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Family of Coronation Street legend, 93, offer rare update on the actress almost 10 years after she left the cobbles


Telly fans have been treated to a rare update on Coronation Street legend Eileen Derbyshire, 93, a decade after she left the cobbles for what was said to be an 'extended break'.

TV fans have been treated to a rare update on Coronation Street legend Eileen Derbyshire, 93, a decade after she left the cobbles for an 'extended break'. Now, her son, Oliver Holt, a sports journalist, has updated fans on her quieter life in her 90s, revealing that the woman who played Emily Bishop for a staggering 55 years is 'well looked after and happy'. Eileen's desire to stay out of the spotlight was so great that she never appeared at award ceremonies or on red carpets with her fellow cast members

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