Angela Rooks

Angela Rooks (1923 - November 2006) appeared on Coronation Street between March and April 1988 and in March 2002 as Eunice Watts, mother of Curly Watts (actress Georgine Anderson took over the role for the character's December 1995 appearance).

An original Tiller Girl, she contracted tuberculosis during World War II while serving with ENSA. Having undergone an operation to remove a lung, she was forced to give up her dancing career.

Other credits include roles in Armchair Theatre, Ace of Wands, The Children of the New Forest, Mapp & Lucia, London Bridge, The Bill and Aquila, while on stage she appeared in productions of Larry the Lamb in Toytown, Under Milk Wood, Ten Little Indians, A Murder is Announced, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, A Winter's Tale and Bedroom Farce.