Sue Johnston to join Coronation St

[hc4361]

She'll be playing Stella's mum.

Coronation is certainly getting some quality actors these days. Will you be pleased to see her in the Rovers?

[alan-r]

yes, a class act
i'll never forget her as sheila grant in brookside

[lozzer50]

playing stellas mum and leanne and evas gran!

[craft1948]

Love Sue Johnston.............but are we getting the one from The Royle Family (common as muck) or the posh one from Waking The Dead?

[hc4361]

Being Stella's mum I'd hazard a guess at something inbetween but nearer to the common as muck.
And of course she'll be Leanne's granny.

[Caribeing]

Don't you find it strange that Stella has never mentioned her mum or Leanne and Eva haven't talked about their grandmother, lots of characters appear out of the blue!

[cathfromsaron]

oo! i can't see her as anything other than sheila grant!

i never watched the royle family!

[Canary42]

/// some quality actors these days///

Good, all we need now are some quality scripts.

[hc4361]

The dementia storyline is very well scripted and acted.

[Hopkirk]

She'll always be Sheila Grant

[trt]

I hope her hubby, Jim from the royal family will appear as the grandad?

[chi-chi66]

Love Sue Johnston...but can't stand corrie...so no will not be watching.

[chaptazbru]

Looking forward to seeing her in Corrie - great actress ...

[missprim]

Stella, played by Michelle Collins, will then be joined by her 'battleaxe' mother, to be played by 'Royle Family' star Sue Johnston, to try and lay claim to the tenancy.

“She's a terrifying, domineering, overbearing mother, so there's going to be some real sparks flying,” said ‘Corrie’ boss Phil Collinson.

Looks like we might not like her after all!!

[Bbbananas]

Great actress. Bound to act 'Stella' off the screen.

[mike11111]

I hope she makes a better job of it than Stephanie Cole, who is a bit of a disappointment as a battleaxe, for which I blame the scriptwriters, not her.

[hc4361]

They've softened Stephanie Cole's character up. I think it's nice she's thawing out and showing a softer side.

[chaptazbru]

Really mike - I think she's a vile old bag !!!

[missprim]

I don't like battleaxes so I'm glad they are showing a softer and humoures sp? side to Sylvia.

[hc4361]

The idle, layabout scruffy male character is missing, but Terry Duckworth is coming back for a short while.