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Elizabeth Bradley

Actor
Born May 20, 1922Died October 30, 2000 (78 years)
Elizabeth Bradley (20 May 1922 – 30 October 2000) was an English actress. She played Maud Grimes in the British soap opera Coronation Street.

Bradley was born Joan Abraham in Macclesfield, Cheshire, the daughter of a senior civil servant, and took her father's middle name as her stage surname. She started acting professionally at the age of 23.

Bradley's played wheelchair-using pensioner Maud Grimes in Coronation Street from 1993 to 1999. The character was described as a battle-axe and was once called "the mother-in-law from hell". She filmed 476 episodes during this time. Bradley had previously played character Councillor Adams in the soap in 1978, but was credited then as Margaret Bradley.

She has also made TV appearances in London's Burning, The Bill, Casualty, Bad Girls and The Sweeney. Her film roles included Four Dimensions of Greta and The Flesh and Blood Show (both 1972) with director Pete Walker, and as the old woman who encounters a naked David Naughton at London Zoo in An American Werewolf in London (1981).

She was also a successful theatre actress, obtaining an Olivier Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her role in a National Theatre production of Billy Liar.

Filmography

1999
Bad Girls (1999) (TV Series) · as Mrs. Foster
1992
Memento Mori · as Mrs Anthony
1986
Casualty (TV Series) · as Mrs. Daniels
1984
The Bill (TV Series)
1982
Brimstone & Treacle · as Woman Passer By
1982
Shine on Harvey Moon (TV Series) · as Lady In Gallery
1981
1979
Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Mrs Bradley
1975
In This House of Brede · as Dame Margaret
1975
The Sweeney (TV Series) · as Mrs. Hibberd
1972
Van der Valk (TV Series) · as Hannah
1972
Four Dimensions of Greta · as Mrs. Schickler
1966
Davey Jones' Locker · as Mrs Haddock

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