Noel Dyson

Noel Dyson (23 December 1916-June 1995), born Newton Heath, Manchester. After training with RADA and working on stage, television and film Noel played Ida Barlow the first major character to have been killed off in Coronation Street. She continued to act after leaving The Street and was a regular guest actor in television programmes until the mid 1990s. Her most significant role was that of 'Nanny' in Father, Dear Father. She reprised the role in the spin off series Father, Dear Father in Australia, and the film version of the sitcom. She was twice married, and had three step children.