{"id":775150,"date":"2026-09-18T22:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T22:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/775150\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T22:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T22:28:13","slug":"stephanie-cole-coronation-street-and-open-all-hours-actor-dies-aged-84-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/775150\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephanie Cole, Coronation Street and Open All Hours actor, dies aged 84 | Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The actor Stephanie Cole, best known for roles in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/coronation-street\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Coronation Street<\/a>, Waiting for God and Open All Hours, has died aged 84.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">She also appeared in the prisoner-of-war drama Tenko, A Bit of a Do and Doc Martin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">A statement from her agent, John Grant, on behalf of her family, said: \u201cIt is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Stephanie Cole, OBE.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cShe passed away this morning at the age of 84. Stephanie had been living with Alzheimer\u2019s disease for some years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cStephanie was an extraordinary talent whose long and distinguished career included many iconic performances in theatre and television. She brought joy to millions through her many much-loved roles in sitcom and drama.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cShe will also be remembered for her tireless work supporting mental health charities. During this incredibly difficult time, the family kindly requests privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cole (right) as Sylvia Goodwin in Coronation Street. Photograph: ITV\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Cole appeared on Coronation Street between 2011 and 2013 as Sylvia Goodwin, the mother of Roy Cropper. She won the British Soap award for best comedy performance for the role.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Her other notable performances included roles in Still Open All Hours, in which she reprised her Open All Hours character Mrs Featherstone, The Cleaner, Gentleman Jack and Talking Heads: Soldiering On.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">She won the British Comedy award for best actress for the 1990s sitcom Waiting for God, about residents of a retirement home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Cole also had an extensive career in the theatre, with roles in King Lear, A Passionate Woman and Noises Off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The actor Stephanie Cole, best known for roles in Coronation Street, Waiting for God and Open All Hours,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-775150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}