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
Michelle Collins Michelle Collins Michelle Danielle Collins (born 28 May 1961) is an English actress and TV presenter, best known for her roles in the British soap operas "EastEnders" and "Coronation Street". Collins played Cindy Beale in the BBC soap "EastEnders" from 1988 to 1998, with a two-year break between 1990 and 1992. She played Stella Price in the ITV soap "Coronation Street" from 2011 to 2014. Her other notable TV roles include the BBC dramas "Real Women" (1998–99), "Sunburn" (1999–2000) and "Two Thousand Acres of Sky" (2001–03). Collins was born at Hackney South East Hospital in Hackney, East London to an