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'''Elizabeth Maud Edwards''' (16 October 1906 &ndash; 24 March 1991), professionally known as '''Maudie Edwards''', was a Welsh-born actress, radio broadcaster, comedian, dancer and singer, best known for her career in England and best remembered for speaking the first line of dialogue in soap opera ''[[Coronation Street]]'', appearing for the first 2 episodes as shopkeeper [[Elsie Lappin]]<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=http://swanseasgrand.co.uk/maudie%20edwards%201906%20-%201991.html|title=Maudie Edwards 16 October 1906 – 24 March 1991|website=Swanseagrand.co.uk|accessdate=2 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9fb4c34f|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721152032/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9fb4c34f|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-21|title=Maudie Edwards|work=BFI}}</ref> Prior to ''Corrie'', she was best known to radio listeners of the program ''[[Welsh Rarebit (radio programme)|Welsh Rarebit]]'', that attracted 10 million viewers weekly<ref name="bio" />
'''Elizabeth Maud Edwards''' (16 October 1906 &ndash; 24 March 1991), professionally known as '''Maudie Edwards''', was a Welsh actress, radio broadcaster, comedian, dancer and singer, best remembered for having [[Episode 1 (Coronation Street)|spoken the first line of dialogue]] in soap opera ''[[Coronation Street]]'', and playing [[Elsie Lappin]] in the first two episodes.<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=http://swanseasgrand.co.uk/maudie%20edwards%201906%20-%201991.html|title=Maudie Edwards 16 October 1906 – 24 March 1991|website=Swanseagrand.co.uk|accessdate=2 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9fb4c34f|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721152032/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9fb4c34f|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-21|title=Maudie Edwards|work=BFI}}</ref> She was previously best known to listeners of the radio programme ''[[Welsh Rarebit (radio programme)|Welsh Rarebit]]'', which attracted weekly audiences of 10 million.<ref name="bio" />

==Early life==
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Born in 16 Florence St. [[Neath]], [[Glamorgan]], Wales,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/corrie-stars-swan-watch-scott-1901842|title=Corrie star's Swan to watch if Scott joins club|date=8 August 2010|website=WalesOnline|access-date=9 December 2020}}</ref> to semi-professional comedian and singer Ned Edwards, she appeared on stage at the age of four, with her sister May, as Ned Edwards' ''Two Little Queenies''.<ref name="bio" />

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==Career==
Edwards would go on to play the [[principal boy]] in many [[pantomime]]s.<ref name=arch>{{cite web|url=https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/6693dc40-2db3-3375-9238-143a22d199c0|title=Maudie Edwards Archive|website=Archives Hub|access-date=9 December 2020}}</ref>
She presented her signature tune before radio broadcasts of ''Welsh Rarebit'' with the lyrics:
<blockquote>I bring you the voice of the people from over the hills and dales
:and the voice of the people is brought to you by a voice that comes from Wales<ref name="bio" /></blockquote>

Edwards had a talent for comedy, and formed her own repertory company, The Maudie Edwards Players, who performed in the [[Palace Theatre, Swansea|Palace Theatre]], [[Swansea]]. In films of the 1940s, she provided a singing voice for film stars [[Diana Dors]], [[Margaret Lockwood]] and [[Gene Tierney]].<ref name="bio" /> Edwards wrote some of her own material.<ref name=arch/>


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==Career ==
⚫
Born in 16 Florence St. [[Neath]], [[Glamorgan]], Wales,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/corrie-stars-swan-watch-scott-1901842|title=Corrie star's Swan to watch if Scott joins club|date=8 August 2010|website=WalesOnline|access-date=9 December 2020}}</ref> to semi-professional comedian and singer Ned Edwards, she appeared on stage at aged 4 with sister May, as Ned Edwards ''Two Little Queenies''<ref name="bio" />. Edwards had a talent for comedy and formed her own repertory company, The Maudie Edwards Players, who performed in the [[Palace Theatre, Swansea|Palace Theatre]], [[Swansea]]. In films of the 1940s, she provided a singing voice for film stars [[Diana Dors]] and [[Margaret Lockwood]] and [[Gene Tierney]]<ref name="bio" />
She made her first screen appearance in 1936 and her last in 1972. In 1950, she appeared on stage with [[Frank Sinatra]] at the [[London Palladium]]. She played Elsie Lappin in the first two episodes of British soap opera ''Coronation Street'' in 1960 and was the first performer to speak during the first scene in the show's history: "Now the next thing you've got to do is to get a signwriter in - that thing above the door'll have to be changed."
She made her first screen appearance in 1936 and her last in 1972. In 1950, she appeared on stage with [[Frank Sinatra]] at the [[London Palladium]]. She played Elsie Lappin in the first two episodes of British soap opera ''Coronation Street'' in 1960 and was the first performer to speak during the first scene in the show's history: "Now the next thing you've got to do is to get a signwriter in - that thing above the door'll have to be changed."


==Personal life and death==
She died in [[London]], England aged 84 in 1991.
In 1954, Edwards married Walter Nicholas-Marcy, a businessman, in [[City of Westminster|Westminster]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Index entry|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=h3g9TNJvC4mx%2ByhzGm57eg&scan=1|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS|accessdate=19 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Index entry|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=VUcp7U3jMUpknPeZHVhJTg&scan=1|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS|accessdate=19 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Maudie Edwards Actress Singer Comedienne Her Fiance Editorial Stock Photo - Stock Image {{!}} Shutterstock|url=https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/maudie-edwards-actress-singer-and-comedienne-and-her-fiance-william-nicholsmarcy-a-london-businessman-box-653-410121545-ajpg-5728545a|access-date=2021-08-19|website=Shutterstock Editorial|language=en}}</ref> Four years later, she married Colonel William Fooks in [[Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras|St Pancras]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Index entry|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=4luERrap33xzq7jvLaXFaw&scan=1|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS|accessdate=19 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Index entry|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=abSJquYeHxdadq5h1HWbcg&scan=1|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS|accessdate=19 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=5 April 1991|title=Obituary Maudie Edwards|work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref>

Edwards spent her final years living in [[Putney]], south west London. She died in [[London]], aged 84, in 1991, predeceasing Fooks. Edwards bequeathed her archive material to the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]].<ref name="arch" />


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
*''[[The Flying Doctor]]'' (1936)
*''[[The Flying Doctor]]'' (1936)<ref name="bio" />
*''[[My Learned Friend]]'' (1943)
*''[[My Learned Friend]]'' (1943)
*''[[The Shipbuilders]]'' (1943)
*''[[The Shipbuilders]]'' (1943)
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*''[[Murder in Reverse|Query]]'' (1945)
*''[[Murder in Reverse|Query]]'' (1945)
*''[[Pink String and Sealing Wax]]'' (1945)
*''[[Pink String and Sealing Wax]]'' (1945)
*''[[Murder in Reverse?]]'' (1945)
* Walking on Air (1946)
*''Walking on Air'' (1946)
*''[[School for Randle]]'' (1949)
*''[[School for Randle]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Girdle of Gold]]'' (1952)
*''[[Girdle of Gold]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Diamond City]]'' dubbed singing voice of Diana Dors<ref name="bio" />
*''[[Diamond City (film)|Diamond City]]'' (1949) dubbed singing voice of Diana Dors<ref name="bio" />
*''[[Night and the City]]'' as dubbed singing voice of Gene Tierney<ref name="bio" />
* ''[[Take a Powder]]'' (1953)
*''[[The Strange World of Planet X]]'' (TV series 1956)
*''[[Take a Powder]]'' (1953)
*''[[The Strange World of Planet X]]'' (TV series, 1956)
*''[[The Errol Flynn Theatre]]'' (TV series 1956)
*''[[The Errol Flynn Theatre]]'' (TV series, 1956)
*''Life at Stake'' (1957)
*''Life at Stake'' (1957)
*''[[The Ugly Duckling (1959 film)|The Ugly Duckling]]'' (1959)
*''[[The Ugly Duckling (1959 film)|The Ugly Duckling]]'' (1959)
*''[[Coronation Street]]'' (TV series 1960)
*''[[Coronation Street]]'' (TV series, 1960)
*''[[The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre]]'' (TV series 1961)
*''[[The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre]]'' (TV series, 1961)
*''[[The Clue of the New Pin (1961 film)|The Clue of the New Pin]]'' (1961)
*''[[The Clue of the New Pin (1961 film)|The Clue of the New Pin]]'' (1961)
*''[[Only Two Can Play]]'' (1962)
*''[[Only Two Can Play]]'' (1962)
*''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' (TV series 1962)
*''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' (TV series, 1962)
*''[[Band of Thieves (1963 film)|Band of Thieves]]'' (1963)
* ''[[Band of Thieves (1962 film)|Band of Thieves]]'' (1962)
*''[[Under Milk Wood (1972 film)|Under Milk Wood]]'' (1972)
*''[[Under Milk Wood (1972 film)|Under Milk Wood]]'' (1972)
*''[[Burke & Hare (1971 film)|Burke & Hare]]'' (1972)
*''[[Burke & Hare (1971 film)|Burke & Hare]]'' (1972)
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0250209}}
*{{IMDb name|0250209}}
* The [http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb71-thm/108 Maudie Edwards Collection] is held by the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] Theatre and Performance Department.
*The [http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb71-thm/108 Maudie Edwards Collection] is held by the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] Theatre and Performance Department.


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Maudie Edwards
Born
Elizabeth Maud Edwards

(1906-10-16)16 October 1906
Neath, Glamorgan, Wales
Died24 March 1991(1991-03-24) (aged 84)
London, England
Occupations
  • Actress
  • broadcaster
  • singer
  • dancer
  • comedienne
[1]
Years active1910-1972[1]
Spouses
Walter Nicholas-Marcy
​
​
(m. 1954; div. 1958)​
William Fooks
​
(m. 1958)​

Elizabeth Maud Edwards (16 October 1906 – 24 March 1991), professionally known as Maudie Edwards, was a Welsh actress, radio broadcaster, comedian, dancer and singer, best remembered for having spoken the first line of dialogue in soap opera Coronation Street, and playing Elsie Lappin in the first two episodes.[1][2] She was previously best known to listeners of the radio programme Welsh Rarebit, which attracted weekly audiences of 10 million.[1]

Early life

[edit]

Born in 16 Florence St. Neath, Glamorgan, Wales,[3] to semi-professional comedian and singer Ned Edwards, she appeared on stage at the age of four, with her sister May, as Ned Edwards' Two Little Queenies.[1]

Career

[edit]

Edwards would go on to play the principal boy in many pantomimes.[4]

She presented her signature tune before radio broadcasts of Welsh Rarebit with the lyrics:

I bring you the voice of the people from over the hills and dales

and the voice of the people is brought to you by a voice that comes from Wales[1]

Edwards had a talent for comedy, and formed her own repertory company, The Maudie Edwards Players, who performed in the Palace Theatre, Swansea. In films of the 1940s, she provided a singing voice for film stars Diana Dors, Margaret Lockwood and Gene Tierney.[1] Edwards wrote some of her own material.[4]

She made her first screen appearance in 1936 and her last in 1972. In 1950, she appeared on stage with Frank Sinatra at the London Palladium. She played Elsie Lappin in the first two episodes of British soap opera Coronation Street in 1960 and was the first performer to speak during the first scene in the show's history: "Now the next thing you've got to do is to get a signwriter in - that thing above the door'll have to be changed."

Personal life and death

[edit]

In 1954, Edwards married Walter Nicholas-Marcy, a businessman, in Westminster.[5][6][7] Four years later, she married Colonel William Fooks in St Pancras.[8][9][10]

Edwards spent her final years living in Putney, south west London. She died in London, aged 84, in 1991, predeceasing Fooks. Edwards bequeathed her archive material to the Victoria and Albert Museum.[4]

Filmography

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Maudie Edwards 16 October 1906 – 24 March 1991". Swanseagrand.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Maudie Edwards". BFI. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Corrie star's Swan to watch if Scott joins club". WalesOnline. 8 August 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Maudie Edwards Archive". Archives Hub. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Maudie Edwards Actress Singer Comedienne Her Fiance Editorial Stock Photo - Stock Image | Shutterstock". Shutterstock Editorial. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Obituary Maudie Edwards". The Independent. 5 April 1991.
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