Elsie Tanner leave Weatherfield. Her final appearance was screened at the beginning of 1984. Pat Phoenix died of lung cancer in September 1986 at the age of 62. Elsie, her character, died in a car crash, at the age of 81 in 2004 after leaving Weatherfield 20 years earlier, although it was not mentioned in the show until 2011. Elsie Tanner Elsie Tanner (also Grimshaw, Howard and Gregory) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", played by Pat Phoenix from the series inception in 1960 to 1973 and from 1976 until 1984. Elsie Tanner was one of
Matt Carter (Coronation Street) played a part in other character's storylines. When Mellor was not allowed three months off to join a touring theatre production, he realised that it was time to leave. Mellor added that it was "a shame" Matt would not get an exit storyline, but as he is not being killed off, there was a chance he could return in the future. A "Virgin Media" writer called Matt a "hunky doctor". "Inside Soap" readers voted Matt their favourite doctor in soap opera in August 2011. Matt Carter (Coronation Street) Doctor Matt Carter is a fictional character from the British ITV soap