Betty Turpin

Betty Turpin is one of the longest-standing characters in the UK soap opera, Coronation Street.

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Soap opera - Coronation Street

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Betty Turpin, played by former music hall star, Betty Driver, has been a barmaid at the Rover's Return since June, 1969, and is now, like the actress who plays her, in her eighties. Betty Turpin's history includes an illegitimate son (Gordon Clegg), marriage to policeman Cyril Turpin which ended with his death in 1974, and a second marriage to her wartime sweetheart, Billy Williams, which also ended in widowhood for Betty. She is also famous for her hotpots, which came under scrutiny in the early 1990s when it was believed that they were contaminated. She was cleared of all wrongdoing when it was discovered that beer, not food, was responsible for a spate of stomach upsets.

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Betty Driver - Rover's Return - June - 1969 - 1974 - 1990s

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Because of her advancing age, Betty nowadays appears only rarely on the show.

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