 Minnie Caldwell ("née" Carlton) is one of the original characters in the long-running British soap opera, "Coronation Street".Minnie, played by Margot Bryant from 1960–76, was a timid and lovable elderly woman who went about with the more dominant characters of Martha Longhurst and Ena Sharples.Minnie was known to be very indecisive, which often led Ena to label her as slow-witted or "daft".