Coronation Street reached a low of eight million in February 1973, when Pat Phoenix quit as Elsie Tanner, Violet Carson (battleaxe Ena Sharples) was written out for most of the year due to illness, and Doris Speed (haughty landlady Annie Walker) took two months' leave due to bereavement. The audience of ITV's other flagship soap opera "Crossroads" increased markedly at this time, as its established cast, such as Meg Richardson (Noele Gordon), grew in popularity. These sudden departures forced the writing team to quickly develop characters who had previously stood in the background. The roles of Bet Lynch (Julie Goodyear), Deirdre Hunt
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