Avril Angers

Avril Angers (18th April 1918 – 9th November 2005) was born in Liverpool. In her youth she was a Tiller Girl and she served with ENSA during the Second World War. She was a comedian and actress with appearances in films (notably The Family Way) and in television programmes in a career stretching over fifty years. She played Norah Dawson in Coronation Street. Like Patricia Phoenix an image of her was used on the cover of a record by The Smiths. She never married or had children and died of pneumonia. When The Stage reported her death they described her as a 'Comedy great' and

[link The Stage Obituary]