Renee Bradshaw

Infobox soap character
series=Coronation Street
color=#F0E68C


name=Renee Roberts
portrayer=Madge Hindle
first=1976
last=1980
occupation=corner shop proprietor
death =
siblings=Terry Bradshow
spouse=Alf Roberts

Irene "Renee" Roberts (née Bradshaw) was a fictional character who appeared on the British soap opera "Coronation Street" from 1976 to 1980. She was played by Blackburn actress Madge Hindle. Renee, a feisty young woman, bought the corner shop from Maggie Clegg and caused problems in the street by refusing long-standing customers 'tick' (credit) and fighting local landlady Annie Walker in order to obtain a licence to sell drink.

Renee was essentially a lonely woman. She hadn't really bought the shop out of any genuine desire to make money, more to provide a stable environment for her wayward brother Terry, who had never been able to settle down after leaving the army. Renee was hurt when he re-enlisted, feeling her kindness had been thrown back in her face. Alone at the shop, she grew increasingly close to post office employee Alf Roberts. Despite seeming a very odd couple indeed, they married in 1978.

Producer Bill Podmore decided that Renee must be written out, and she was killed when her car was hit by a lorry, having stalled at a red light in a country lane. Although paramedics tried to save her at the scene of the accident, she died shortly afterwards, her spleen perforated by shards of flying glass.