Violet carson biography
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Violet Carson
‘She very quickly became the most talked about character on the street’
Violet Carson remembered by Brian Slade
When Coronation Street first hit television screens back in , it wasn’t as soap operas are now. The need for stabbings, disasters, stalkers and murderers seems alarmingly accepted nowadays, but in there was a need for something a little more memorable from the actors rather than from unbelievable storylines and gruesome demises. One of the most formidable characters in the show’s infancy put the world to rights in the snug at the Rovers Return – Ena Sharples. And behind that combative exterior was the talented Violet Carson, whose musical and acting talents were sadly lost behind the success of the indominable Ena.
Violet Carson was born to a mill worker and his amateur singer wife in a terraced house in Ancoats, Manchester, an appropriate location given the nature of her most famous role years later. Both of her parents had artistic talents so it was no surprise that Violet would be thrust into the musical world at an early age, taking piano lessons at just three years old. Her sister Nellie would be by her side for her entire life, the pair having first performed together as the Carson Sisters, Nellie learning the violin as a child.
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Violet Carson
Violet Carson OBE | |
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| Born | Violet Helen Carson ()1 September Ancoats, Manchester, England |
| Died | 26 December () (aged&#;85) Blackpool, Lancashire, England |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer, pianist |
| Years&#;active | – |
| Spouse | George Peploe &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#; |
| Relatives | Nellie Carson (sister) |
Violet CarsonOBE (1 September – 26 December ) was an actress from Manchester. She was on radio, stage and television, and was a singer and pianist. She had a long and celebrated career as an actress and performer during the early days of BBC Radio. For the last twenty years of her life she was the matronly Christian widow, town gossip and elderly battle-axe Ena Sharples in the ITV television soap operaCoronation Street. She was one of the original characters from the start in She almost always wore a hairnet.
In , she was named ITV Personality of the Year.[1] She was awarded an OBE in by Harold Wilson. He was accused of having debased and cheapened the honours system. [2]
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Violet Carson
British actress and nightingale (–)
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Violet Carson OBE | |
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| Born | Violet Helen Carson ()1 Sep Ancoats, Metropolis, England |
| Died | 26 Dec () (aged&#;85) Blackpool, Lancashire, England |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer, pianist |
| Years&#;active | – |
| Spouse | George Peploe &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#; |
| Relatives | Nellie Environmentalist (sister) |
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Early viability and career
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