Christine Appleby
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| Coronation Street character | |||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Christine Hargreaves | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1960–1963 | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 2 14 December 1960 |
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| Last appearance | Episode 267 3 July 1963 |
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| Created by | Tony Warren | ||||||||||||||
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| Book appearances | Coronation Street: The Complete Saga |
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| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Machinist | ||||||||||||||
| Residence | Southampton | ||||||||||||||
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| Father | George Hardman |
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| Mother | May Hardman |
| Husband | Colin Appleby (1962) |
| Grandfathers | Frank Mason |
| Uncles | Edwin Mason |
| Aunts | Netta Mason Madge Mason |
| First cousins | Reggie Mason |
Christine Appleby (also Hardman) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. She was played by Christine Hargreaves between 1960 and 1963.
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.
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.
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 Ken Barlow (William Roache). Her father, George Hardman, was a bank teller but by 1953 he had saved enough money to buy a grocery shop and a detached house in Oakhill. Christine was upset to be moving away from her friends, but although the family returned to live at No.13 in 1955, it was under unpleasant circumstances as her mum May had had to sell the house and shop to pay off creditors following George's death. Christine coped with the move better than May, who was too ashamed to face the neighbours. Christine spent the next few years looking after her mother, who constantly dwelled on the past and eventually suffered a breakdown. Christine got a job as a machinist as Elliston's Raincoat Factory but by 1960 her mother's health weighed heavily on her mind as well as the gossip in the street. May died of a brain tumour at the end of the year.
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