Corrie legend Sue Cleaver announces return date to ITV soap

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Coronation Street legend Sue Cleaver has announced that she is set to return to the soap next month. The actress, 60, who has played Eileen Grimshaw since 2000, took a break from the ITV soap to focus on theatre work after landing a role touring in Sister Act, the musical.

But now, the Coronation Street icon is set to make a return in July. In a recent interview, she said: "I've finished Sister Act but I'm missing everybody hugely.

I had the most wonderful time doing that show. I hadn't been on stage for 30 years. I just thought 'I'm going to embrace this, I'm going to do it'. READ MORE: Ordeal of TUI passengers stuck in America amid two emergencies, visa drama and queues “Even though I was scared and even though it was the unknown, I thought 'nope, this is fabulous.

Let's just go for this' and I did,” the Mirror reports. Speaking to OK!, she added: "I had the most amazing time. We played to full houses everywhere and had standing ovations.