
Elizabeth Bradley
Elizabeth Bradley (20 May 1922 – 30 October 2000) was an English actress. She played Maud Grimes in the British soap opera Coronation Street. Bradley was born Joan Abraham in Macclesfield, Cheshire, the daughter of a senior civil servant, and took her father's middle name as her stage surname. She started acting professionally at the age of 23. Bradley's played wheelchair-using pensioner Maud Grimes in Coronation Street from 1993 to 1999. The character was described as a battle-axe and was once called "the mother-in-law from hell". She filmed 476 episodes during this time. Bradley had previously played character Councillor Adams in the soap in 1978, but was credited then as Margaret Bradley. She has also made TV appearances in London's Burning, The Bill, Casualty, Bad Girls and The Sweeney. Her film roles included Four Dimensions of Greta and The Flesh and Blood Show (both 1972) with director Pete Walker, and as the old woman who encounters a naked David Naughton at London Zoo in An American Werewolf in London (1981). She was also a successful theatre actress, obtaining an Olivier Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her role in a National Theatre production of Billy Liar.
Known For
Credits
- 1999 · Bad Girls as Mrs. Foster
- 1992 · Memento Mori as Mrs Anthony
- 1992 · Resnick: Lonely Hearts as Vera Barnett
- 1986 · Casualty as Mrs. Daniels
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1984 · Leaving as
- 1982 · Brimstone & Treacle as Woman Passer By
- 1982 · Shine on Harvey Moon as Lady in Gallery
- 1981 · London Is Drowning as Mum
- 1981 · Bergerac as Mrs. Maurice
- 1981 · An American Werewolf in London as Woman in Zoo
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Mrs Bradley
- 1979 · Waterloo Sunset as Nelly
- 1976 · No Hard Feelings as Mrs Etheridge
- 1975 · In This House of Brede as Dame Margaret
- 1975 · The Sweeney as Mrs. Hibberd
- 1972 · Van der Valk as Hannah
- 1972 · The Four Dimensions of Greta as Mrs. Schickler
- 1965 · Davey Jones' Locker as Mrs Haddock