Valerie Lilley

Valerie Lilley (born 14th April 1939 in Northern Ireland) appeared in Coronation Street in August 1983 as Mrs Lawson, the owner of a carpet that Eddie Yeats "found" and took while on his bid round.

She trained with Joan Littlewood's Arts Workshop in London in the early 1960s and has also appeared in The Black Stuff, Angels, Play for Today, Partners in Crime, Scully, Albion Market, Minder, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, The Famous Five, The Bill, Peak Practice, Hope and Glory, Serious and Organised, Grange Hill, The Promise, Messiah, The Catherine Tate Show, Emma, Doctors, the regular role of Patty Croker in Shameless, Cuffs and No Offence.

Film role include Scrubbers, Everyday and Priest (with Linus Roache).

On radio she has been heard in productions of The Monday Play, The Afternoon Play, Saturday-Night Theatre, Drama Now, The Death of Humpty Dumpty and Cross Words.

External pages

 * Internet Movie Database entry for Valerie Lilley
 * Wikipedia page for Valerie Lilley