Christine Appleby (née
Hardman) is a
fictional character from the UK television
ITV soap opera Coronation Street. She was played by actress
Christine Hargreaves between 1960 and 1963.
Creation
Casting
Salford-born 21 year-old
Christine Hargreaves was one of the very first actors to read for creator
Tony Warren's new script 'Florizel Street' (later renamed
Coronation Street), and even played the part of Christine in the dry runs, before the show was commissioned for broadcast, alongside, among others,
Patricia Phoenix and
Doris Speed.
Background
Christine was born in 1939 to parents George and
May Hardman. George had quit his job as a bank manager in 1949 in order to buy a grocery shop and the family moved away from
Coronation Street when the business venture proved successful. However, when George died from a massive heart attack at the age of just 50 in 1955, he left May and Christine in debt and they were forced to move back to their old home at No.13, which they had lived at since 1927.
Storylines
Christine was born in 1939. Her family had lived in 13 Coronation Street, Weatherfield since 1930, and Christine attended Bessie Street School, where she was close friends with
Kenneth Barlow. Her dad George Hardman was a bank teller but by 1953 he had saved enough money to buy a grocery shop and a...
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