Elizabeth Bradley

Known for ActingBorn 1922-05-20Died 2000-10-30Hampstead, London, England, UK

Elizabeth Bradley (20 May 1922 – 30 October 2000) was an English actress. She played Maud Grimes in the British soap opera Coronation Street. Bradley was born Joan Abraham in Macclesfield, Cheshire, the daughter of a senior civil servant, and took her father's middle name as her stage surname. She started acting professionally at the age of 23. Bradley's played wheelchair-using pensioner Maud Grimes in Coronation Street from 1993 to 1999. The character was described as a battle-axe and was once called "the mother-in-law from hell". She filmed 476 episodes during this time. Bradley had previously played character Councillor Adams in the soap in 1978, but was credited then as Margaret Bradley. She has also made TV appearances in London's Burning, The Bill, Casualty, Bad Girls and The Sweeney. Her film roles included Four Dimensions of Greta and The Flesh and Blood Show (both 1972) with director Pete Walker, and as the old woman who encounters a naked David Naughton at London Zoo in An American Werewolf in London (1981). She was also a successful theatre actress, obtaining an Olivier Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her role in a National Theatre production of Billy Liar.Read more

Movies & web series

The Sweeney

The Piglet Files

Bad Girls

Shine on Harvey Moon

An American Werewolf in London

The Bill

Tales of the Unexpected

A Traveller In Time

Memento Mori

Casualty

Van der Valk

Brimstone & Treacle

In This House of Brede

Leaving

The Four Dimensions of Greta

No Hard Feelings

Resnick: Lonely Hearts

God Speed Co-operation

London Is Drowning

Waterloo Sunset

Davey Jones' Locker