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Corrie star Antony Cotton has famous mum who appeared on cobbles before he did
Coronation Street star Antony Cotton has been a show staple since 2003 and it seems acting runs in his blood.The actor, 47, portrays Sean Tully on the ITV soap.His mother Enid Dunn has also made several Weatherfield appearances and in fact, made her Corrie debut before her son did.READ MORE:Corrie's Antony Cotton hits out at 'dangerous' Dancing on Ice after agonising ITV stintThe Bury-based actress first appeared on the cobbles as Dennis Stringer's aunt Joan Lawson in January 2002 at the character's funeral.She returned to the cobbles in 2006 as a character credited as Old Crone.Enid later played a special role in 2010 TV movie The Road to Coronation Street.The actress portrayed Granada Television tea lady Agnes, who famously informed the soap's creator Tony Warren that his planned title Florizel Street sounded like a disinfectant - leading him to change it.In spite of her various soap roles, Enid's Corrie journey was far from over.In 2011, she played a woman bumped into by the murderous John Stape (Graeme Hawley).Enid made her final Coronation Street appearance to date as bingo player Maureen Rothwell in 2014.She has also appeared in episodes of Cutting It, No Offence, Shameless and Bancroft - and previously appeared as barmaid Joyce in Peter Kay's hit comedy Phoenix Nights.Her recent TV roles have included small parts in The Bay and Compulsion.While his mother may have retired her Coronation Street roles, Antony recently renewed his contract with the ITV soap.This year has seen the character tested by a short-lived relationship with Frank Bardsley (Simon O'Brien) and his son Dylan Wilson's return to the cobbles.Following its axe on Friday due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Coronation Street will make a return to
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Corrie's Georgia Taylor hints at lengthy prison stint for Toyah as murder trial looms
Coronation Street's Toyah Habeeb could be facing a lengthy prison stint, as actress Georgia Taylor has hinted she might be found guilty of Imran's murder.Toyah was driving the car when it crashed into a wall, killing her husband after he suffered a cardiac arrest dragging her from the wreckage.Since then, Toyah has been released on bail pending her murder trial, rekindling her former romance with Spider Nugent on the cobbles and getting involved in various environmental protests after being sacked from her job at Underworld.READ MORE: Corrie's John Stape 'still alive' as fans 'solve' identity of Hope's mysterious Mad DogBut she's always known she'll have to face her day in court, and explained that Toyah crashed the car on purpose in a huge twist.Speaking about a potential prison stint for her character, Georgia told Daily Star and other press: "I’ve said all along I really want a prison storyline because I just think it looks like so much fun."Now the thing is, it could go one of two ways. Because Toyah’s got this counselling background, she could become someone that the fellow inmates come to and she’s very supportive of them, or she could be bullied massively."I can see her getting bullied – she’d need to find some of that Battersby spirit to get through time in prison, I would say.
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Corrie's Georgia Taylor spills dark Toyah car crash secret as truth about Imran exposed
Coronation Street has finally confirmed the truth about lawyer Imran Habeeb's death after he was fatally injured in a car crash.His wife Toyah was driving the vehicle when she smashed the car into a brick wall propped up by scaffolding, which then fell and crushed the car.Imran suffered a cardiac arrest at the scene and couldn't be revived by paramedics – and so far, fans of the show aren't sure whether Toyah meant to kill him or not.READ MORE: Corrie's John Stape 'still alive' as fans 'solve' identity of Hope's mysterious Mad Dog She deleted the voicemail message from her husband after he revealed the truth about setting Abi up with a drugs bust, casting more suspicion onto herself.But next week it's finally confirmed that Toyah did mean to crash the car – though Georgia insists that her character didn't want to kill Imran.Speaking to Daily Star and other press, the actress said: "Toyah knew what she was doing the moment she crashed the car."I was shocked, because when I’ve had all these communications over the past few months and even last year with our producer Iain [MacLeod] and with Charlie [De Melo], talking about storylines, and he told us what was going to happen – that there would be an accident and that Imran was going to die."[He said] there would be a big 'was it Toyah’s fault or not' storyline.
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Corrie's John Stape 'still alive' as fans 'solve' identity of Hope's mysterious Mad Dog
Coronation Street fans are sure that notorious serial killer John Stape could still be alive after they 'solved' the identity of Hope's messenger 'Mad Dog'. Hope has been engaging in an online battle game with a mysterious stranger online, and during Monday's episode her pal Sam Blakeman quizzed her on who she was texting."Is it Mad Dog again?" he asked, as Hope implied that things are "over".READ MORE: Corrie’s Millie Gibson teases nipple piercing as she goes braless in paper-thin dressDuring their discussion about school projects, Hope said she intended to talk about her online games, while Sam would discuss chess – but could his identity finally be revealed if she slips up during the presentation?Now fans think it could be John Stape messaging his daughter, after he was 'killed off' on the soap back in 2011.The killer, who kidnapped Rosie Webster and took the lives of Colin Fishwick, Joy Fishwick and Charlotte Hoyle, was fatally injured in a car crash.But despite his on-screen death, stranger things have happened in Soapland, as one Facebook user wrote: "Yes [Mad Dog is] John Stape!"Another agreed on Twitter: "#Corrie Hope’s on about Mad Dog again… her dad’s deffo still alive!"A third user even suggested John could be behind the death of Stu's apparent murder victim Charlie Walters, as they posted: "Oh no, did John Stape kill Charlie too?!"Further speculation about Mad Dog's identity suggested it could be Hope's half-sister Jade Rowan, her dad's oldest child.Fiz's ex Phill Whittaker's name was also thrown into the ring.One fan tweeted: "I thought it was Phill, then his mum or even Phill’s ex.
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