A former Made In Chelsea star has shared the tragic news that his two-year-old daughter has passed away after suffering from a rare form of blood cancer.
07.08.2023 - 10:15 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Coronation Street actress Anita Carey has died, it has been reported. The Yorkshire-born actress was best known for her roles on British soaps Corrie and Doctors is said to have died aged 75 following a 13-year period of living alongside a breast cancer diagnosis.
Following her diagnosis, the mum-of-two continued to work on stage and appear on TV shows in the United States. But Anita's biggest roles in UK TV saw the former soap star play Joyce Smedley on Corrie between 1996 and 1997 and enjoying a two-year stint on BBC's Doctors from 2007.
During her time on Doctors, Carey won an award for her portrayal of receptionist Vivien March in the BBC soap opera in 2009. But prior to appearing in soaps, Carey was a regular face on TV comedies but made a leap into a more dramatic role in the 1970s.
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It is then that she made her first cameo on the cobbles as she briefly appeared in Weatherfield as Brenda Summers, a victim of domestic violence, who was befriended by Emily Bishop, played by Urmston-actress Eileen Derbyshire.
Carey then returned to the soap a decade later as Joyce Smedley, mum of Gaynor Faye's character Judy Mallett. Despite enjoying several storylines during her second stint on the long-running soap, Anita's character departed Weatherfield during then-new Coronation Street producer Brian Park's reported brutal casting cull.
The actress did, however, return to soapland in May 2007 when she made her debut in Doctors as receptionist Vivien March. And as mentioned, her performance in the role of the character, dealing with the trauma of being raped by a burglar, earned the actress the British Soap Award for Best Dramatic
A former Made In Chelsea star has shared the tragic news that his two-year-old daughter has passed away after suffering from a rare form of blood cancer.
revealed his stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis last November, saying he was initially diagnosed in 2018.Speaking to The Times, Taylor explained that the dramatic U-turn happened after a doctor told him about a breakthrough cancer drug, dubbed “a nuclear medicine” called Lutetium-177, that targets cancer cells.After undergoing a round of the said treatment conducted by Christopher Evans, whom Taylor referred to as the “Elon Musk of cancer,” the rocker was “radioactive for several days.”“I was classified as palliative, end-of-life care… and now I’m not. I’m asymptomatic,” he told the outlet, adding that he was unable to sleep in the same room as others, or use public transportation.Taylor completed one round of treatment and will have five more rounds to follow that will take place every six weeks.“The lowest point is maybe six weeks after the diagnosis, when it really sinks in,” the Brit explained, adding that he was feeling very down by the limited treatment options.
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Anita Carey has died at the age of 75, 13 years on from being diagnosed with breast cancer
Coronation Street Anita Carey has died at the age of 75, following a 13 year battle with breast cancer.The actress played both Brenda Summers and Joyce Smedley in the ITV soap, in roles that were two decades apart. She also appeared in Doctors as Vivian March, but sadly died on 19 July, reports The Guardian. Anita was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, in 1946 and began her career performing in British comedy series including I Didn't Know You Cared, in the 1970s.
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Breaking Bad star Mark Margolis has sadly died at the age of 83 after battling a "short illness". The TV actor, who worked alongside Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul on the iconic HBO series, is best known for his Emmy-nominated role. Mark also went on to star on Better Caul Saul, the TV hit's spin-off series.The star's death on Thursday, August 3, was confirmed by his son Morgan, who is the CEO at the Knitting Factory Entertainment, according to The Sun.The entertainment exec revealed that his father sadly passed away at New York City's Mount Sinai Hospital.
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