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Elsie Gregory (née Grimshaw; previously Tanner and Howard) was a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', played by Patricia Phoenix from the series inception in 1960 to 1973 and from 1976 until 1984. Elsie Tanner was one of the original core characters on ''Coronation Street'' and appeared in the very first episode. She is considered something of an icon in soap history and regarded as one of ''Coronation Street's'' greatest ever characters. Her final appearance came in January 1984, when Elsie emigrated to Portugal. Actress Pat Phoenix decided to quit the series in 1983 to pursue other projects. Three years after leaving, Pat died, and a few months later, a special video special titled "The Lives and Loves of Elsie Tanner" had the return of Anne Cunningham as Elsie's daughter Linda, hinting about Elsie's previous passing and including archive footage for flashbacks. However, 24 years later, when Philip Lowrie returned as Elsie's son Dennis Tanner, it was revealed that Elsie had died in a car accident along with Bill Gregory in 2004/2005, meaning that the video is not part of the canon of the show (on which the events have not been mentioned). In 2011, it was revealed that she and her son Dennis were related to Eileen Grimshaw and Julie Carp as her cousin, Arnley Grimshaw, was their grandfather. ==Characterisation== Elsie is dubbed as the "siren of the street throughout the 1960s". She is described as having a passion for men and got hurt by all of them.〔 In her later years she is described as struggling to keep up her glamour and has a series of sleazy one-night stands and dead-end jobs.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elsie Tanner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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