The roles of Bet Lynch, Ivy Tilsley ( Lynne Perrie ), Deirdre Hunt ( Anne Kirkbride ), Rita Littlewood ( Barbara Knox ) and Mavis Riley ( Thelma Barlow ) were built up between 1972 and 1973 with characters such as Gail Potter ( Helen Worth ), Blanche Hunt ( Patricia Cutts and Maggie Jones ) and Vera Duckworth ( Elizabeth Dawn ) first appearing in 1974.

May 2010 also saw the funeral of Coronation Street favourite Blanche Hunt, who was written out after the death of her portrayer Maggie Jones on 2 December 2009.

Blanche Hunt ( Maggie Jones ) embodied the role of the acid-tongued busybody originally held by Ena Sharples, Sally Webster ( Sally Dynevor ) has grown snobbish, like Annie Walker, and a number of the programme's female characters mirror the vulnerability of Elsie Tanner and Bet Lynch.

Her character, May, appeared at the funeral of Blanche Hunt.

The Baldwins then rent Number 7 from Blanche Hunt ( Maggie Jones ).

But best of all there's Blanche Hunt, played by Maggie Jones, mother of Deirdre ( formerly of the huge glasses ) and tormentor of Deirdre's husband Ken ..." BBC News named Blanche " Weatherfield's best-loved battle-axe ", praising her " brutal honesty and withering put-downs ".

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Margaret " Maggie " Jones ( 21 June 1934 – 2 December 2009 ) was an English actress, best known for playing Blanche Hunt in the British soap opera Coronation Street, a role which she first portrayed in 1974 and played regularly from the late 1990s until shortly before her death.

In 1974 she debuted as Blanche Hunt, the mother of Deirdre.

After guest appearances in shows such as Dalziel and Pascoe, Goodnight Sweetheart, Heartbeat and Peak Practice in the 1990s, Jones reprised the role of Blanche Hunt in Coronation Street in 1996.

After several quiet years she returned to acting in the 1972 British television series Spyder's Web before accepting the role of Blanche Hunt in the top rated ITV soap opera Coronation Street in 1974.

The role of Blanche Hunt was taken over by Maggie Jones, who played the part until her own death on 2 December 2009.

Of this he said, " You've got people like Blanche Hunt, Emily Bishop and Norris Cole and there were the classic characters like Bet Lynch and Annie Walker.

However, Roy fights John's corner, with Ken Barlow ( William Roache ) pointing out John is entitled to live wherever he wants and Graeme Proctor ( Craig Gazey ) outright supports him, to the disgust to Blanche Hunt ( Maggie Jones ).

In 1894 Count Rudolph Festetics de Tolna, his wife Eila ( née Haggin ) and her daughter Blanche Haggin visited Funafuti aboard the yacht Le Tolna.

Black was born as Karen Blanche Ziegler in Park Ridge, Illinois, in suburban Chicago, the daughter of Elsie Mary ( née Reif ), a writer of several prize-winning children's novels, and Norman Arthur Ziegler.

Novak was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Joseph and Blanche ( née Kral ) Novak.

A seventh-generation Arkansan, Blanche Lambert was born in Helena, Phillips County, to Martha ( née Kelly ) and Jordan Bennett Lambert.

The eldest of three children, Forsythe was born as Jacob Lincoln Freund in Penns Grove, New Jersey, to Blanche Materson ( née Blohm ) and Samuel Jeremiah Freund, a stockbroker.

Spitzer was born in Toledo, Ohio, the son of Blanche Carey ( née Brumback ) and Lyman Strong Spitzer.

George Segal, Jr. was born to a Jewish family in 1934 Great Neck, Long Island, New York, the son of Fannie Blanche ( née Bodkin ) and George Segal, Sr.

Emney was born in Prescot, Lancashire, the son of Blanche ( née Round ) and Fred Emney ( 1865 – 1917 ), a music hall entertainer.

Huntley was born in Cardwell, Montana, the only son and oldest of four children born to Percy Adams Huntley and Blanche Wadine ( née Tatham ) Huntley.

" The judges were Benjamin Franklin Field ( 1868-1960 ), chairman of the federation and chairman of the committee of judges, Grace Atherton Dennen ( 1874-1927 ), editor and publisher of The Lyric West ,< ref >< u > The Lyric West </ u > ( a poetry magazine, published monthly, in existence from 1921 to 1927 ), Los Angeles & San Francisco </ ref > and Blanche Robinson ( Mrs. Martin Hennion Robinson ) ( née Williams ; 1883-1969 ), composer.

The second of three children, Richard Schweiker was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, to Malcolm Alderfer and Blanche ( née Schultz ) Schweiker.

Wark was born in Bathurst, New South Wales, on 27 July 1894, the fourth child of Alexander Wark, a gas engineer from Scotland, and his native-born wife Blanche Adelaide Maria ( née Forde ).

Robert Henry Rimmer was born on March 14, 1917 to Francis " Frank " Henry Rimmer, a printing company owner, and Blanche Rosealma, née Rochefort, Rimmer in Boston, MA.

Blanche Devereaux ( née Hollingsworth ) is one of the four main fictional characters on the 1985-1992 NBC sitcom The Golden Girls, and its CBS spin-off The Golden Palace.

She was born in Hampstead, London to George Edward Brown, a journalist, and his wife, Helen Blanche ( née Ellerton ).

White Merlot should not be confused with the grape variety Merlot Blanc, which is a cross between Merlot and Folle Blanche.

Sonny poked a little fun at himself when he guest-starred on The Golden Girls, in the episode " Mrs. George Devereaux ", aired November 17, 1990, as himself vying with Lyle Waggoner for Dorothy's ( Beatrice Arthur ) affection in a dream, where Blanche ( Rue McClanahan ) dreams her husband is still alive.

Later on, after Blanche awakens from the dream, Dorothy is thrilled to learn she picked Sonny this time.

He is smart but sarcastic, good-natured but cynical, and is constantly dominated by his wife, Blanche.

", Coronet edition 1985 ) the Wizard married Blanche for her money, for she is considered extremely ugly by everyone in the kingdom.

* March 13 – Charles II becomes Duke of Savoy at age 1 ; his mother Blanche of Montferrato is regent.

Mondeuse Blanche is a white grape variety cultivated in the Savoy region, and is still found in very small amounts in that region's vineyards today.

The parentage information, however, does not reveal how old the grape variety is, i. e., when the pollination of a Mondeuse Blanche vine by Dureza took place, leading to the original Syrah seed plant.

The convention is noteworthy as it was the first at which delegates cast votes for an African-American, Blanche Bruce.

The closest métro station is Blanche.

Some biographers believed that the character of Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire is also based on her.

This site is served by metro line 2 stations of Anvers, Pigalle and Blanche and the line 12 stations of Pigalle, Abbesses, Lamarck-Caulaincourt and Jules Joffrin.

The actual Moulin Rouge theatre is also in Pigalle, next to Blanche métro station.

On his seventeenth birthday, Esteban is hit by a car and killed while chasing after actress Huma Rojo for her autograph following a performance of A Streetcar Named Desire, in which she portrays Blanche DuBois.

The town is divided into two sections: the French Quarter ( Ville Blanche or ' White town ') and the Indian quarter ( Ville Noire or ' Black Town ').

Philip VI died at Nogent-le-Roi, Eure-et-Loir on 22 August 1350 and is interred with his second wife, Blanche of Navarre in Saint Denis Basilica.

She hates having to cook, clean, and care for Blanche, who, although stuck upstairs in her bedroom, has nevertheless managed to keep her good looks, while Jane is now aged and ugly.

Blanche, whose only other contact with the outside world is cleaning woman Elvira Stitt and her telephone conversations with her doctor and attorney, realizes that Jane is becoming increasingly unstable.

It may be made only from a strict list of grape varieties, if it is to carry the name of one of the crus then it must be at least 90 % Ugni Blanc ( known in Italy as Trebbiano ), Folle Blanche and Colombard, although 10 % of the grapes used can be Folignan, Jurançon blanc, Meslier St-François ( also called Blanc Ramé ), Sélect, Montils or Sémillon.

What is believed to be the first flag of Oregon produced was made that year by Meier & Frank, sewn by Marjorie Kennedy and Blanche Cox, employees of the department store.

Helena is the birthplace of Arkansas ' former U. S. Senator Blanche Lincoln and actor / director / filmmaker Chuck Williams.

If a player has no face cards in her hand, then she may declare Carte Blanche, which is worth 10 points.