What is Eileen Derbyshire?
{{Infobox person | name = Eileen Derbyshire<br>[[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] | image = <!-- Please do not use a screenshot, they are not permitted in BLPs --> | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1931|10|6|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Lancashire|Urmston, Lancashire]], England | occupation = Actress | spouse = Thomas W. Holt (m. 1965) | children = Oliver Holt | years_active = 1948–2016, 2019 }} '''Eileen Derbyshire''', {{small|[[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]}} (born 6 October 1931) is an [[England|English]] [[actress]]. She is best known for her role as [[Emily Bishop]] in the long-running [[ITV]] [[soap opera]], ''[[Coronation Street]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a138773/cope-emily-should-receive-damehood.html |title=Cope: 'Emily' should receive damehood - Coronation Street News - Soaps |publisher=Digital Spy |date=2008-12-20 |access-date=2012-01-27 |archive-date=2009-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601205847/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a138773/cope-emily-should-receive-damehood.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> She played the character for 55 years, from January 1961 to January 2016 and again for a cameo appearance in October 2019, making her the longest-serving female cast member in a British soap opera and the second longest-serving cast member on the show, after [[William Roache]] who has played the role of [[Ken Barlow]] continuously, since the show's first episode on the 9 December 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/coronationstreet/emily |work=ITV Official Coronation Street site |title= Emily Bishop |access-date= 20 November 2017}}</ref> She is the mother of sports journalist Oliver Holt. She was awarded an MBE in the 2010 Queens Birthday Honours list with her fellow co-star and friend, [[Barbara Knox]] who plays the role of [[Rita Sullivan]] on the show. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|nm0220263}} * [http://www.corrie.net/profiles/actors/derbyshire_eile