Occupation Actress Years active 1972–present | Name Meg Johnson | |
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Born 30 September 1936 (age 87) ( 1936-09-30 ) Manchester, Lancashire, England | ||
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Meg Johnson (born 30 September 1936) is an English actress. She is known for her roles on the British soap operas Coronation Street (1981–82, 1999), Brookside (2000–03), and Emmerdale (2003–present).
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Career
Since 2003, Johnson has played the role of Pearl Ladderbanks in ITV's popular soap opera Emmerdale. Prior to joining Emmerdale, Johnson was a part of the axed UK soap Brookside, playing Brigid McKenna for three years. In the early 1980s she also played the part of Eunice Gee in Coronation Street, a role she briefly reprised in 1999. She also played Brenda Holden in 4 episodes of Coronation Street in 1976.
In November 1997, she was in the original cast of the London revival of Chicago playing the matron Mama Morton, the prison warder, for more than a year. She can be heard on the London Cast Recording of Chicago, singing "When You're Good to Mama" and "Class".
Following her role in Coronation Street she appeared sporadically on television, and was a part of the cast of Victoria Wood As Seen On TV (from 1985 to 1987) alongside Wood, Julie Walters, Celia Imrie and others. Johnson is married to the former Granada Television continuity announcer, Charles Foster.
