Julie Goodyear

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Julie Goodyear
MBE
Born
Julie Kemp

(1942-03-29) 29 March 1942 (age 82)
Heywood, Lancashire, England
EducationSt Anne's Academy
OccupationActress
Years active1965–2019
Known forRole of Bet Lynch in Coronation Street
Spouses
Ray Sutcliffe
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(m. 1959; div. 1963)​
Tony Rudman
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(m. 1973; ann. 1974)​
Richard Skrob
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(m. 1985; div. 1987)​
Scott Brand
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(m. 2007)​
Children1

Julie Goodyear MBE (née Kemp; born 29 March 1942) is an English retired actress. She is known for portraying Bet Lynch in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street. She first appeared as Bet for nine episodes in 1966, before becoming a series regular from 1970 to 1995. She returned for eight episodes in 2002 and another seven in 2003. For her role on Coronation Street, she received the Special Recognition Award at the 1995 National Television Awards. She was made an MBE in the 1996 New Year Honours.

Early life[edit]

Goodyear was born on 29 March 1942 in Heywood, Lancashire, to Alice (née Duckworth) and George Kemp, who divorced when Goodyear was six years old.[1] Her mother remarried to William Goodyear in 1949, whom she knew as her father and whose surname she adopted.[2] Goodyear was brought up by her maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Duckworth, who died by drowning when Goodyear was thirteen years old.[2] She attended St Anne's Academy in Middleton.[3]

Career[edit]

Early work[edit]

Goodyear began modelling in the 1960's, predominantly as hand and foot model, which led to her acting debut in 1965, portraying the uncredited role of Charity in the first series of the ITV sitcom Pardon the Expression.[4] The following year, she appeared in the second series on a further three occasions as separate minor characters.[5] Between 1965 and 1966, she appeared as Duckie in two episodes of the crime drama The Man in Room 17 and also featured in one of ITV's Play of the Week in 1966.

Coronation Street[edit]

A waxwork of Goodyear as her Coronation Street character Bet Lynch

Goodyear is known for playing barmaid Bet Lynch on the ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street.[6] She started playing the role for a brief time in 1966, but left when senior cast member Pat Phoenix (who played Elsie Tanner) advised her to get some more training.[7] It was at that time she joined Oldham's Repertory Theatre and went on to appear in episodes of various television series including Mr. Rose and The Fellows in 1967, City '68, Spindoe, The War of Darkie Pilbeam and Nearest and Dearest in 1968, and Her Majesty's Pleasure, The Contenders and Kes in 1969.[4][8] She appeared in two episodes of The Dustbinmen between 1969 and 1970, and portrayed Mrs. Powner in an episode of A Family At War.

Goodyear returned to Coronation Street in 1970 and remained in the series for 25 years.[9] She quit Coronation Street in 1995, shortly after winning the Lifetime Achievement Award for her role as Bet Lynch in the first ever National Television Awards.[10] She returned to the role of Bet in 1999 for the home video spin-off The Rover Returns.[11]

In 2002, it was announced that Goodyear would be returning to the show after seven years away.[12] Goodyear's return was intended to be permanent and she had signed a year's contract, however she was forced to quit after seventeen days due to the intense filming schedule, which had left her suffering from exhaustion.[13][14] She returned to the show again in 2003, though this time, her appearances were part of a storyline set in Blackpool that involved Liz McDonald (Beverley Callard) and her husband Jim (Charles Lawson), who had recently escaped from prison.[15][16] These transpired to be Goodyear's final scenes in the show.[17]

Career after Coronation Street[edit]

In 1996, she signed a deal for advertisements for Shredded Wheat.[18] Her other work included filming a pilot of The Julie Goodyear Show for Granada, presenting Live Time on the Granada Breeze network every week day throughout January 1999, and being a DJ on Manchester Talk Radio.[19] In 2001, she appeared in the BBC television comedy sketch series Revolver and on several episodes of the ITV1 game show Lily Savage's Blankety Blank.[20][21][22][23] In 2004, she won the first series of the Living TV reality series, I'm Famous and Frightened!.[24][25][26]

In 2005, Goodyear was one of the celebrities taking part in the ITV reality series, Celebrity Fit Club, alongside former Coronation Street co-star Ken Morley.[27][28] She was originally made team captain but quit the role after six weeks, and the role was taken over by Aldo Zilli. She lost 1 stone 10 pounds, and her team won the show.[29][30]

She appeared in the reality shows Road Raja, Age Swap, Celebrity Penthouse and Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes as Marlene Dietrich.[31] She had a small role in the British film Tug of War (2006) and in October 2006 played a brief role in Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks as Mrs. Temple, owner of a B&B.[32] In 2007, she was interviewed by Piers Morgan for the BBC series You Can't Fire Me, I'm Famous where she discussed her highly publicised short-lived return to Coronation Street in 2002.[33] In April 2008, Goodyear and her fourth husband appeared on an episode of All Star Mr & Mrs, and in December 2008, Goodyear portrayed Sarah Harding's mother in the Christmas variety show The Girls Aloud Party.[34] In October 2009, it was confirmed that she would be starring in Calendar Girls on the West End stage, and appeared in the show for three weeks before dropping out due to a virus.[35] In December 2010, she participated in a Coronation Street special of Come Dine with Me.[36]

In 2012, Goodyear became a housemate on the tenth series of Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 5. She was the seventh housemate to be evicted on Day 22 in a double eviction alongside fellow housemate Lorenzo Borghese.[37][38]

Goodyear appeared on Piers Morgan's Life Stories in 2013.[39] In 2017, Goodyear appeared in the BBC Two documentary Queer as Art.[40] She made an appearance on The Big Quiz in 2018 and was interviewed for the television documentary Coronation Street at Christmas in 2019, the latter of which was her final television appearance.[41]

Personal life[edit]

Goodyear has been married four times. Her first marriage to Ray Sutcliffe at the age of 17 was a shotgun wedding when she was two months pregnant with her son Gary, who was born in April 1960.[42][43] Her second husband, Tony Rudman, left her for his best man on their wedding day after Goodyear discovered he was gay; their marriage was subsequently annulled.[2] Her third marriage in 1985 was after a long-distance relationship with American Richard Skrob.[42] She married her fourth husband, Scott Brand, 26 years her junior, in 2007 after eleven years together.[44] She has three grandchildren.[45] Goodyear is a life-long resident of Heywood, Lancashire and lives with her fourth husband at Primrose Hill Farm, a property she purchased and renovated in 1995.[46]

Her autobiography, titled Just Julie, was released in November 2006. In the book, she discussed her upbringing, bisexuality, experience with cancer, and Coronation Street.[47] Goodyear is a patron of Willow Wood Hospice, where her Coronation Street co-star Roy Barraclough died in 2017.[48] She donated several pieces of jewellery and memorabilia worn by her character Bet Lynch in order to raise funds for the hospice.[49][50]

Health[edit]

In 1979, she temporarily left Coronation Street for the second of three times after being diagnosed with cervical cancer,[51] something she kept secret from the public until she had recovered. Following her ordeal with cancer, she founded a charity which resulted in formation of the Julie Goodyear Cancer Screening Centre.[52]

In June 2023, Goodyear's husband Scott Brand announced that she had been diagnosed with dementia, confirming in a statement that she had been "suffering [from] forgetfulness for some time" [...] adding that they had been seeking medical advice and assistance, however there was "no hope of a reversal in the situation" and that her condition will get progressively worse.[53][54][55][56] Following her diagnosis, Goodyear attended a memory walk alongside her husband in Heaton Park, Manchester for the Alzheimer's Society in October 2023.[57][58] In March 2024, Goodyear's husband said she was "slowly fading away" and that it had been "extremely painful" to watch her deterioration.[59]

Honours[edit]

She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1996 New Year Honours, "for services to television drama".[60]

Filmography[edit]

As actress[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1965–1966 Pardon the Expression Various 4 episodes
The Man in Room 17 Duckie 2 episodes
1966, 1970–1995, 2002–2003 Coronation Street Bet Lynch Regular role; 1,977 episodes
1966 ITV Play of the Week The Actress Series 11: Episode 25
1967 Mr. Rose Miss Dean Episode: "The Bright Bomber"
The Fellows Waitress Episode: "Inside Out: Part Two"
1968 City '68 The Woman Episode: "Love Thy Neighbour"
Spindoe Girl in Café Episode: "Now You're Running..."
The War of Darkie Pilbeam Waitress Episode: "Phase I: September 1939"
Nearest and Dearest Sandra Episode: "It Comes to Us All"
1969 Her Majesty's Pleasure Nurse Episode: "This Can't Be Love"
The Contenders Estelle Laverne Episode: "Round One"
Kes Betting Shop Woman Film; minor role
1969–1970 The Dustbinmen Various 2 episodes
1970 Nearest and Dearest Celia Episode: "When You've Got to Go"
A Family at War Mrs. Powner Episode: "The Night They Hit No. 8"
1984 Joy to the World: A Celebration of Christmas Various Television special
1988 How to Be Cool The Celebrity 2 episodes
1990 ITV Telethon Bet Gilroy Television special
1999 Coronation Street: After Hours All 6 episodes
2001, 2004 Revolver Various 6 episodes
2006 Hollyoaks Mrs. Temple 1 episode
Tug of War Sister Mary Supporting role
2008 The Girls Aloud Party Sarah’s Mother Television special
Sources: [4]

As herself[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1972–2001 This Is Your Life Guest / Contributor 13 episodes
1977 The Russell Harty Show Guest 1 episode
1978 Those Wonderful TV Times
1987 Des O’Connor Tonight
1988 Wogan
ITV Telethon Participant Television special
1989 The Royal Variety Performance
1994 The Julie Goodyear Talk Show Host
1995, 2006 This Morning Guest 2 episodes
1995 Noel’s House Party 1 episode
1998 Holiday Heaven
The National Lottery
1999 Livetime Host 7 episodes
Funny Women Contributor Television documentary
2000 So Graham Norton Guest 1 episode
40 Years on Coronation Street Contributor Television special
2001 Blankety Blank Participant 4 episodes
Life After the Street Contributor Television documentary
2002 Exclusive Participant
Live Lunch Guest 1 episode
Top Ten Presenter 2 episodes
The Truth About Julie Goodyear Main contributor Television documentary
2003 Stars in Their Eyes Contestant as Marlene Dietrich 1 episode
The Salon Guest
2003–2004 Coronation Street: Secrets Contributor 4 episodes
2004 I'm Famous and Frightened! Participant 3 episodes
The TV Chef Television special
How Soaps Changed the World Contributor Television documentary
The Best of ‘So Graham Norton’ Guest Television special
2005 Celebrity Fit Club Participant 3 episodes
Coronation Street: The Duckworth Family Album Contributor Television special
2005–2008 The New Paul O'Grady Show Guest 4 episodes
2006 You Can't Fire Me, I'm Famous Guest 1 episode
2008 All Star Mr & Mrs
2008–2011 Loose Women 4 episodes
2009 The One Show Guest 1 episode
2010 Come Dine with Me Participant
2011 The Betty Driver Story Contributor Television special
2012 Celebrity Big Brother Housemate 27 episodes
The Corrie Years Contributor 2 episodes
2012–2013 Big Brother's Bit on the Side Guest 24 episodes
2013 Piers Morgan's Life Stories 1 episode
2014 Daybreak
2017 Queer as Art Television documentary
2018 The Big Quiz Guest Game show
2019 Coronation Street at Christmas Contributor Television special
Sources: [4]

Stage[edit]

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
1997–1998 Aladdin Widow Twankey Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool [61]
2000–2001 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Wicked Queen Grand Opera House, Manchester [62]
2009 Calendar Girls Cora Noël Coward Theatre [63]
2012 Street of Dreams Bet Lynch UK tour [64]

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