Elsie Tanner 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 the original core characters on "Coronation Street" and appeared in the first episode. She is considered something of an icon in soap history and regarded as one of "Coronation Street's" greatest ever characters. Her final appearance came in January 1984, when Elsie emigrated to Portugal. Phoenix decided to quit the series in 1983 to pursue other projects.
Jennifer Moss (actress) Jennifer Moss (actress) Jennifer Victoria Moss (10 January 1945 – 5 October 2006) was an English actress and singer born in Wigan, Lancashire. She was best known for her role as Lucille Hewitt on the long-running soap opera, "Coronation Street", which she played from 1960–74. Moss first achieved fame as a twelve-year-old as one of the child actors on the BBC's light entertainment programme "Children's Hour". It was there that she first came to the attention of actor Tony Warren, who would later become the originator of "Coronation Street". Moss moved into television in the early 1960s, and appeared in