CORONATION Street legend Gabrielle Glaister is making a shock comeback after 22 years - but as a whole new character. The actress previously played man-eating cruise ship entertainer Debs Brownlow in 2000 - but now she will be playing a new role as a doppelgänger of Bernie Winter.
Viewers will be seeing double next week as Bernie finds herself face to face with her ‘twin’ Fern. Bernie star Jane Hazlegrove came up with the storyline idea after years of being mistaken for pal Gabrielle.
She worked with legendary Corrie writer Jonathan Harvey to craft the perfect plot to bring Gabrielle back to the cobbles. Jane has revealed that the pair look so similar that some of their Coronation Street colleagues have even stopped Gabrielle in the corridor to chat thinking it was her.
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