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- Birth nameMargaret Jones
- Height5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
- Maggie Jones was born on June 21, 1934 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Coronation Street (1960), The Forsyte Saga (1967) and Sense and Sensibility (1971). She was married to John Oliver Stansfield. She died on December 2, 2009 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK.
- SpouseJohn Oliver Stansfield(1971 - January 1, 1999) (his death)
- Shared a birthday with her Coronation Street (1960) co-star Anne Kirkbride, who played her daughter on the show.
- "Deirdre Hunt" (Anne Kirkbride) first appeared on Coronation Street (1960) in 1972 and it was 2 years later that the writers decided to introduce her mother, Blanche, in the build up to her marriage to "Ray Langton" (Neville Buswell).
Sadly, the actress chosen to play the part, Patricia Cutts, took her own life on 6 September 1974 and the part had to be hurriedly re-cast, and Maggie Jones got the role that she has since made so much her own. - Studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and made her stage debut in the late 1950s.
- Is one of 11 Coronation Street (1960) actors to have won a Best Comedy Performance Award at the British Soap Awards; the others are John Savident, Sue Nicholls, Malcolm Hebden, Andrew Whyment, Craig Gazey, Patti Clare, Stephanie Cole, Simon Gregson, Sally Dynevor and Dolly-Rose Campbell.
- Her Coronation Street (1960) character Blanche Hunt was a mother, a grandmother and a great grandmother whereas Jones never had children in real life.
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