
Known for
Acting
Born
November 26, 1923
Birthplace
Manchester, England, UK
Died
September 17, 1986 (aged 62)
Patricia Phoenix was an English film and television actress who became one of the first sex symbols of British television through her role as Elsie Tanner, an original cast member of Coronation Street.
Phoenix attended Fallowfield Central School. As a child, she nursed early theatrical ambitions, appearing regularly on the radio in Children's Hour at the age of 11, after having submitted a monologue. After leaving school, she worked as a filing clerk for the gas department of Manchester Corporation, performing in amateur dramatics in her spare time. She joined the Arts Theatre in Manchester and other Northern repertory companies.
Phoenix's big break came in 1948, when she played Sandy Powe...
2011
as Herself
2000
as Self (archive footage)
1986
as Nellie
1986
1986
1985
as Elsie Tanner (archive)
1982
1979
1963
1962
as Sonia
1960
1959
as Rowdy Woman in the Crowd
1958
as Woman
1948
as Mrs Butler (as Patricia Pilkington)