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Elizabeth Bradley
Acting

Elizabeth Bradley
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1922-05-20,Hampstead, London, England, UK
Gender
Female
Biography
Elizabeth Bradley (20 May 1922 – 30 October 2000) was an English actress. She played Maud Grimes in the British soap opera Coronation Street. Bradley was born Joan Abraham in Macclesfield, Cheshire, the daughter of a senior civil servant, and took her father's middle name as her stage surname. She started acting professionally at the age of 23. Bradley's played wheelchair-using pensioner Maud Grimes in Coronation Street from 1993 to 1999. The character was described as a battle-axe and was once called "the mother-in-law from hell". She filmed 476 episodes during this time. Bradley had previously played character Councillor Adams in the soap in 1978, but was credited then as Margaret Bradley. She has also made TV appearances in London's Burning, The Bill, Casualty, Bad Girls and The Sweeney. Her film roles included Four Dimensions of Greta and The Flesh and Blood Show (both 1972) with director Pete Walker, and as the old woman who encounters a naked David Naughton at London Zoo in An American Werewolf in London (1981). She was also a successful theatre actress, obtaining an Olivier Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her role in a National Theatre production of Billy Liar.

Filmography

Brimstone & Treacle

5.9

Brimstone & Treacle
1982-10-01

Davey Jones' Locker

0

Davey Jones' Locker
1965-01-01

An American Werewolf in London

7.4

An American Werewolf in London
1981-08-21

Resnick: Lonely Hearts

0

Resnick: Lonely Hearts
1992-03-31

In This House of Brede

5.2

In This House of Brede
1975-02-27

The Four Dimensions of Greta

4.6

The Four Dimensions of Greta
1972-05-23

Waterloo Sunset

0

Waterloo Sunset
1979-01-23

6.333

Memento Mori
1992-04-19

No Hard Feelings

3

No Hard Feelings
1976-06-13

London Is Drowning

0

London Is Drowning
1981-10-27

God Speed Co-operation

0

God Speed Co-operation
1982-09-26

6.75

The Bill
1984-10-16

Tales of the Unexpected

6.776

Tales of the Unexpected
1979-03-24

8

The Sweeney
1975-01-02

6.2

Van der Valk
1972-09-13

5

Leaving
1984-06-20

7.583

Bad Girls
1999-06-01

6.238

Casualty
1986-09-06

Shine on Harvey Moon

7.688

Shine on Harvey Moon
1982-01-08

The Piglet Files

7.75

The Piglet Files
1990-09-07

A Traveller In Time

6.5

A Traveller In Time
1978-01-04