Monday 10 July 2017
Amanda Barrie interview: Being loved as Alma
There's a wonderful interview with Amanda Barrie in which she talks about how being in her 80s isn’t stopping her living life to the full
She’s still working and has recently appeared on The Baby Boomers’ Guide To Growing Old, BBC’s fly-on-the-wall documentary, The Real Marigold Hotel and Holby City.
The interview in The Glasgow Evening Times is well worth a good read. It outlines Amanda's history from when she first shot to fame in the 60s in the Carry On films, through her marriage to Robin Hunter and then again to Hilary Bonner in 2014.
Speaking about her sexuality, Amanda says this: “It was difficult when I was on Coronation Street. I was always worrying it would come out, because at that time, there were people there who might not have been prepared to work with me. It’s changed so much in 16 years – I watched Corrie the other night and virtually everyone seemed to be gay!"
Read our blogger Graeme's interview with Amanda Barrie
Read more Corrie news, interviews and spoilers
Please read our advice for leaving comments on the Coronation Street Blog
All original work on Coronation Street Blog is covered by a Creative Commons License
Labels:
amanda barrie,
newsnow
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
You might also like...
-
Here are the major storylines for the week ahead on Coronation Street, all wrapped up nicely in 50 words or less. Monday 1 April to Friday 5...
-
Wednesday 27th March 2024 DAISY HAS AN UNWELCOME VISITOR Jenny and Daisy are horrified when Christina texts to say she is coming to stay fo...
-
Monday 25th March 2024 DAMON WANTS TO GET THE JOB DONE Harry thanks Damon for his VR headset and gives him a hug. Damon apologises again for...
-
You might have heard of Elf on a Shelf (I hadn't, I have to admit). Well, now there's a Coronation Street version doing the round...
-
Kate will begin her role in April 2024 reporting to the newly appointed Executive Producer for Continuing Drama, Iain MacLeod, John Whiston,...
-
We've all been waiting for Samon (Darah?) to collapse around Sarah's ears, haven't we? Like David using the VR headset, Sarah is...
-
Friday 29th March 2024 GLENDA GETS SOME UNWELCOME VISITORS With Jenny heading off to a posh dinner with Rita and Daisy going away with Ryan,...
-
Billy is finding it hard - Paul will at some point want to end his life and Billy is concerned that each slight sign of decay will lead to t...
-
How has Steve been coping in the wake of Tracy’s affair as it was a bit of a double whammy for him, his wife didn’t just have an affair, she...
-
Here are the major storylines for the week ahead on Coronation Street, all wrapped up nicely in 50 words or less. Monday 25 March to Friday ...
3 comments:
To add to Amanda's point (totally almost wrote Alma there) about being afraid of her sexuality coming out: in Rob Mallard we have an out gay man playing a heterosexual character. We already have straight actors playing gay characters - Todd, Sophie and Kate - but it doesn't often happen the other way round. It would've been inconceivable in the 80s.
I think that we had quite a number of gay actors playing straight characters during and before the 80s. Although they weren't "out" in a public way,I'm sure that all their fellow actors were well aware of their sexuality.
That's why the "out" part is crucial.
Post a Comment