her role as Vera Duckworth in the long-running British soap opera Coronation Street. First starting on the serial in 1974, she had a recurring role as a factory worker until her husband, Jack, first appeared in 1979. She played the character of Vera for 34 years. For her role in the soap, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2008 British Soap Awards. She was also appointed an MBE in the 2000 Queen's Birthday Honours."
tagline: "English actress (1939-2017)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/76/Vera_duckworth.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: "1939-11-08"
deathDate: "2017-09-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.68
  momentum:             2.227722772277227
  historical:           10.23427733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0206005/"
    handle:    "nm0206005"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c4f00337-25da-41cf-98bf-14745b420eca"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Dawn"
    title: "Liz Dawn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ليز داون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ليز داون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Dawn"
    title: "Elizabeth Dawn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Dawn"
    title: "Elizabeth Dawn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Dawn"
    title: "Liz Dawn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Dawn"
    title: "Elizabeth Dawn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Dawn"
    title: "Elizabeth Dawn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Dawn"
    title: "Elizabeth Dawn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Dawn"
    title: "Elizabeth Dawn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%B2_%DA%88%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "لز ڈان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Dawn"
    title: "Liz Dawn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5362670"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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