Lynne Perrie
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| Lynne Perrie | |
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| Born | Jean Dudley April 7, 1931 Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, UK |
| Died | March 24, 2006 (aged 74) London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Television actress |
Lynne Perrie (7 April 1931 - 24 March 2006), was an English actress. She was born in Rotherham, Yorkshire, and was the sister of comedian Duggie Brown.
[edit] Career
After Rotherham Grammar School for Girls, she trained at local repertory theatres. Her first major screen role was that of Mrs Casper in the 1969 film Kes. This led to her getting the role of Ivy Tilsley (later Brennan) in the soap opera, Coronation Street. She first appeared in 1971 as a minor character, but the producers were sufficiently impressed with her performance to offer her a more substantial role from the mid 1970s when the character was joined by her family and moved in to a house on Coronation Street. In 1994, without consulting her bosses on the programme, Perrie had cosmetic surgery to make her lips look fuller, but the results were unflattering, and Perrie was sacked. Her character died off-screen the following year.
She had a cameo in the 1994 production of Mike Reid's Pussy in Boots where she played the role of Poison Ivy.
Following her dismissal, Perrie appeared as a guest on numerous chat shows, including a notorious appearance on Channel 4's The Word in 1994 where (amongst other acts) she performed her own embarrassing rendition of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" — this performance was number 62 on Channel 4's list of 100 Greatest Television Moments From Hell. She also caused scandal when she appeared on the satellite channel, Television X. She was shown pulling down the thong of a male stripper and proceeding to lick the revealed penis. In 1995 she made a spoof workout video Lynne Perrie's Alternative Workout which consisted of Perrie drinking large amounts of champagne whilst helping athletic young men out of their workout clothing.
[edit] Life and family
Perrie married Derrick Barksby in 1950 and gave birth to her only son Stephen in 1951. Her terminally-ill son came to prominence in the 2000s campaigning for assisted suicide. In her biography, she later admitted that she had had several affairs in the course of her marriage. She also suffered intermittent health problems, including a heart attack and a cancer scare.
Perrie died in Rotherham following a stroke, aged 74, on 24 March 2006. Of her former Coronation Street colleagues, only Helen Worth and Christopher Quinten attended her funeral. Her life and work were acknowledged at the British Academy Television Awards in 2006.
