She collaborated and became friends with many well-known English actors and comedians in the clubs, including Lynne Perrie, Pat Phoenix, Liz Dawn, Freddie Starr and Les Dawson. Palmer joined the cast of Coronation Street in 1978, portraying machinist Ida Clough. Her son, David Palmer, told the Bridlington Free Press in 2011 that he was unsure how she came to be cast in the show, but she joined the series about the same time as Pat Phoenix, Lynne Perrie and others whom she worked with in the clubs.
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