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Joan Heath(1912-2000)

  • Actress
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Joan Heath also appeared in 'Coronation Street' in 1960 playing May Hardman who was the first character to be killed off in the show. Her character was referred to in episode two but was first seen in episode three and for the following four episodes making her final appearance in the show on 30th December 1960.
BornDecember 10, 1912
DiedJuly 17, 2000(87)
BornDecember 10, 1912
DiedJuly 17, 2000(87)
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Known for

Peter Adamson, Jean Alexander, Johnny Briggs, Margot Bryant, and Doris Speed in Coronation Street (1960)
Coronation Street
5.6
TV Series
  • May Hardman
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
7.0
TV Series
  • The Empress Elizabeth of Austria
Ralph Bates, Roland Culver, Eric Flynn, Barrie Ingham, Freddie Jones, and André Morell in The Caesars (1968)
The Caesars
7.9
TV Mini Series
  • Plancina
ITV Play of the Week (1955)
ITV Play of the Week
6.6
TV Series
  • Mrs. Lutz
  • Mrs Huxtable

Credits

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Actress

  • Jean Boht, Nick Conway, Ronald Forfar, Peter Howitt, Victor McGuire, and Jonathon Morris in Bread (1986)
    Bread
    6.3
    TV Series
    • May Mattheson
    • 1990
  • Don Henderson and Siobhan Redmond in Bulman (1985)
    Bulman
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Gallery Owner
    • 1987
  • John Fraser, Georgina Hale, and Joan Sims in Lady Killers (1980)
    Lady Killers
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Penfold
    • 1980
  • Leave It to Charlie (1978)
    Leave It to Charlie
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Mrs. ffolliott
    • 1979
  • How We Used to Live (1968)
    How We Used to Live
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Purkiss
    • 1978–1979
  • Barry Evans in Mind Your Language (1977)
    Mind Your Language
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Short
    • 1978
  • Emmerdale Farm (1972)
    Emmerdale Farm
    4.9
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Gibson
    • 1977
  • Bruce Boa, Stuart Damon, Meg Johnson, and Peter Sallis in Yanks Go Home (1976)
    Yanks Go Home
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Grindrod
    • 1977
  • Don Henderson, Diane Keen, Peter Sallis, and Don Warrington in Crown Court (1972)
    Crown Court
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Miss Agnes Baker
    • Mary Denton
    • Dr. Kathleen Weatherby
    • 1972–1977
  • Arthur English, Nicholas Hoye, and Michael Robbins in How's Your Father? (1974)
    How's Your Father?
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Jessie Holroyd
    • 1975
  • Derek Jacobi, Ronald Fraser, Charles Gray, Bernard Hepton, John Thaw, and Douglas Wilmer in The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Farrow
    • 1973
  • Anna Cropper in Dead of Night (1972)
    Dead of Night
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Thirkell
    • 1972
  • Robin Chadwick, Richard Easton, and Patrick O'Connell in The Brothers (1972)
    The Brothers
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Stewart
    • 1972
  • Steptoe & Son (1972)
    Steptoe & Son
    6.5
    • Zita's mother
    • 1972
  • A Family at War (1970)
    A Family at War
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Mrs Foster
    • Mrs. Foster
    • 1970–1971

Personal details

  • Born
    • December 10, 1912
    • Aston, Birmingham, England, UK
  • Died
    • July 17, 2000
    • Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK(undisclosed)
  • Other works
    She acted in William Congreve's play, "The Way of the World", at the Library Theatre in Manchester, England with Peter Whitbread, Barbara Lott, Diana Olsson and Muriel Barker in the cast. Stuart Latham was the director.

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