Actor
Maudie Edwards
October 16, 1906 · Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Elizabeth Maud Edwards (16 October 1906 – 24 March 1991), professionally known as Maudie Edwards, was a Welsh actress, radio broadcaster, comedian, dancer and singer. She started her career in theatres in Swansea and moved on to films even appearing alongside Frank Sinatra at the London Palladium. She is best remembered for having spoken the first line of dialogue in the British soap opera, Coronation Street, and playing Elsie Lappin, the first-ever owner of the corner shop in the first two episodes. Those first words were "Now the next thing you've got to do is get a signwriter in".
Often works with
Meredith Edwards
2 titles together
Only Two Can Play, Girdle of Gold
Frederick Piper
2 titles together
Only Two Can Play, Pink String and Sealing Wax
Mervyn Johns
2 titles together
Pink String and Sealing Wax, My Learned Friend
Garry Marsh
2 titles together
Pink String and Sealing Wax, I'll Be Your Sweetheart
Hy Hazell
2 titles together
My Learned Friend, The Key Man
Ian Wilson
2 titles together
My Learned Friend, The Key Man
Full filmography · 12
Under Milk Wood
as Mrs Utah Watkins
19726.1
Band of Thieves
as The Duchess
1962
Only Two Can Play
as Mrs. Edna Davies
19625.9
Clue of the New Pin
as Barmaid
1961
The Ugly Duckling
as Henrietta Jekyll
1959
The Key Man
as Mrs. Glass
1957
Girdle of Gold
as Mrs. Griffiths
1952
Walking on Air
cast
1946
Pink String and Sealing Wax
as Mrs. Webster
19456.2
I'll Be Your Sweetheart
as Mrs. Jones
1945
The Shipbuilders
as Lizzie
1943
My Learned Friend
as Aladdin
1943