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Patricia Phoenix

Patricia Phoenix

Actor, Writer, Stunts

Born November 26, 1923 in Manchester, England, UK

Died September 17, 1986

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Patricia Phoenix was an English film and television actress who became one of the first sex symbols of British television through her role as Elsie Tanner, an original cast member of Coronation Street.

Phoenix attended Fallowfield Central School. As a child, she nursed early theatrical ambitions, appearing regularly on the radio in Children's Hour at the age of 11, after having submitted a monologue. After leaving school, she worked as a filing clerk for the gas department of Manchester Corporation, performing in amateur dramatics in her spare time. She joined the Arts Theatre in Manchester and other Northern repertory companies.

Phoenix's big break came in 1948, when she played Sandy Powell's wife in the Mancunian Film Studios film Cup-tie Honeymoon, followed by a summer season in Blackpool with Thora Hird in the show Happy Days. Phoenix's love life was often fodder for tabloid stories. Her first marriage was to actor Peter Marsh, whom she married in Bradford Cathedral; the marriage lasted only a year. In 1972, she married her Coronation Street co-star Alan Browning, who had alcohol-related problems and died from liver failure in 1979. She later married actor Antony Booth, the father-in-law of future Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Phoenix wrote two volumes of autobiography: All My Burning Bridges (1974) and Love, Curiosity, Freckles and Doubt (1983). She was a lifelong supporter of the Labour Party, campaigning for her son-in-law Tony Blair in the 1983 General Election and helping him win his first seat in a landslide majority, and a practising Roman Catholic. She also owned the Navigation Inn, a pub in Buxworth.

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Coronation Street: Compilations Poster

Coronation Street: Compilations TV Series2020Elsie Tanner

Coronation Street at Christmas Poster

Coronation Street at Christmas Documentary2019Elsie Tanner

Hilda Ogden's Last Ta Ra - A Tribute to Jean Alexander Poster

Hilda Ogden's Last Ta Ra - A Tribute to Jean Alexander TV Movie2016Elsie Tanner

The Road to Coronation Street Poster

The Road to Coronation Street TV Movie2010Self

The Stars of the Street: 50 Years, 50 Classic Characters Poster

The Stars of the Street: 50 Years, 50 Classic Characters Video2010Elsie Tanner

When Pat Phoenix Met Tony Booth Documentary2002Self

40 Years on Coronation Street Poster

40 Years on Coronation Street TV Special2000Elsie Tanner

The Unforgettable Pat Phoenix Poster

The Unforgettable Pat Phoenix Documentary2000Self

Coronation Street: Through the Keyhole Poster

Coronation Street: Through the Keyhole Video1999Elsie Tanner

Top Ten TV Series1998Self

Women of Coronation Street Poster

Women of Coronation Street Video1998Elsie Tanner

The Coronation Street Collection: The Duckworths Poster

The Coronation Street Collection: The Duckworths Video1995Elsie Tanner

Constant Hot Water Poster

Constant Hot Water TV Series1986Phyllis Nugent

Unnatural Causes Poster

Unnatural Causes TV Series1986Nellie

Aspel & Company Poster

Aspel & Company TV Series1984Self

Wogan TV Series1982Self

Did You See..? Poster

Did You See..? TV Series1980Self

Friday Night, Saturday Morning Poster

Friday Night, Saturday Morning TV Series1979Self

Husband of the Year TV Series1975Self

Charles Dickens' World of Christmas TV Movie1974

Look Who's Talking Poster

Look Who's Talking TV Series1973Self - Interviewee

Pebble Mill at One Poster

Pebble Mill at One TV Series1972Self

Parkinson Poster

Parkinson TV Series1971Self

Looks Familiar Poster

Looks Familiar TV Series1970Self - Guest

All Star Comedy Carnival Poster

All Star Comedy Carnival TV Movie1969Elsie Tanner

Stars on Sunday TV Series1969Mrs. Crummles

A Royal Gala TV Special1966Elsie Tanner

Glamour All the Way Poster

Glamour All the Way Documentary1964Self - Judge

Mr & Mrs TV Series19641 episode, 1977

World in Action Poster

World in Action TV Series1963Self

The L-Shaped Room Poster

The L-Shaped Room Feature Film1962Sonia

Coronation Street Poster

Coronation Street TV Series1960Elsie Tanner

Coronation Street: First Dry Run TV Movie1960Elsie Tanner

Coronation Street: Second Dry Run TV Movie1960

Jack the Ripper Poster

Jack the Ripper Feature Film1959Rowdy Woman in the Crowd

The Artful Dodger TV Series19591 episode, 1959

Blood of the Vampire Poster

Blood of the Vampire Feature Film1958Woman

Blackpool Show Parade TV Series19571 episode, 1959

ITV Television Playhouse Poster

ITV Television Playhouse TV Series19551 episode, 1958

This Is Your Life Poster

This Is Your Life TV Series1955Self

Cup-Tie Honeymoon Poster

Cup-Tie Honeymoon Feature Film1948Mrs. Butler

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The Lenny the Lion Show TV Series1957

Stunts

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It's a Grand Life Poster

It's a Grand Life Feature Film1953

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