Coronation Street is a British television soap opera. It was first broadcast on ITV on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of all the former characters and the actors who portrayed them in chronological order.

:• 1960s: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969• 1970s: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979• 1980s: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989• 1990s: 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999• 2000s: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009• 2010s: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019• 2020s: 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026__NOTOC__

1960s Last appeared in 1960 Character Actor(s) DurationElsie LappinMaudie Edwards1960May HardmanJoan Heath1960

Last appeared in 1961 Character Actor(s) DurationMalcolm WilkinsonAntony Booth1960–1961Susan CunninghamPatricia Shakesby1960–1961Tom HayesDudley Foster1961Alice BurgessAvis Bunnage1961Walter FletcherDonald Morley1961Ida BarlowNoel Dyson1960–1961Mario BonartiFrank Coda1961Nona WillisBarbara Ferris1961Jean StarkRenny Lister1961Sylvia SnapePatricia Routledge1961

Last appeared in 1962 Character Actor(s) DurationPhilippa ScopesJacqueline Jones1962Colin ApplebyLawrence James1962Nancy LeathersNorah Hammond1961–1962Sam LeachFrank Atkinson1962Joan AkersAnna Cropper1962Susan SchofieldAnn Mitton1962

Last appeared in 1963 Character Actor(s) DurationChristine ApplebyChristine Hargreaves1960–1963

Last appeared in 1964 Character Actor(s) DurationWalter PottsChris Sandford1963–1964Eddie ThomasDouglas Austin1964Ted AshleyJerold Wells1964Laurie FraserStanley Meadows1963–1964Rosemary FraserClare Owen1964Martha LonghurstLynne Carol1960–1964Lily HaddonStephanie Bidmead1964Pip MistralElaine Stevens1964Gus LowmanAlister Williamson1964Christopher HewittStephen Ward1962–1964David GrahamRoger Adamson1964Tickler MurphyPatrick McAlinney1964Harry BaileyRay Mort1960–1962, 1964

Last appeared in 1965 Character Actor(s) DurationStuart HodgesVernon Joyner1964–1965Leonard SwindleyArthur Lowe1961–1965Florrie LindleyBetty Alberge1960–1965Norman LindleyGlyn Owen1965Roger WainFrazer Hines1965Edward WormoldRobert Dorning1965Ted BatesWilliam Wymar1965Bob MaxwellDonald Hewlett1965DS SowmanPhilip Stone1961–1962, 1965Moira MaxwellAnn Castle1965Sandra PettyHeather Moore1964–1965Charlie MoffittGordon Rollings1964–1965Frank TurnerTom Watson1965Dr AstonAleksander Browne1963–1965

Last appeared in 1966 Character Actor(s) DurationLionel PettyEdward Evans1965–1966Jackie MarshPamela Craig1966Fred JacksonJoe Gladwin1961, 1963–1964, 1966Fred NuttallLarry Noble1966Joan CorrieMaureen O'Reilly1966Clara MidgeleyBetty Hardy1965–1966Brenda RileyEileen Kennally1966Jim MountBarry Keagan1965–1966Mr SnapeJohn Barcroft1966Arnold TannerFrank Cranshaw1961, 1966Ruth WinterColette O'Neill1966Sid LambertGraham Rigby1965–1966Moira MaxwellAnn Castle1965–1966Neil CrossleyGeoffrey Matthews1963, 1966

Last appeared in 1967 Character Actor(s) DurationVera LomaxRuth Holden1960–1961, 1963, 1966–1967Ernie MillsJack Grieve1966–1967Sgt. BowdenJames Beck1964–1967Harry HewittIvan Beavis1960–1965, 1967Steve TannerPaul Maxwell1967Ivan CheveskiErnst Walder1960–1963, 1966–1967

Last appeared in 1968 Character Actor(s) DurationGeorge DickensonStan Jay1963–1966, 1968Myra BoothSusan Jameson1963–1964, 1968David BarlowAlan Rothwell1960–1961, 1963–1968Les CleggJohn Sharp1968Gary BaileyWarren Clarke1968Alf ChadwickEddie King1964–1965, 1968ArnoldJohn Tordoff1968

Last appeared in 1969 Character Actor(s) DurationEffie SpicerAnn Dyson1968–1969Alice PickensDoris Hare1968–1969Dot GreenhalghJoan Francis1961–1969Arthur WalkerJack Allen1965, 1969

1970s Last appeared in 1970 Character Actor(s) DurationAnita ReynoldsElisabeth Sladen1970Phyllis GregoryMary Quinn1962, 1970Doreen LostockAngela Crow1961–1963, 1970Jack WalkerArthur Leslie1960–1970Dickie FlemingNigel Humphries1968–1970Audrey FlemingGillian McCann1968–1970Bernard ButlerGorden Kaye1969–1970Joe MakinsonBrian Rawlinson1961, 1963, 1970Sandra ButlerPatricia Fuller1969–1970Joe DonnelliShane Rimmer1967–1968, 1970

Last appeared in 1971 Character Actor(s) DurationDave RobbinsJon Rollason1963–1964, 1969, 1971Valerie BarlowAnne Reid1961–1971Frank BarlowFrank Pemberton1960–1964, 1967, 1971Irma BarlowSandra Gough1964–1971William PiggottGeorge A. Cooper1965–1965, 1970–1971

Last appeared in 1972 Character Actor(s) Duration Paul CheveskiVictoria Elton 1961–1962, 1966–1967, 1972Marcus SavilleNigel GreavesEsther HayesDaphne Oxenford1960–1963, 1971–1972Cyril TurpinWilliam Moore1969–1970, 1972Fred HenshawBrian Glover1972Bert HenshawPaul Luty1972 Colin LomaxDavy Jones 1961, 1972Alec Sabin

Last appeared in 1973 Character Actor(s) DurationTom SchofieldDavid Holliday1965, 1973Elaine PerkinsJoanna Lumley1973

Last appeared in 1974 Character Actor(s) DurationAlan HowardAlan Browning1969–1974Sir Julius BerlinLeonard Sachs1974Lucille HewittJennifer Moss1960–1974Martin DownesLouis Selwyn1974Norma FordDiana Davies1972–1974Sheila BirtlesEileen Mayers1961–1963, 1966, 1969–1970, 1974

Last appeared in 1975 Character Actor(s) DurationMaggie CookeIrene Sutcliffe1968–1975Vera HopkinsKathy Staff1973–1975Idris HopkinsRichard Davies1974–1975Edna GeeMavis Rogerson1971–1975Jerry BoothGraham Haberfield1962–1968, 1971–1975Concepta RileyDoreen Keogh1960–1964, 1967, 1972, 1975

Last appeared in 1976 Character Actor(s) DurationDave SmithReginald Marsh1962, 1966–1971, 1976Donna ParkerRachel Davies1975–1976Minnie CaldwellMargot Bryant1960–1976Tricia HopkinsKathy Jones1973–1976Nellie HarveyMollie Sugden1965, 1971–1974, 1976Terry BradshawBob Mason1976

Last appeared in 1977 Character Actor(s) Duration Stanley FaircloughPeter Noone 1961, 1967, 1977Ronald CunliffeJonathan CoyJanet ReidJudith Barker1969, 1971, 1973–1975, 1977 Vince DentonMike Heywood 1975, 1977Constantin de Goguel

Last appeared in 1978 Character Actor(s) DurationErnest BishopStephen Hancock1967, 1969–1978 Joan WalkerJune Barry 1961, 1963–1964, 1978Dorothy WhiteJanice StubbsAngela Bruce1978Norman HillJohn Tordoff1978

Last appeared in 1979 Character Actor(s) DurationSteve FisherLawrence Mullin1977–1979Ron MatherJoe Lynch1978–1979

1980s Last appeared in 1980 Character Actor(s) DurationSam LittlewoodHarry Littlewood1977, 1980Ena SharplesViolet Carson1960–1980Renee BradshawMadge Hindle1976–1980Jeff BatemanPeter Dean1980Martin CheveskiJonathan Caplan1980

Last appeared in 1981 Character Actor(s) DurationNeil GrimshawMichael Le Vell1981Arnold SwainGeorge Waring1980–1981

Last appeared in 1982 Character Actor(s) DurationFrank "Frankie" BaldwinSam Kydd1980–1982Wayne GaskellPhilip Pollitt1982Ted FarrellGerald Sim1982

Last appeared in 1983 Character Actor(s) DurationLen FaircloughPeter Adamson1961–1983Suzie BirchallCheryl Murray1977–1979, 1983Bert TilsleyPeter Dudley1979–1983Annie WalkerDoris Speed1960–1983

Last appeared in 1984 Character Actor(s) DurationBill GregoryJack Watson1961–1962, 1970, 1983–1984Elsie TannerPat Phoenix1960–1973, 1976–1984Albert TatlockJack Howarth1960–1984Stan OgdenBernard Youens1964–1984Beattie PearsonGabrielle Daye1961–1962, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1981, 1983–1984Linda CheveskiAnne Cunningham1960–1963, 1966–1968, 1984Fred GeeFred Feast1975–1984 Trevor OgdenJonathan Collins 1964, 1973, 1975, 1983–1984Don HawkinsBilly WalkerKenneth Farrington1961–1964, 1969–1975, 1977–1979, 1984

Last appeared in 1985 Character Actor(s) DurationElaine WebsterJudy Gridley1984–1985Sally WatermanVicki Chambers1983–1985Sue ClaytonJane Hazlegrove1985Harry ClaytonJohnny Leeze1985Wilf StarkeyJim Bywater1985

Last appeared in 1986 Character Actor(s) DurationGeorge WardleRon Davies1985–1986Pauline WalshPatricia Ford1985–1986Jessica MidgeleyChristina Barryk1986Eddie SeddonJames Duggan1986

Last appeared in 1987 Character Actor(s) DurationIan LatimerMichael Loney1986–1987Dulcie FroggattMarji Campi1984–1987Joan LowtherJune Broughton1982–1983, 1985, 1987Dr. Robert LowtherDavid Scase1983–1985, 1987Eddie YeatsGeoffrey Hughes1974–1983, 1987Hilda OgdenJean Alexander1964–1987

Last appeared in 1988 Character Actor(s) DurationHarry AshtonKeith Marsh1988Priscilla MillbanksNicola Stephenson1988Bob StathamMichael Goldie1983, 1987–1988Gloria ToddSue Jenkins1985–1988

Last appeared in 1989 Character Actor(s) DurationBrian TilsleyChristopher Quinten1978–1989Sandra StubbsSally Watts1988–1989Shirley ArmitageLisa Lewis1983–1989Sam TindallTom Mennard1985–1989Alan BradleyMark Eden1986–1989Les SmithCrispin Letts1988–1989

1990s Last appeared in 1990 Character Actor(s) DurationMaurice JonesAlan Moore1989–1990Josie PhillipsSiobhan Finneran1989–1990Eddie RamsdenWilliam Ivory1989–1990Renee DoddsChristine Cox1990Tim ArdenJohn Flanagan1990Peter IngramTony Osoba1990Nigel RidleyJohn Basham1989–1990Tina FowlerMichelle Holmes1989–1990Dave BartonDavid Beckett1990Tom CaseyEdward Clayton1989–1990Jamie RamsdenAlexander Graham1989–1990Marie LancasterJoy Blakeman1990

Last appeared in 1991 Character Actor(s) DurationTerry SeymourCliff Howells1991Adrian GosthorpePhilip Brook1991Robert WestonPhilip Bretherton1991Joss ShackletonHarold Goodwin1991Sandra ArdenKathy Jamieson1990–1991Phil JenningsTommy Boyle1990–1991Winnie DysonJune Ellis1991Barry PlattJohn Jardine 1987, 1991Richard ConwayBarbara PlattBarbara Young1991Mark CaseyStuart Wolfenden1989–1991Lynette CampionColette Stevenson1991

Last appeared in 1992 Character Actor(s) DurationVictor PendleburyChristopher Coll1982–1984, 1990–1992Vanessa MorganImogen Boorman1992Simon BeattyPeter Gowen1991–1992Jackie IngramShirin Taylor1990–1992Julie DewhurstSu Elliot1991–1992Ted SullivanWilliam Russell1992Nigel ChadwickRichard Redpath1990, 1992Ben WilliamsPaul Warriner1991–1992Randolph TaylorJohn Jardine1990, 1992Brenda TaylorMarlene Sidaway1990–1992Kimberley TaylorSuzanne Hall1989–1992

Last appeared in 1993 Character Actor(s) DurationLisa DuckworthCaroline Milmoe1992–1993Sarah BrookesZulema Dene1992–1993Carmel FinnanCatherine Cusack1992–1993Neil MitchellJohn Lloyd Fillingham1992–1993Doug MurrayBrian Hibbard1992–1993Vivian BarfordPaula Tilbrook1991, 1993Brendan ScottMilton Johns1991–1993Debi ScottLesley Clare O'Neill1993Olive ClarkeJoan Scott1993Amy NelsonLouise Duprey1993Jonathan BroughtonTom Lewis1993Hazel BroughtonFiona McArthur1993Kathleen NelsonAlibe Parsons1993Craig LeeKieran O'Brien1993Hanif RuparellAyub Khan-Din1992–1993Alison RathboneRachel Smith1993

Last appeared in 1994 Character Actor(s) DurationJoe BroughtonJohn Wheatley1993–1994Wayne FarrellRay Polhill1992–1994Ivy TilsleyLynne Perrie1971–1972, 1974–1994Janice BakerJane Hollowood1994Elaine FenwickPippa Hinchley1993–1994Alex ChristieGavin Richards1994Maggie RedmanJill Kerman1982–1984, 1986, 1991–1994Tanya PooleyEva Pope1993–1994Paula MaxwellJudy Brooke1992, 1994Charlie WhelanJohn St Ryan1993–1994

Last appeared in 1995 Character Actor(s) DurationElsie DuckworthUrsula Jones1995Clifford DuckworthDave King1994–1995Roger CromptonDonald Gee1994–1995Cathy PowerTheresa Brindley1994–1995Samir RachidAl Nedjari1994–1995Harry PottsRussell Dixon1992–1993, 1995Stella RigbyVivienne Ross1985, 1989, 1992–1993, 1995Steph BarnesAmelia Bullmore1990–1992, 1995Rodney BostockColin Prockter1995Leo FirmanJohn Elmes1995Reg HoldsworthKen Morley1989–1995

Last appeared in 1996 Character Actor(s) DurationAlison DunkleyMaggie Saunders1995–1996Jon WelchDavid Michaels1994–1996 Johnny JohnsonVincenzo Ricotta 1990, 1996Robert GwilymDC CannonAndrew Readman1995–1996Phyllis PearceJill Summers1982–1996Nick WildingMark Lindley1991–1992, 1995–1996Lily DempseyThelma Ruby1996Josie ClarkeEllie Haddington1995–1996Malcolm FoxGlyn Pritchard1996Carl ArmstrongJim Millea1994, 1996Maurice PrestonSeamus O'Neill1996Brian DunkleyBenny Young1995–1996Carol PalmerBeatrice Kelley1996Kelly ThomsonSarah Simons1996

Last appeared in 1997