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Betty Alberge (22 January 1922 – 18 May 1991) was an English theatre, radio and television actress, with an extensive career which ran from the late 1930s to the 1980s. She was best known for playing
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Early life

Born in
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on 22 January 1922, Alberge received her formal education at Fallowfield Central School for Girls in Manchester. Whilst at school she became interested in acting after performing in a school theatrical production of
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Acting career

After initial training to be an actress at the Repertory School of Acting in Manchester, Alberge completed her training with the Colwyn Bay Repertory Company, at the New Rialto Theatre in
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''Coronation Street''

Alberge was one of the original cast of the television serial drama ''Coronation Street'', playing the character
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from episode one, on Friday 9 December 1960, until 1965 when she left the series. The show's creator, Tony Warren, originally wrote the part of
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for Alberge, but after the first audition, he cast her in the role as shopkeeper. Alberge had the distinction of having the second line in the first scene of the first episode: "It's funny having me own name over me own shop, Florrie Lindley". The character let customers believe she was a widow when, in fact, she was estranged from her husband Norman. Under new producer Tim Aspinall, Alberge was written out of the serial in June 1965, after almost 300 episodes, when her character emigrated to Canada with her husband Norman.


Later work

After she left ''Coronation Street'', Alberge continued to perform in theatre, and regularly appeared as a supporting
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'', playing pensioner Edna Cross. She remained in this role until the character's death in 1985, after almost 80 episodes. When Alberge learned that her character was to be written out of the soap, she said "Life goes on." Her last on screen performance was in 1986 in an episode of the BBC's '' Casualty''.


Personal life

Alberge married Rupert Marshall in Manchester in 1944. The couple had one daughter, Christine, in 1947.


Death

Alberge died on 18 May 1991, aged 69, in
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Selected filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alberge, Betty English television actresses English soap opera actresses 1922 births 1991 deaths 20th-century British actresses 20th-century English women 20th-century English people 20th-century British businesspeople