She's leaving later this year.
Dame Maureen is bowing out Coronation Street legend Dame Maureen Lipman is set to leave the cobbles later this year to take on a new role. The veteran actress, 78, has played the part of Tyrone Dobbs’ grandmother Evelyn Plummer in the ITV soap since 2018. During her time as the show’s resident harridan, we’ve seen Evelyn reconnect with her estranged grandson and force her way into his family home at No. 9 Coronation Street and form a compelling friendship with Roy Cropper .
Viewers will recall that this isn’t the first time Maureen has taken an extended break – last year she appeared in ‘Rose’ in London’s West End, and therefore Evelyn took daughter Cassie off to rehab to facilitate the absence. Earlier this year she took a swipe at Corrie’s dark storylines, and harked back to its formative years – a time when many scripts were penned by her late husband, prolific screenwriter Jack Rosenthal.
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