Lena Thislewood

Lena Thistlewood is a fictional character on the British Soap Opera "Coronation Street", and was played by Maria Charles. Lena was a friend of Blanche Hunt, she first appeared in Coronation Street in 2004, she was a regular visitor to the Barlow household and she took a fancy to Ken Barlow, Lena was a guest at Ken & Deirdre's wedding in 2005. In early 2006 Lena died and she left her dog, Eccles to Blanche.