- Elizabeth Dawn
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name= Liz DawnMBE
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birthdate= Birth date and age|1939|11|8
birthplace=Leeds ,England
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occupation= Actress
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gender= Female
status= Married
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credits=Vera Duckworth
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agent=Elizabeth Dawn MBE (better known as Liz Dawn, born Sylvia Butterfield on
November 8 ,1939 inLeeds , England), is an English actress, best known for her role asVera Duckworth in the long running Britishsoap opera , "Coronation Street ". First starting on the serial in 1974, she had more of a recurring role as a factory worker until her husband, Jack, (played byWilliam Tarmey ) first appeared in 1979 and later for a more concrete role in 1983.Dawn started her showbusiness career as a nightclub singer. By the late 1960s Dawn had ventured into acting, often taking small parts in television programmes as well as advertisements. During the 1970s she appeared in a variety of programmes including "
All Creatures Great and Small " andColin Welland 's play "Leeds United ".She was also one of the alien voices in the Cadbury's Smash advertisements in the 1970s.
In January 1990, Dawn was featured on "
This is Your Life ".Dawn published her autobiography Vera Duckworth – My Story in 1993 [ [http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/soaps/coronation_street/whos_who/vera_duckworth Profile at What's on TV] URL accessed
2007-11-12 ]In 2000, Dawn was chosen as the Lady Mayoress of Leeds [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/features/great_loiners/liz_dawn.shtml BBC Profile] URL accessed:
2007-11-12 ] and was awarded an MBE in October of that year for her services to charity, having helped raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for hospitals in theManchester andLeeds area. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/987967.stm BBC News - Street star receives MBE] . URL accessed2007-05-25 .]In mid-2004, Dawn was diagnosed with the incurable
lung diseaseemphysema . [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4257678.stm BBC News - Corrie star battles lung disease] . URL accessed2007-05-10 .] On 22 July 2007,Granada Television (makers of "Coronation Street") announced that Dawn was to be written out - at her own request - before Christmas, due to further complications with emphysema.Her final appearance came in the episode screened on
18 January 2008 , when Vera Duckworth died in her sleep, thus ending 33 years of the popular, iconic character.Bill Tarmey , who plays on screen husbandJack Duckworth , will continue to be a part of the cast of "Coronation Street". Dawn stated that the hardest thing about leaving "Corrie" was saying good-bye to Tarmey, with whom she is best friends. [ [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a70190/dawn-struggles-to-leave-corrie-co-star.html Soaps - News - Dawn struggles to leave Corrie co-star - Digital Spy ] ]Liz won the Special Achievement Award at the 2008
British Soap Awards for her 33-year long portrayal of her iconic character.References
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0206005/ Elizabeth Dawn] at the
Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.corrie.net/profiles/actors/dawn_liz.html Profile of Elizabeth Dawn at corrie.net]
* [http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/tv/soaps/2007/08/06/liz-dawn-exclusive-89520-19576559/ Profile at Mirror.co.uk]
* [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vera-Duckworth-Story-Liz-Dawn/dp/1857820436 Vera Duckworth: My Story at amazon.co.uk]
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