Maudie Edwards

Maudie Edwards (born Elizabeth Maud Edwards), 16 October 1906 at Neath in Glamorgan was an actress and singer, best remembered as a member of the original cast of Coronation Street.

She had a talent for comedy and formed her own repertory company, The Maudie Edwards Players, who performed in the Palace Theatre, Swansea. In films of the 1940's, she provided a singing voice for stars such as Diana Dors and Margaret Lockwood. She made her first screen appearance in 1936 and her last in 1972. In 1950, she appeared onstage with Frank Sinatra at the London Palladium. She played Elsie Lappin in the first two episodes of Coronation Street and spoke the first words, during the first scene in the show's history. (1960). She died in London on 24 March 1991 (aged 84)

She appeared in:

The Flying Doctor (1936)

My Learned Friend The Shipbuilders (1943)

I'll Be Your Sweetheart Query and Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)

Walking on Air (1946)

School for Randle (1949)

Girdle of Gold (1952)

Take a Powder (1953)

The Strange World of Planet X and The Errol Flynn Theatre (TV series 1956)

Life at Stake (1957)

The Ugly Duckling (1959 film)