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Doris Speed
MBE
Born(1899-02-03)3 February 1899
Chorlton, Lancashire, England
Died16 November 1994(1994-11-16) (aged 95)
Bury, Greater Manchester, England
OccupationActress
Years active1905–1988
Known forRole of Annie Walker in Coronation Street (1960–1983)

Doris Speed, MBE (3 February 1899 – 16 November 1994) was an English actress, best known for her role as landlady of the Rovers Return Inn Annie Walker on Coronation Street, a role she played from the programme's first episode in 1960 until 1983.

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Doris Speed

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Doris Speed, MBE (3 February 1899 – 16 November 1994) was an English actress, best known for her role as landlady of the Rovers Return Inn Annie Walker...

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Coronation Street

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million in February 1973, when Pat Phoenix quit as Elsie Tanner and Doris Speed (Annie Walker) took two months' leave due to bereavement. The audience...

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Arthur Leslie

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alongside his wife Annie (played by Doris Speed). The Walkers were extremely popular characters, and both Leslie and Speed were much liked and respected by...

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Celia Imrie

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Lady Glenmire "Christmas Special" 2010 The Road to Coronation Street Doris Speed TV film 2011 The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff Miss Christmasham 2012 Hacks...

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Pat Phoenix

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stars, including Phoenix. The other plaques commemorated the lives of Doris Speed, Bryan Mosley and Violet Carson. Article from The New York Times press...

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Lucille Hewitt

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being fostered by local landlords Jack (Arthur Leslie) and Annie Walker (Doris Speed).[citation needed] Both of Lucille's father figures died in the years...

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The Road to Coronation Street

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Barlow's grandson, James Cunningham at the same time. Celia Imrie played Doris Speed, who played the character of Annie Walker and Lynda Baron played the...

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Margot Bryant

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was friends with both Doris Speed (Annie Walker) and Bryant, said that the pair "were at each other's throats all the time. Doris was staunch Labour and...

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Deirdre Barlow

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engaged in 1974, to the horror of Billy's domineering mother Annie Walker (Doris Speed), who disapproves of Deirdre and sees her as a harlot. The wedding is...

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Elsie Tanner

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street and old memories filled her head; squabbles with Annie Walker (Doris Speed) and Ena Sharples (Violet Carson) and fights with her son, Dennis. While...

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Tony Warren

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Coronation Street, most notably Violet Carson who played Ena Sharples and Doris Speed who played Annie Walker. In his memoirs, Over the Airwaves, Children's...

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Bryan Mosley

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stars, including Mosley. The other plaques commemorated the lives of Doris Speed, Pat Phoenix and Violet Carson. In 2010, as part of the show's 50th anniversary...

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List of former Coronation Street characters

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Fairclough Peter Adamson 1961–1983 Suzie Birchall Cheryl Murray 1977–1979, 1983 Bert Tilsley Peter Dudley 1979–1983 Annie Walker Doris Speed 1960–1983...

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Bet Lynch

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of Hilda Ogden, Elsie Tanner and Vera Duckworth. When Annie Walker (Doris Speed) retires in 1983 after 46 years as landlady of The Rovers Return, her...

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Southport

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former recording artist Kenneth Siviter, cricketer Lee Slattery, golfer Doris Speed MBE, Coronation Street actress Hope Squire, composer Adrian Scott Stokes...

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Eddie Yeats

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a problem of some sort. He sold Rovers Return landlady Annie Walker (Doris Speed) a carpet with her initials on it. The initials were the same because...

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USS Doris Miller

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USS Doris Miller (CVN-81) will be the fourth Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. Doris Miller is scheduled to be laid down...

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Hilda Ogden

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greatest characters, Jack Howarth (Albert Tatlock), Arthur Leslie and Doris Speed (Jack and Annie Walker), all now sadly gone." Various celebrities are...

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Doreen Keogh

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Sean Regan (Tony Doyle). In 1975, Concepta admitted to Annie Walker (Doris Speed) that she knew Sean was unfaithful, but she loved him. In total, Keogh...

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Alf Roberts

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needed a partner when he became mayor of Weatherfield so Annie Walker (Doris Speed), the social-climbing landlady of The Rovers Return Inn, invited herself...

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List of people who have switched on the Blackpool Illuminations

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Admiral Sandy Woodward 1983 Cast of Coronation Street, switched on by Doris Speed 1984 Johannes Rau (Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia) and David...

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1994 in British television

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producer (Worzel Gummidge) 9 November Ralph Michael 87 actor 16 November Doris Speed 95 actress (Coronation Street) 13 December Norman Beaton 60 actor (Desmond's)...

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Lou Beale

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compared the character to Annie Sugden (Sheila Mercier) and Annie Walker (Doris Speed) but opined that Lou had a "harder edge" and that it was a "shame" that...

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