| Maggie Cooke | |||||||||||||
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| Coronation Street character | |||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Irene Sutcliffe | ||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Michael Cox (1968) Susi Hush (1974) |
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| Duration | 1968-75 | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | 1 April 1968 Episode 761 |
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| Last appearance | 13 January 1975 Episode 1459 |
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| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 12 June 1924 | ||||||||||||
| Home | Zaire | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | Shop owner (1968-1974) Morphine worker (1974–) |
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Margaret "Maggie" Cooke (née Preston, previously Clegg) is played by Irene Sutcliffe. She ran the Corner Shop from 1968 to 1974. Maggie's storylines included her life with alcoholic husband Les Clegg, who she divorced in 1969, a son Gordon who wasn't really hers (he was her sister, Betty Turpin's love child) and a further marriage to reformed alcoholic, Ron Cooke on 10 July 1974. She emigrated to Zaire after the wedding but made a brief return to the street in December of the same year when Gordon found out that Betty was his mother. She rejoined her husband the following month and has not returned to the street since. By 2003, she was still living in Zaire. In 2012, when her sister Betty died, Maggie wasn't present at the funeral, or even referred to. A photograph of her could be seen on the shelf in the background when Gordon, Emily, Rita and Stella went to Betty's house to sort through her belongings.
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