Maudie Edwards

Maudie Edwards

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".

  • Title: Maudie Edwards
  • Popularity: 0.517
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1906-10-16
  • Place of Birth: Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
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Maudie Edwards Movies

  • 1946
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    Walking on Air
    Walking on Air

    1 1946 HD

    Shaw is the south end of a horse for an ice show, but she longs to be a ballerina. It looks like she will achieve that goal, but will her oversized...

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  • 1957
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    The Key Man
    The Key Man

    5.5 1957 HD

    The host of a radio crime show finds himself mixed up with real gangsters after he re-creates a notorious murder on the air. He uses his knowledge of...

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  • 1952
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    Girdle of Gold
    Girdle of Gold

    7.7 1952 HD

    The adulterous Mrs Griffiths' corset has, unbeknown to her, a fortune stashed in it by her drunken, money-loving husband.

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  • 1959
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    The Ugly Duckling
    The Ugly Duckling

    5.8 1959 HD

    Henry Jekyll was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for his invitation to participate in life that never...

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  • 1972
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    Under Milk Wood
    Under Milk Wood

    6.2 1972 HD

    The delightful if peculiar story of a day in the life of a small, Welsh fishing village called "Llareggub" in which we meet a host of curious...

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  • 1962
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    Only Two Can Play
    Only Two Can Play

    5.8 1962 HD

    John Lewis is bored of his job and his wife. Then Liz, wife of a local councillor, sets her sights on him. But this is risky stuff in a Welsh valleys...

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  • 1943
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    My Learned Friend
    My Learned Friend

    6 1943 HD

    An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the list, and co-opts Claude Hulbert to try and stop him...

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  • 1943
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    The Shipbuilders
    The Shipbuilders

    6 1943 HD

    A patriotic, cinematic salvo, this wartime production tells the story of the owner of a shipbuilding company doing his best to contribute to the...

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  • 1945
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    Pink String and Sealing Wax
    Pink String and Sealing Wax

    6 1945 HD

    Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her...

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  • 1945
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    I'll Be Your Sweetheart
    I'll Be Your Sweetheart

    5 1945 HD

    In turn-of-the-century London a young music publisher fights both competitors and piracy in a time where author's royalties were still unprotected.

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  • 1962
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    Band of Thieves
    Band of Thieves

    7.2 1962 HD

    A group of prisoners are encouraged to form a jazz band and vow to go straight when they are released to tour the country. However, the trumpets and...

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