Barbara Knox, 86, is one of Coronation Street's longest-serving cast members after arriving in Weatherfield in 1964 as the iconic Rita Tanner.
The brazen soap blonde appeared on the soap from 1970 to 1995, and made a brief return in 2003.She is the seventh longest-serving soap actor worldwide and the second longest-serving actor in Coronation Street.The iconic ITV show celebrates its 10,000th episode today.To celebrate, the veteran soap star shared a throwback swimsuit snap that featured some of Corrie's most iconic female characters from 1974 on Tuesday.The picture marked the first time the soap went abroad to Majorca, Spain.Strong women have ruled Weatherfield since Corrie first aired in December 1960, so of course a group of female.
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