Cilla Battersby-Brown
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| Coronation Street character | |
| Cilla Battersby-Brown | |
|---|---|
| Played by | Wendi Peters |
| Duration | 2003-present |
| Date of Birth | 31 August 1960 |
| Date of Death | -- |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Address | 5 Coronation Street |
| Occupation | Works in local chip shop |
| Family | Billy, Fiz, Chesney, Les |
Cilla Battersby-Brown (previously Brown) is a fictional character on ITV's soap opera Coronation Street. She is the tarty, common, redhead wife of Les Battersby-Brown, and mother of Chesney, Fiz and non-regular character Billy, who is in the army.
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[edit] Biography
Cilla can be a devious woman but her young son Chesney still loves and believes in his mother, who has often used him as a weapon to make people feel sorry for her.
Cilla first appeared as a barmaid in the Weatherfield Arms where she met Les. When Les and Cilla first met she named herself Lulu (after the singer). It was when she came face-to-face with resident Fiz it was revealed that they were mother and daughter. It was revealed that she had also left her son to starve in their home for days while she was having fun with her new man.
The mother and son moved in, but due to Cilla's attempts to force herself on other men, she dumped Chesney on Les and stayed with a friend for six weeks When she showed her face, Les was on the verge of rekindling the passion with his estranged wife, Janice, but this was halted after Les finally gave in to passion with Cilla.
In 2005, Les and Cilla dumped Chesney on the Croppers and jetted off to Spain for six weeks.
They later planned to marry for the sake of the wedding presents they would be given. On her hen night, Cilla tried to sleep with a younger man but Les interrupted and she passed off the man as her eldest son, Billy, who was arriving for the special day.
On Christmas Day 2005, she tried to deep-fry her turkey (her oven had broken down) at the local chip shop where she works. When they got back hours later, they discovered the chip shop was on fire.
In a story of early March 2006, Cilla threw out Les after he slept with his ex-wife Janice. She was hurt at what Les had done, appearing in no makeup and basic clothes. When Les said he would crawl across the cobbles in order to win Cilla over, Cilla couldn't let Les go through with it, and so they reunited.
November 2006 saw Cilla diagnosed with skin cancer, most likely because of the amount of time she spent on her sunbed, but she kept it from her family. Suspecting that Cilla was having another affair Les kicked her out of their home. It was then that Cilla came clean to daughter Fiz about her illness, who later told Chesney and Les. The whole family were reunited by Cilla's hospital bed, and Cilla then returned home.
[edit] Les and Cilla's Mayhem Marriage
Les and Cilla finally arranged their wedding day, despite the fact that the priest was a de-frocked clergyman, and they had to distract the real vicar while they 'married'. Cilla smashed Tracy Barlow's window (due to the fact that she wouldn't hand over the bouquet of flowers for the ceremony because Cilla wouldn't pay up) and then she ran to the Dev Alahan's shop and stole some flowers before jumping into the wedding car towards the church.
Les was driving when he spotted a member of Status Quo, took his eyes of the road to stare in amazement, and crash into their van (with the other band member inside). Status Quo decided to play at the wedding to avoid a lawsuit against Les who had been punched by a member of the band.
Les put on a neck brace before 'tying the knot' (despite the marriage not being legal) with Cilla, and they became known as the Battersby-Brown family.
The Quo turned up at a back room in the reception (where the presents were being kept) to rest. Les walked in, and told his idols that his dream was to trash a room with expensive things in. He duly chucked all his things about and wrecked everything, and threw a wedding-present TV out of the window, only for Cilla to walk in to inform him that he had just trashed the presents! She went crazy and started attacking him as the Quo watched in bursts of laughter, and the reception ended with the band agreeing to put past differences with Les behind them. They performed Rockin' All Over the World with Les on stage with them.
Cilla then went on honeymoon with her friend, Yana Lumb, instead of Les. Upon returning, Les and Cilla were legally married (off-screen) in a Register Office.
[edit] Cilla-Related Storylines
- Rita Sullivan caught Chesney shoplifting, and gave him a small clip around the ear. Cilla forced her son to exaggerate injuries in order to scam Rita.
- Cilla used Fiz's name in order to get a credit card.
- Les threw Cilla out, and she left Chesney with him. She thought that Les and estranged wife Janice were getting close to each other again. She returned, and worked her way around Les until he agreed to get back together with her.
- Cilla married Les in a stolen church with a fake priest so she could get expensive wedding presents.
- Cilla threw Les out, after he slept with his ex-wife Janice Battersby after a drunken night out together, following Janice's sacking. She took him back after he offered to crawl across the cobbles on his hands and knees.
[edit] Family
- Husband : Les
- Children: Billy, Fiz, Chesney
- Step-daughter: Leanne Battersby
