Coronation Street, mother to Gail and grandmother to Nick, Sarah and David Platt.However, before she walked on the cobbles, where she starred alongside future husband Mark Eden, Nicholls had a secret singing career and gained her first soap role in the iconic Crossroads.Born on November 23 1943 in Walsall, Staffordshire, Nicholls was the daughter of politician Lord Harmar Nicholls.Harmar Nicholls was made a Baron in 1975, which automatically made Nicholls 'The Miss Honourable Harmour-Nicholls'.She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) and gained her first acting role in the soap Crossroads in 1964, as Marilyn Gates.In 1968, she released a song called Where will you be?, which reached number 17 in the UK Music Charts, and it.
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