Nominate for the best older person's character

here is what's ridiculous about Celia Imrie. She goes on trashy shows like this

She's an ageing bimbo.

Bit harsh there , agree it is a white trailer trash show .

BUT a gal has to do what a gal has to do !!

Has to turn a buck , somehow .

Ha! Shows she's not a very good actress then. Can't get parts!

Meanie !!!

I like her a lot !

Sylvia Goodwin (Stephanie Cole) or Gloria Price (Sue Johnston), the two best characters in Corrie, or at least the two with the best lines. Neither of them coming close to the late lamented Blanche Hunt (Maggie Jones) though:

"Like Postman Pat, do you? So long as you remember it's a work of fiction. 'Early in the morning, when the day is dawning?' Your real Postman Pat rolls up around noon wearing a pair of shorts and his breakfast. And, if he's not chucking elastic bands about like confetti, he'll be rifling through your birthday cards for ready cash, or leaving your valuables out on the step.

Nowt but propaganda, is this! And as for Mrs Goggins, she'd be cowering behind three-inch glass with a baseball bat under the counter... assuming that her post office hasn't been shut down, of course."

And that AA meeting when she laid into every member of her family. Comedy gold! Sadly she's no longer eligible for any award this side of the pearly gates.

Yes. Very good lines. Corrie gold.

why is choosing a man PC ??? I used to have a crush on James Bolam when he was a likely lad..and I quite fancy Kevin! I am just a softee for a NE accent!

If it's the character we've to nominate then I suggest Mrs Brown.

Ooh yes!

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Why didn't I think of that? Mrs Brown gets my vote too.

Sorry Judy et al.

And mine

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Yes. She's a very well rounded matriarch isn't she. She supports everyone in her family, even grandad! She makes us laugh, but there are situations we can recognise too. Somehow we can have empathy with her.

I wanna know what that post said.

And it would be a way of giving it to a man AND a woman! Could be ideal all round.

Brendan O'Carroll's only 57 though...

Ah!

The character comes across as a bit older then that perhaps? It is supposed to be the character rather than the actress (I think).

The entire casts of 'Marigold Hotel' (apart from the young 'uns) and Quartet, especially Pauline Collins.
Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid, Alison Steadman, and the very naughty 'Nan' (O.K. I realise 'she' is really too young but we were asked for characters!)

I mean the characters played by the above!

So how old is old?

Older than me.

Isn't it a good sign that there's so many to choose from? I can't think of one particular character - agree that it should be all the oldies in Marigold Hotel and Quartet.

Cora from 'Enders (Anne Mitchell) is still the best of this bunch.

By miles.