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Coronation Street star Barbara Ferris dies aged 85 as tributes flood in
The former soap star, who has passed away, later made a name for herself on the big screen
Barbara Ferris played Corrie barmaid Nona Willis in 1961 (Image: Larry Ellis/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Following her exit from the small screen, she would instead find success on the big screen, starring opposite Dave Clark – of The Dave Clark Five – in Catch Us If You Can as Dinah, with fellow acting legend Oliver Reed in The System, and ex-Spandau Ballet musicians Gary and Martin Kemp in The Krays, where she played Mrs Lawson. In addition, she was the beloved wife of film producer John Quested, whom she married the same year her sister triumphed in Rome, reports Bristol Live. Read MoreRelated Articles Tributes have poured in online just hours after Sam Gardiner was reported killed in a car crash
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