Bill Roache has paid tribute to his late 'Coronation Street' co-star Betty Driver, saying she was like a mother to him. The 79-year-old actor was upset by the news the 91-year-old actress - who played ...

Bill Kenwright has admitted that he has broken a deathbed pledge to late Coronation Street actress Betty Driver. The theatre producer and Everton football club chairman, who last played Driver's ...

Coronation Street actress Betty Driver, who starred in the soap for more than 40 years, has died at the age of 91. Former co-star Julie Goodyear described her as "a true icon and legend and a very ...

She won the nation’s affection as the longest-serving barmaid on Coronation Street, and yesterday colleagues past and present – including at least 15 who pulled pints with her in the Rovers Return – ...

Betty Driver was born in 1920 at the Prebend Nursing Home, Leicester, the elder of two daughters of Frederick and Nellie Driver She weighed 5.5 kg (12 lb). Driver said she fell in love several times ...

Coronation Street will dedicate an episode to the late Betty Driver with her onscreen son, played by the Everton boss Bill Kenwright, returning to pay tribute. Betty, who became famous for serving hot ...

ITV is to honour Coronation Street actress Betty Driver in a new documentary, it has been announced. The Betty Driver Story will take a look at the actress's 40 years on the ITV1 soap as Betty Turpin, ...