joan staley played alma in the ghost and mr chicken.
joan staley played alma in the ghost and mr chicken.
who played alma in the ghost and mr chicken?
joan staley
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alma was introduced in 1981 as a recurring/guest character, the wife of café proprietor jim sedgewick. the role saw the return to mainstream television for actress amanda barrie, who was previously best known to viewers as "cleopatra" in the 1964 comedy film carry on cleo. barrie played alma in a recurring role for several years, and then, after six years away from the show, she was asked to return as a regular character, alma taking over control of the café she was given in her divorce settlement from jim. barrie has recalled that her first scene was opposite a "coronation street" "legend", elsie tanner, played by pat phoenix: "she came for a job at the café and i had to tell her she couldn't have one. that was quite scary. it was my first episode but i didn't think the street took me to its heart because i wasn't called for another eight years. by that time, jim had gone - i never actually met him!" after alma's reintroduction as a regular, the british press labelled her as "the next elsie tanner", a comparison that barrie refuted: "i think they always do that. there was only one elsie tanner, and i think they will go on looking."
alma halliwell