Blanche Hunt was the mother of what award winning character played by Anne Kirkbride?
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Blanche Hunt Blanche Hunt (also Linfield) was a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street". She was originally played by Patricia Cutts; however, the actress committed suicide after appearing in just two episodes in 1974. Maggie Jones took over the role, playing Blanche in over 830 episodes from 1974 to her death in 2009. The character subsequently died off screen in 2010. Blanche was the mother of Deirdre Barlow (Anne Kirkbride), grandmother of Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) and great-grandmother of Amy. Her storylines have revolved around her family life, various romances and her "acerbic tongue". The character's "gallows humour" has been well received by critics, and saw Jones win The British Soap Award for "Best Comedy Performance" in 2005 and 2008. Blanche has been described as "a true "Coronation Street" icon".
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Anne Kirkbride Anne Kirkbride (21 June 1954 – 19 January 2015) was an English actress, known for her long-running role as Deirdre Barlow in the ITV soap "Coronation Street", which she played for over 42 years from 1972 to 2015. For this role, she posthumously received the Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2015 British Soap Awards.
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Francine Langstrom She-Bat (Francine Evelyn Lee, later Langstrom) is a fictional character, a supervillain and occasional superhero, and fiancée, later wife, of scientist Kirk Langstrom in the DC Comics universe. She first appeared in "Detective Comics" #402.
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Mo Butcher Maureen "Mo" Butcher is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera "EastEnders", played by Edna Doré between 1988 and 1990. She is introduced as the matriarch figure of the Butcher family, Frank Butcher's (Mike Reid) elderly mother. She is portrayed as a battle-axe, tough and interfering. Her most notable storyline first aired in 1990, when the character is used to portray descent into Alzheimer's disease. Doré opted to leave the serial that same year; Mo was written out of the soap making her last appearance in November. Mo was killed-off in 1992, but her death was not screened.
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Maggie Jones (actress) Margaret "Maggie" Jones (21 June 1934 – 2 December 2009) was an English actress, best known for playing Blanche Hunt in the British soap opera "Coronation Street", a role which she first portrayed in 1974 and played regularly from the late 1990s until shortly before her death. She won the British Soap Award for Best Comedy Performance in 2005 and 2008.
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Elizabeth Bellamy Elizabeth Wallace (Formerly Kirkbridge née Bellamy) is a fictional character in the ITV period drama "Upstairs, Downstairs", that was originally broadcast for five series from 1971 to 1975. She was portrayed by Nicola Pagett.
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Esther Hunt Esther Hunt (September 4, 1751February 2, 1820) was a pioneer who lived on America's frontier as a wife, a mother and a leader in her Quaker faith.
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Anne Elstner Anne Elstner Matthews (January 22, 1899 – January 29, 1981) was an American actress best known for her role in the radio soap opera "Stella Dallas" during its entire run from 1937 to 1955. For 18 years, Elstner voiced the serial's title character, described by "The New York Times" as "the beautiful daughter of an impoverished farmhand who had married above her station in life."
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Anne Wyndham Anne Wyndham (born January 29, 1951) is an American actress who is best known for portraying Rachel Miller, the daughter of Barney Miller, in the television series "Barney Miller".
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Kitty Forman Katherine Anne "Kitty" Forman (née Sigurdson) is a fictional character on the Fox Network's "That '70s Show", portrayed by comic actress Debra Jo Rupp. Kitty is a nurse but sometimes takes a break from her career to make peace in the family. She also has a very recognizable laugh (an accident on Debra Jo Rupp's part) and a fondness for square dancing. Kitty is in very many ways a typical 1970s wife and mother, putting her family first and always trying to smooth over the many conflicts within her household, although her efforts often fail. She is an unofficial foster mother to the entire group and is a source of comfort and advice for them all.
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Linda Hunt Lydia Susanna Hunter (born April 2, 1945), better known by her stage name Linda Hunt, is an American film, stage, and television actress. After making her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in "Popeye" (1980), Hunt's breakthrough came playing the male character Billy Kwan in "The Year of Living Dangerously" (1982), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first person to win an Oscar portraying a character of the opposite sex.
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Blanche Payson Blanche Payson (September 20, 1881 – July 4, 1964) was an American film actress.
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Annette O'Toole Annette O'Toole (born April 1, 1952) is an American actress, dancer, and singer-songwriter. She is best known for portraying Beverly Marsh in the "It" miniseries, Lana Lang in "Superman III" and more recently for portraying Martha Kent, the mother of Clark Kent, on the television series "Smallville".
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Mary Tyler Moore filmography and awards Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936 – January 25, 2017) was an American actress, known for her roles in the television sitcoms "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (1970–1977), in which she starred as Mary Richards, a thirtyish single woman who worked as a local news producer in Minneapolis, and "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961–1966), in which she played Laura Petrie, a former dancer turned Westchester homemaker, wife and mother. Her notable film work includes 1967's "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and 1980's "Ordinary People", in which she played a role that was very different from the television characters she had portrayed, and for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
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Louise Jefferson Louise Jefferson (née Mills) was a supporting character, portrayed by Emmy Award-winning actress Isabel Sanford, who appeared first on the television series "All in the Family". She later became one of the main characters in its spinoff series, "The Jeffersons". Her role lasted from 1971 to 1985, from her debut on "All in the Family" through the final episode of "The Jeffersons". She was often referred to as "Weezie" by her on-screen husband, George Jefferson, and sometimes as "Mrs. J." by her neighbor Archie Bunker. She was first introduced on "All in the Family" as a neighbor of Archie and Edith Bunker. Sanford appeared in 252 out of the 253 episodes of "The Jeffersons".
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Blanche of Lancaster, Baroness Wake of Liddell Blanche of Lancaster, Baroness Wake of Liddell (c. 1305-c. 1380) was an English noblewoman. She was the eldest daughter of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster and Maud Chaworth. Blanche was named after her grandmother, Blanche of Artois, who had ruled Navarre as regent.
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Lady Oscar (film) Oscar Françoise de Jarjayes (Catriona MacColl) is a young woman whose father, a career military man, wanted a boy. After she was born her father took to dressing Oscar in boy's clothes and raising her as a man. Privately Oscar acknowledges her feminine side, she dresses as a man and gains an honored position as a guard of Marie Antoinette (Christina Bohm). In her youth, Oscar is in love with Andre (Barry Stokes), the son of the family's housekeeper. Years later, when the French Revolution begins, Oscar and Andre's paths cross for the first time in years. With the assault on the Bastille, Oscar and Andre find themselves fighting on opposite sides of the revolution.
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Ada Blanche Ada Blanche (16 July 1862 – 1 January 1953), born Ada Cecilia Blanche Adams, was an English actress and singer known early in her career for vivacious performances in Victorian burlesque and pantomime and later in character roles in Edwardian musical comedy.
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Agatha Harkness Agatha Harkness is a fictional character, a powerful witch in the Marvel Comics universe. She is the mother of Nicholas Scratch.
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Adrienne Ellis Adrienne Ellis (born February 9, 1944) is a Canadian-born American-actress, and the mother of actress Laurie Holden.
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Anne Francis Anne Francis (also known as Anne Lloyd Francis; September 16, 1930 – January 2, 2011) was an American actress known for her role in the science fiction film classic "Forbidden Planet" (1956) and for having starred in the television series "Honey West" (1965–1966) which was the first TV series with a female detective character's name in the title. She won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role in the series.
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Carrie Moore Carrie Moore (31 July 1882 – 5 September 1956) was an Australian actress who achieved fame on the Australian and British stage. She was born Caroline Ellen Moore in Geelong, Victoria, on 31 July 1882, the third of the nine children of Robert William Moore, a labourer and Mary nee Wyatt.