Corrie's Evelyn star Dame Maureen Lipman's life from heartache to royal connection
ok.co.ukMaureen Lipman has become an iconic figure in Coronation Street since joining the soap in 2018 as Evelyn Plummer.The 76-year-old actress has won the hearts of many fans and while she is expected to take a temporary break from the show, landing the lead role in the play Rose set to run in London's West End for a month starting in May, she signed an extension on her contract last year for the soap.
But what about her life away from the cobbles? Maureen’s late husband Jack Rosenthal, who she married in 1974, actually penned over 130 episodes of Coronation Street during the early days of the ITV soap and she said Evelyn is the sort of character her late husband would have created.
She said: "She’s a proper battleaxe, and she’s not really redeemed." Jack sadly died in 2004, aged 72, of multiple myeloma, a form of cancer.
After the death of her first husband Jack, Maureen Lipman found love again with computer expert Guido Castro in 2008. Sadly, Guido also passed away in 2021 after contracting COVID-19 while in a care home and battling Parkinson's disease.The actress was left heartbroken by his death, but expressed gratitude for having had two wonderful men in her life.
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