{"id":68492,"date":"2023-11-14T23:24:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T23:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newcelebworld.com\/?p=68492"},"modified":"2023-11-14T23:24:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T23:24:07","slug":"joan-savage-dead-coronation-street-star-dies-aged-89-as-devastated-family-share-emotional-tributes-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newcelebworld.com\/tv-movies\/joan-savage-dead-coronation-street-star-dies-aged-89-as-devastated-family-share-emotional-tributes-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Joan Savage dead: Coronation Street star dies aged 89 as devastated family share emotional tributes | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
CORONATION Street star Joan Savage has died aged 89.<\/p>\n
The actress is understood to have passed away peacefully at Brinsworth House in Twickenham, south west London, earlier this month.<\/p>\n
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Joan played dancer Celeste Pickersgill during a brief stint in Coronation Street in 2000.<\/p>\n
She was took a fancy to Norris Cole after they were paired together during a competition hosted at the Tower Ballroom.<\/p>\n
Joan also appeared in an episode of Dad's Army in 1972 and featured in The Arthur Haynes Show over a seven-year period during an illustrious TV career spanning six decades.<\/p>\n
Born in January 1934, Joan accompanied comedic dad Norman around local clubs across the north of England.<\/p>\n
She went on to join the Blackpool Children's Tower Ballet and Blackpool Tower Circus aged just 12.<\/p>\n Joan would ride elephants, roller skate and perform songs across a wide variety of performances, paving the way for an appearance on Mr Ronnie Taylor's Variety Fanfare on BBC Radio.<\/p>\n She also went on tour as the leading lady in a George and Alfred Black entertainment show named Music and Madness, The Blackpool Gazette reports.<\/p>\n During the tour, she met fellow performer Ken Morris, whom she would later marry in Blackpool in 1955.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The couple later established a successful double act, appearing in a number of TV adverts and shows including The Jack Jackson Show and The Black and White Minstrel Show.<\/p>\n They had their first child, daughter Kelly, together in March 1960.<\/p>\n Husband Ken sadly passed away in July 1969 following a brain tumour diagnosis.<\/p>\n But Joan would go on to establish herself as one of the UK's most popular entertainers, continuing to perform a raft of songs and impersonations in summer shows and concerts, as well as on cruise ships.<\/p>\n She went on to marry Bryan in November 1972 and is survived by daughter Kelly and grandsons Mark and Simon.<\/p>\n In all, she appeared in more than 350 TV shows and was awarded the Freedom of the City of London in 2008.<\/p>\n<\/picture>SETTING THE BARLOW <\/span><\/p>\n
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