The actress has recently announced the difficult decision to step down from her role in the ITV soap after 50 years
It'll be the end of an era later this year in Coronation Street as Gail Platt will leave Weatherfield in what is being described as an 'emotional' exit for the much-loved character.
"I have been truly blessed to have been given the most incredible scripts week in week out, and to have worked with fantastic actors, directors and a brilliant crew. The past 50 years have flown by and I don't think the fact that I am leaving has quite sunk in yet." But her actual first known role was in Z-Cars, a police series on BBC One, in which she played the role of Maisie for one episode. However, she was then known by Helen Wiggleworth And Helen Worth technically isn't her real name - she was born Cathryn Helen Wigglesworth - but has apparently never explained the reason for the change.
And, while her life off-screen hasn't been as dramatic, it has had its ups and downs from a childhood loss to unfaithful marriage splits. In her life behind the cameras, Helen has opened up about her own two marriages - first to the late Michael Angelis and secondly to teacher Trevor Dawson. "My marriage was everything to me. It was the foundation on which everything else was built. I had been with Michael for nearly half of my life. I never imagined that we wouldn’t grow old together."
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