Gloria Price to be a classic Corrie matriarch

There's an excellent interview in The Radio Times with Sue Johnston, who appears on Coronation Street next Wednesday as Gloria Price.

Sue describes Gloria as “A horror!” and within minutes of appearing on the cobbles, Gloria brands the Rovers Return “grotty” and startles a kimono-clad Ken.  Sounds great fun

Sue has appeared in Corrie before, with a  short stint as bookie’s wife Mrs Chadwick. In the interview with Radio Times journalist David Brown, she says: “I remember it so clearly because I was terrified. At the time, the characters were truly legendary and some of the actors were very intimidating. It really was true that if you sat in somebody else’s seat in the green room, you’d get in trouble. Thankfully, Liz Dawn [Vera Duckworth] took me under her wing and we’ve been close friends ever since. She was one of the first people I called when I knew I was going to be in the show and she was delighted. 

“One of my strongest memories from 30 years ago was being in the ladies loos when Doris Speed [Annie Walker] entered. I froze. This was Doris Speed! I stood in awe as she chatted away to me ten to the dozen. She then brought her Annie Walker wig out of her bag still talking away. She popped it on, snapped into role, left the toilets and walked straight into the Rovers. I thought about that on the first day that I walked onto the Rovers set and had a chuckle to myself.”

Read the full interview here.

Follow the Coronation Street Blog on Twitter and Facebook