Maureen Lipman teases return for Evelyn Plummer's daughter
Dame Maureen Lipman has teased the return of her Coronation Street character’s daughter.
The actress has been playing the sharp-tongued Evelyn Plummer on the Street since 2018.
Now, she is set to leave the iconic soap behind as Maureen swaps screen for stage for a few weeks.
It is not yet clear what the story will be that leads to Evelyn’s departure, but Maureen dropped a sly hint.
Talking to Lorraine Kelly, Maureen hinted the story would involve Evelyn’s long-lost daughter.
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Set to be played by Claire Sweeney, Maureen hinted Evelyn’s daughter is “a difficult one”.
A confused Lorraine asked: “We thought that Evelyn’s daughter wasn’t with us anymore, but she is, and she’s coming back?”
Maureen simply teased: “We don’t question the back story.”
She went on to add: “I don’t know how much how much I’m supposed to talk about this.
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“But I will be going to do a play and so in Corrie, my long-lost daughter, played by Claire Sweeney is coming.
“She’s a difficult girl, you wonder why with such a wonderful mother?”
Coronation Street have already teased the arrival of Cassandra, who Tyrone believes to be dead.
When Tyrone learned Evelyn was his grandmother in 2018, she claimed Cassie was dead and she’d left him outside a police station.
Jackie Dobbs (Margi Clarke) found him and brought Tyrone as up as her own.
With Cassandra set to make her first appearance on June 28, Tyrone is sure to have plenty of questions for his grandmother.
Maureen is taking her one-woman play Rose to the West End meaning she’ll be out of action on the soap for four weeks at the end of May.
This means fans can expect to see Evelyn’s story wrapping up ahead of Summer.
Maureen will be back on the cobbles after her play is finished, though, having recently signed a one-year contract with bosses.
Rose is on at the Ambassadors Theatre for 27 performances from May 23rd.
Coronation Street airs on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8pm on ITV.
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