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Violet Carson

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British actress and singer (1898-1983)

United KingdomActorsLived 1898 to 1983 · aged 85
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Violet Helen Carson was a British actress of radio, stage and television, and a singer and pianist, who had a long and celebrated career as an actress and performer during the early days of BBC Radio, and during the last two decades of her life as the matronly Christian widow, town gossip and elderly battle-axe Ena...

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Television 3

Bewitched1964
Batman1966
An Age of Kings1960

Awards 1

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Actors from United Kingdom 6

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Violet Helen Carson was a British actress of radio, stage and television, and a singer and pianist, who had a long and celebrated career as an actress and performer during the early days of BBC Radio, and during the last two decades of her life as the matronly Christian widow, town gossip and elderly battle-axe Ena Sharples in the ITV television soap opera Coronation Street. She was one of the original characters from the series debut in 1960 and would feature in the role for twenty years.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1898 to 1983 · aged 85
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7 languages

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