Helen Worth (born Cathryn Helen Wigglesworth; 7 January 1951) is an
English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Gail Platt in
the ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, a role that she has played
since 1974. In 2014, she received the Outstanding Achievement Award at
The British Soap Awards.Cathryn Helen Wigglesworth was born to Alfred
and Gladys Wigglesworth in Ossett and grew up in Morecambe,
Lancashire. She was brought up in a middle-class family and attended
private school. When she was eight her parents fostered Ghanaian-born
Wilson Kpikpitse, who was sent to England as an overseas student at
the age of eleven and remained with the family for eight years, but
moved on following the death of Worth's mother, who was killed in a
hit-and-run road accident while she was on a visit to Brighton.Worth's
grandmother lived in Bradford and ran a boarding house for music hall
performers, which prompted her desire to perform. She took dancing
lessons from the age of three, and took part in many school theatrical
productions. At the age of ten, she read stories on Granada
Television's Scene at 6.30, and appeared in an episode of BBC's
Z-Cars. At the age of twelve she played one of the von Trapp children
in a stage production of The Sound of Music, at the Palace Theatre in
London, a role that kept her in London for nine months. After this
period, she returned to Morecambe to finish her education and later
attended the Corona Theatre School in London.
English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Gail Platt in
the ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, a role that she has played
since 1974. In 2014, she received the Outstanding Achievement Award at
The British Soap Awards.Cathryn Helen Wigglesworth was born to Alfred
and Gladys Wigglesworth in Ossett and grew up in Morecambe,
Lancashire. She was brought up in a middle-class family and attended
private school. When she was eight her parents fostered Ghanaian-born
Wilson Kpikpitse, who was sent to England as an overseas student at
the age of eleven and remained with the family for eight years, but
moved on following the death of Worth's mother, who was killed in a
hit-and-run road accident while she was on a visit to Brighton.Worth's
grandmother lived in Bradford and ran a boarding house for music hall
performers, which prompted her desire to perform. She took dancing
lessons from the age of three, and took part in many school theatrical
productions. At the age of ten, she read stories on Granada
Television's Scene at 6.30, and appeared in an episode of BBC's
Z-Cars. At the age of twelve she played one of the von Trapp children
in a stage production of The Sound of Music, at the Palace Theatre in
London, a role that kept her in London for nine months. After this
period, she returned to Morecambe to finish her education and later
attended the Corona Theatre School in London.
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