What is Julie Goodyear?
{{nosources|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Julie Goodyear <br /> <small>[[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]</small> | image = Bet Lynch 2.jpg | caption = Goodyear as fictional character Bet Lynch behind the bar of the Rovers Return in [[Madame Tussauds]], [[Blackpool]] in 2015. | birth_name = Julie Kemp | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1942|3|29}} | birth_place = [[Rochdale|Heywood]], [[Lancashire]], England | education = [[St Anne's Academy]] | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1965–present | known_for = Role of [[List of Coronation Street characters|Bet Lynch]] in ''[[Coronation Street]]'' | spouses = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Ray Sutcliffe|1959|1963|reason=divorced}}<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/categories/34/?name=Julie_Goodyear&location=3257.3250&marriage=1960&marriage_x=2-0-0&spouse=_Sutcliffe |title = Julie Goodyear - Ancestry.com}}</ref> * {{marriage|Tony Rudman|1973|1974|reason=ann.}} * {{marriage|Richard Skrob|1985|1987|reason=divorced}} * {{marriage|Scott Brand|2007}} }} | children = 1 }} '''Julie Goodyear''', [[MBE]] (née '''Kemp'''; born 29 March 1942) is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of [[List of Coronation Street characters|Bet Lynch]] (later '''Gilroy''') on the [[ITV]] [[soap opera]] ''[[Coronation Street]]''. She first appeared as Bet for nine episodes in 1966, before becoming a series regular from 1970 to 1995. She returned for eight episodes in 2002 and another seven in 2003. For her role on ''Coronation Street'', she received the Special Recognition Award at the 1995 [[National]] [[Television]] [[Awards]]. She was made an [[MBE]] in the 1996 New Year Honours. Goodyear was born in [[Bury]], [[Greater Manchester|Greater Manchester, Lancashire]]. == References == {{Reflist}} == Other websites == * {{IMDb name|329591}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodyear, Julie}} [[Category:1942 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:British television acto