Coronation Street favourite to take break form ITV soap as unexpected new role revealed
manchestereveningnews.co.ukCoronation Street favourite Maureen Lipman is set to take a short break from the cobbles after it was revealed she'd be taking on another role at the end of the year.
Fans are fond of the actress for playing the no-nonsense Evelyn Plummer in the ITV soap. But Maureen was an acting legend long before she set foot on the famous cobbles.
The Hull-born actress trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and worked extensively in the theatre following her début in a stage production of The Knack at the Palace Theatre, Watford.
She was a member of Laurence Olivier's National Theatre Company at the Old Vic from 1971 to 1973 and of the Royal Shakespeare Company for its 1973 Stratford season and has continued to work in the theatre for over thirty years.
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