Patricia Phoenix Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Bold, brassy and larger than life, Pat Phoenix was television's favourite scarlet woman. For nearly 25 years, she dominated the soap opera Coronation Street (1960) in the role of Elsie Tanner and sent shivers down the spines of Britain's menfolk twice a week. With her low cut cleavage, she was known as "the working man's Raquel Welch" and was once ...
She was a heavy smoker all her life and continued to smoke when she was dying of lung cancer.
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She was up for a major role in the film Room at the Top but lost out to Simone Signoret.
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In 1959 she was cast in the lead role of the stage production of "Fings Ain't What They Used To Be" but was taken ill with chest pains. Miriam Karlin took over the role and both she and the show were a West End success.
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Her final appearance in Coronation Street was 4th January 1984 when according to the story line she was going to start a new life with her old flame Bill Gregory and helping him run his bar in Portugal.
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At the time of her death she was lined up for the role of a high - powered glamorous businesswoman in a new soap opera called The Legacy which had american production interests and might have launched her on an American career.
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Married actor Anthony Booth in hospital a few days before she died of cancer.
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Born in Manchester though she invented the story that she was born in County Galway in Ireland.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Artful Dodger
1959
TV Series
Blackpool Show Parade
1959
TV Series
Jack the Ripper
1959
Rowdy Woman in the Crowd (uncredited)
Blood of the Vampire
1958
Woman (uncredited)
Cup-Tie Honeymoon
1948
Mrs. Butler (as Patricia Pilkington)
Unnatural Causes
1986
TV Series
Nellie
Constant Hot Water
1986
TV Series
Phyllis Nugent
Coronation Street
1960-1984
TV Series
Elsie Tanner
Elsie Howard
Mr & Mrs
1977
TV Series
Charles Dickens' World of Christmas
1974
TV Movie as Pat Phoenix
The L-Shaped Room
1962
Sonia
Coronation Street: First Dry Run
1960
TV Movie
Elsie Tanner
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Lenny the Lion Show
1960
TV Series script - 4 episodes
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Coronation Street
1964
TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Stunts
Title
Year
Status
Character
It's a Grand Life
1953
stunt double - uncredited
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Top Ten
2001
TV Series documentary
Herself
Aspel & Company
1985
TV Series
Herself
Looks Familiar
1984
TV Series
Herself - Guest
World in Action
1984
TV Series documentary
Herself
This Is Your Life
1972-1983
TV Series documentary
Herself / Herself - Guest
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979
TV Series
Herself
Husband of the Year
1975
TV Series
Herself
Stars on Sunday
1973
TV Series
Mrs. Crummles
Look Who's Talking
1973
TV Series
Herself - Interviewee
Glamour All the Way
1964
TV Movie documentary
Herself - Judge
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hilda Ogden's Last Ta Ra - A Tribute to Jean Alexander
2016
TV Movie
Elsie Tanner
Elsie Howard (uncredited)
The Corrie Years
2011
TV Series documentary
Elsie Tanner
The Stars of the Street: 50 Years, 50 Classic Characters
2010
Video
Elsie Tanner
Elsie Howard
The Road to Coronation Street
2010
TV Movie
Herself (uncredited)
How TV Changed Britain
2008
TV Series documentary
Elsie Tanner
When Pat Phoenix Met Tony Booth
2002
TV Movie documentary
Herself
40 Years on Coronation Street
2000
TV Special
Elsie Tanner (uncredited)
The Unforgettable Pat Phoenix
2000
TV Movie documentary
Herself / Elsie Tanner (as Pat Phoenix)
Coronation Street
2000
TV Series
Elsie Tanner
Coronation Street: Through the Keyhole
1999
Video
Elsie Tanner
Elsie Howard
Women of Coronation Street
1998
Video
Elsie Tanner
The Coronation Street Collection: The Duckworths
1995
Video
Elsie Tanner
Known for movies
Coronation Street (1960-2000) as Elsie Tanner / Elsie Howard
$400,000
