17. Elsie
Tanner 1960-1973, 1976-1984 (95 votes)
Known
as the first siren and femme fatale of Coronation Street, Elsie graced our
screens for 21 years. An original character, Elsie worked her way through three
marriages and 19 boyfriends. Mother to Linda and Dennis, Elsie was also a
mother figure to Gail Potter, Suzie Birchall and Marion Willis. As well as her
romantic liaisons, Elsie’s also remembered for her fiery catfights with the
likes of Ena Sharples, Annie Walker and Hilda Ogden. Although they’re remembered for
clashing, Elsie would later seek advice and comfort from old sparring partner
Mrs Sharples and an example of this was when Ena prevented Elsie from
committing suicide. Elsie returned the favour when she took in a homeless Ena
in 1980. Elsie’s best friend was Len Fairclough who she dated in the 60s and
who saw Elsie as the perfect wife. Elsie saw Len as her confidante and not her
hubby and he was there for her during her turbulent marriages to Steve Tanner
and Alan Howard. Elsie was genuinely happy when Len married Rita (who saw Elsie
as a threat) and was devastated when he died in 1983. Elsie held many jobs over
the years including clothes shop assistant/manageress, florist manager, hair
salon manager, warehouse supervisor, factory supervisor and machinist and café
manager and waitress. Although she lived in Newcastle between 1973 and 1976,
she left Weatherfield life for good in 1984 when she left for the Algarve with
old flame Bill Gregory who she married over there. She lived a happy life in
Portugal before she died in a car crash with Bill in 2004.
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4 comments:
Very surprised not to see her higher.
This is getting silly now. I can imagine a oouple of characters above Elsie (Ena, Hilda) but few others, if any, can touch her immortality. Please don't tell me we're going to see vapid no-marks like Sian and Sophie in the top ten.
I didn't care about Annie or others, but I was surprised to see that Elsie is not in the top 10. Pity, but fair enough.
Sian wasn't part of the poll.
This is the most surprising result of the poll so far. Particularly as Graeme still hasn't appeared. Still enjoying the poll however, always good when something surprises you!
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