Elizabeth Dawn

ABOUT ELIZABETH DAWN

Best known for playing Vera Duckworth on the British soap opera Coronation Street .

Prior to acting, she was a nightclub singer.

In 2000, she was honored with an Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for her services to charity.

She married Donald Ibbertson in 1965.

Bill Tarmey played her on-screen husband on "Coronation Street."