No 41 Alma Baldwin Oh, lovely, lovely Alma with your shaggy dog hair. Watching Alma on Coronation Street was always a treat, like snuggling up with a particularly cosy duvet in front of the telly. Alma was played by Amanda Barrie and was in Corrie on and off from 1981 to Alma’s death of cervical cancer in 2001. Alma ran the café, put up with Mike’s philandering for too many years, drove a sports car and was almost killed by Don Brennan when he drove her into the canal in his cab. Alma had an affair with her best mate Audrey’s son Stephen when he flew in from Canada and she was also best friend to Hayley Cropper.
Most famous for: Saving women’s lives in the real-world after her on-screen death of cervical cancer prompted an unprecedented number of calls to cancer help-lines, overwhelming clinics and GP surgeries. Should Alma be in our Top 50 list at No 41 – what do you think? Check out our Top 50 so far.
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