Betty Williams (also Preston and Turpin) was a fictional character
from the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, portrayed by former music
hall star Betty Driver. Driver was cast as Betty in 1969, after first
auditioning for the role of Hilda Ogden, which was given to Jean
Alexander. The character arrived in Coronation Street to help her
sister Maggie Cooke (Irene Sutcliffe) run the corner shop, and since
then had a number of storylines which saw her become twice widowed,
and mother to an illegitimate son.For most of her tenure in the show,
Betty worked as a barmaid in the soap's Rovers Return Inn, where she
created a signature dish, known as Betty's hotpot.Driver died in
October 2011, and Betty was subsequently written out, with the
character dying off-screen from an illness in April 2012.
from the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, portrayed by former music
hall star Betty Driver. Driver was cast as Betty in 1969, after first
auditioning for the role of Hilda Ogden, which was given to Jean
Alexander. The character arrived in Coronation Street to help her
sister Maggie Cooke (Irene Sutcliffe) run the corner shop, and since
then had a number of storylines which saw her become twice widowed,
and mother to an illegitimate son.For most of her tenure in the show,
Betty worked as a barmaid in the soap's Rovers Return Inn, where she
created a signature dish, known as Betty's hotpot.Driver died in
October 2011, and Betty was subsequently written out, with the
character dying off-screen from an illness in April 2012.
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