Mrs Ellis (1991 character)

Mrs Ellis was a widow woman who was set to buy 3 Coronation Street when Emily Bishop decided to relocate to Rhos-on-Sea in 1991. Mrs Ellis was moving from a three-bedroomed house in Pear Street, which was where she and her late husband Frank had raised their two sons. Frank had died in an industrial accident at the workplace after a thirty-year marriage, and as her sons had flown the nest, Mrs Ellis was finding herself rattling around "like a peak in a drum" living in the large house by herself. As Emily showed her round No.3, the house ticked all the boxes, being roomier than its outward appearance would suggest and having access to the back meant that she wouldn't have to hump a dustbin through the house.

A week after the viewing, Mrs Ellis called round at No.3 to take some measurements. She was confused when Emily told her that she wasn't moving to Rhos-on-Sea, and initially took her comment to mean that she'd misheard Emily. Having realised that she was only moving to get rid of her insufferable lodger Percy Sugden, and that she'd be unhappy in Rhos-on-Sea in the long run, Emily took the bull by the horns and told Mrs Ellis that she was no longer selling, offering her sincere apologies.