Maggie Jones
21 June 1934 - 2 December 2009
Actress
Although she made her Coronation Street debut as far back as 1961, it was in 1974 that Jones first played Blanche Hunt – Deirdre Barlow’s mother – a role she reprised most fully in 1999. Other roles came in such notable series as The Forsyte Saga (1967) and The Barchester Chronicles (1982).