One Foot in the Grave well, out of the window of the house in which they were trapped during a snowstorm. Margaret Meldrew (née Pellow) (Annette Crosbie) – Victor's long-suffering, tolerant and kind-hearted wife. Margaret tries to maintain a degree of calmness and to rise above her husband's antics. However, she is often engulfed in these follies, mishaps and confusion and often vents her anger at Victor. In early episodes, her character acts more as a comic foil to Victor's misfortunes. Examples include fearfully asking if a cat found frozen in their freezer is definitely dead and mentioning a friend who died of a terminal
Doreen Sloane Doreen Sloane Doreen Sloane (24 February 1934 in Birkenhead – 8 April 1990 in Liverpool) was an English actress, best known for playing Annabelle Collins, one of the original characters in the soap opera "Brookside" on Channel 4. She trained at the Elliott Clarke Theatre School in Liverpool and appeared in repertory theatres before being cast in the first of four roles in "Coronation Street". Sloane also appeared in the films "Yanks" and "Chariots of Fire". Other TV appearances include "Nearest and Dearest", "Last of the Summer Wine" and "How We Used To Live" and in the soap operas "Coronation