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
Meg Johnson Meg Johnson Meg Johnson (born 30 September 1936) is an English actress. She is known for her roles on the British soap operas "Coronation Street" (1981–82, 1999), "Brookside" (2000–03), and "Emmerdale" (2003–present). Since 2003, Johnson has played the role of Pearl Ladderbanks in ITV's popular soap opera "Emmerdale". Prior to joining "Emmerdale", Johnson was a part of the axed UK soap "Brookside", playing Brigid McKenna for three years. In the early 1980s she also played the part of Eunice Gee in "Coronation Street", a role she briefly reprised in 1999. She also played Brenda Holden in 4 episodes of "Coronation