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Corrie star Johnny Briggs on his kisses with Hollywood legend Audrey Hepburn

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direct to your inboxThe late Coronation Street legend Johnny Briggs was 'captivated' by Hollywood screen goddess Audrey Hepburn when the pair starred alongside each other on the West End stage.

Johnny, who played the devilish Mike Baldwin in Coronation Street, won a scholarship for London’s prestigious Italia Conti stage school at the age of 12.

A few years later the Battersea-born working-class son of a carpenter was on the West End in Sauce Tartare with Breakfast at Tiffany's and Roman Holiday icon Audrey.In My Life as Mike Baldwin: The Autobiography, published by Blake, Johnny spoke of his 'puppy dog' crush and how he got to kiss the Oscar-winning actress who died aged 63 in 1993.He recalled: "I was only 15.

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