Maudie Edwards
Elizabeth Maud Edwards (16 October 1906 – 24 March 1991), professionally known as Maudie Edwards, was a Welsh actress, radio broadcaster, comedian, dancer and singer. She started her career in theatres in Swansea and moved on to films even appearing alongside Frank Sinatra at the London Palladium. She is best remembered for having spoken the first line of dialogue in the British soap opera, Coronation Street, and playing Elsie Lappin, the first-ever owner of the corner shop in the first two episodes. Those first words were "Now the next thing you've got to do is get a signwriter in".
Only Two Can Play
as Mrs. Edna DaviesJohn Lewis is bored of his job and his wife. Then Liz, wife of a local councillor, sets her...
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My Learned Friend
as AladdinAn insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the...
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The Ugly Duckling
as Henrietta JekyllHenry Jekyll was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for...
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Under Milk Wood
as Mrs Utah WatkinsThe delightful if peculiar story of a day in the life of a small, Welsh fishing village called...
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Pink String and Sealing Wax
as Mrs. WebsterMelodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a...
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The Shipbuilders
as LizzieA patriotic, cinematic salvo, this wartime production tells the story of the owner of a...
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The Key Man
as Mrs. GlassThe host of a radio crime show finds himself mixed up with real gangsters after he re-creates a...
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Girdle of Gold
as Mrs. GriffithsThe adulterous Mrs Griffiths' corset has, unbeknown to her, a fortune stashed in it by her...
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Band of Thieves
as The DuchessA group of prisoners are encouraged to form a jazz band and vow to go straight when they are...
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Walking on Air
as uncreditedShaw is the south end of a horse for an ice show, but she longs to be a ballerina. It looks like...
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