What is Anne Kirkbride?
{{Infobox person | image = Deirdre Barlow 2.jpg | name = Anne Kirkbride | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1954|6|21}} | birth_place = [[Oldham]], [[Lancashire]], [[England]] | death_date = January 19 2015(Aged 60) | death_place = [[Manchester]], England | death_cause = [[Breast cancer]] | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1971–2014 | othername = | homepage = | spouse = David Beckett <br /> (m. 1992–2015, her death) | parents = Jack Kirkbride }} '''Anne Kirkbride''' (21 June 1954 – 19 January 2015) was an [[English people|English]] [[actress]]. She was best known for portraying the role of [[Deirdre Barlow]] in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] [[soap opera]] ''[[Coronation Street]]'' from 1972 to 2014. On 19 January 2015, Kirkbride died of [[breast cancer]] in a [[Manchester]] hospital. She was 60 years old.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.itv.com/coronationstreet/news/anne-kirkbride| title='Anne Kirkbride'|date=19 January 2014|work=itv.com |access-date=19 January 2014}}</ref> Before she died, Kirkbride was planning to go back to ''Coronation Street'', but never had the chance to do so. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|nm0456574}} * [http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/soaps/coronation_street/whos_who/deirdre_barlow What's on TV profile] {{actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kirkbride, Anne}} [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from breast cancer]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in England]] [[Category:English television actors]] [[Category:English movie actors]] [[Category:English stage actors]] [[Category:Soap opera actors]] [[Category:Actors from Lancashire]] [[Category:People from Oldham]]