| Coronation Street characters | |||||
| 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | |
| 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | |
| 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | |
| 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | |
| 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | |
| 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | |
| 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | |
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | |
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | |
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
| 2010 | 2011 | ||||
Coronation Street is a British soap opera, initially produced by Granada Television. Created by writer Tony Warren, Coronation Street first broadcast on ITV on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters introduced in the show's twelfth year, by order of first appearance.
| Ivy Brennan | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coronation Street character | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Lynne Perrie | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1971–72, 1974, 1975, 1976–94[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 14 June 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 28 March 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Book appearances | Coronation Street: The Complete Saga | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 April 1936 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 23 August 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Machinist | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ivy Joan Brennan (née Nelson; previously Tilsley) was played by Lynne Perrie. Ivy worked as a machinist at Mike Baldwin's factory, and was elevated to supervisor. Her best friend was Vera Duckworth.
There was always tension between Ivy, a devout Roman Catholic, and her daughter-in-law, Gail, especially after the sudden death of her husband, Bert, who was a calming influence. She did not approve of Gail returning to work and placing her children with a child-minder. When Brian was murdered, the tension continued and Ivy was scandalised when Gail married Martin Platt, who was 11 years her junior. She was also bitter that Gail has changed Nick and Sarah-Louise's surname from Tilsley to Platt. Ivy was given the name 'Poison Ivy,' due to her love of stirring up trouble for Gail. After a short-lived romance with a warehouseman from the factory (whom she dumped when she learned he was divorced), Ivy met Don Brennan one night when he drove her home in his taxi. Don was a widower, and the couple were happy for a while, until Ivy's bitterness came between them and Don was tempted to stray.
Ivy was written out of the Street because the actress who played her, Lynne Perrie, had been sacked by studio bosses. It was said that she was on a long-term retreat in a convent, where she had a heart attack and died in her sleep. In order to inherit under the terms of her will, Nick had to change his surname back to Tilsley. Ivy was most concerned with Nick's welfare after Brian's death, and focused most of her attention on him, Sarah Louise escaped this attention because she believed that Sarah's real father was Ian Latimer, (despite the DNA test that stated otherwise), and therefore not Brian's daughter.
In December 2006, Ivy's old diary was discovered in the loft of Number 5 by Sophie Webster, who visited her friend Chesney Battersby-Brown, then residing in the house with his mother Cilla, stepfather Les and his sister Fiz's boyfriend, Kirk Sutherland. Sophie used the diary to fool several residents into thinking she was psychic by referencing past events written in the diary. David Platt, demanded the diary be given to him and read it. He and Maria Sutherland were amused by it until Maria read a particular passage, containing information about Ivy's bitterness toward Gail and David's father, Martin, and the fact that Gail had intended to have an abortion. David then wrapped the diary as a Christmas present, addressed to Gail. David subsequently read this to his whole family and their dinner guests, the Websters.
| Edna Gee | |
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| Coronation Street character | |
| Portrayed by | Mavis Rogerson |
| Duration | 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 |
| First appearance | 16 June 1971 |
| Last appearance | 1 October 1975 |
| Profile | |
| Date of birth | 1 October 1935 |
| Date of death | 1 October 1975 |
| Occupation | Factory Worker |
Edna Gee was played by Mavis Rogerson. Edna first appeared in 1971 working at the Mark Brittain mail order Warehouse. Edna was the first wife of Fred Gee. Edna was well known in Weatherfield as being a bit of a flirt and in 1973 she attended Hilda Ogden's birthday party and flirted with Ray Langton, but she ended up in the Ogdens' bedroom with Billy Walker, but Hilda thought Edna was in the room with Stan. Edna also enjoyed a gossip and along with workmate Ivy Tilsley she started spreading rumours that Elsie Tanner's husband, Alan Howard was having an affair. As well as Ivy, her other workmates included Elsie Tanner, Ken Barlow, Emily Bishop, Vera Duckworth, Gail Potter and Tricia Hopkins, she also attended Emily Nugent's wedding to Ernest Bishop in 1972. In October 1975, Edna celebrated her 40th Birthday, with Fred in the Rover's Return. The next day Edna was found dead in the Warehouse fire, Len Fairclough broke the news to all her friends and workmates.