Blanche Hunt

Blanche Hunt, currently played by Maggie Jones, is a fictional character on the soap opera Coronation Street. Patricia Cutts played the role for two episodes before committing suicide, and the role has been played by Maggie Jones ever since.

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Blanche is the mother of Deirdre. She is often described as having an "acid tongue" as she often makes unnecessary insensitive comments, often to her daughter. Although this behaviour upsets Deirdre, Blanche occasionally admits to caring for her daughter.

Blanche's appearances on the show have been very erratic. She appeared consistently from 1974-1976 before being reduced to occasional appearances over the next two years. She again appeared briefly in 1981, 1996 and 1997. She has resumed her full-time role as of 1998.

Recently she has taken to insulting Ed, murderer of Ernest Bishop, even going as far as to call him a 'miserable scum'.

A famous 'Blanche Quote' is often played by Radio 1 DJ Sara Cox: "Skirt no bigger than a belt, too much eyeliner, and roots as dark as her soul!" This line was spoken by Blanche in reference to Liz McDonald.

Blanche Hunt was twice nominated for sexyest female on the street. --- they then banned phoebe from voteing :(

Recently Blache got a dog called eccles. Now Phoebe wants a dog called eccles too.

Blache's biggest fan is called Phoebe Leak who lives in Fleckney, Leicester. A famous Phoebe quote was " I whish i was like blanche :( ".

Family

• Daughter: Deirdre Barlow
• Granddaughter: Tracy Barlow
• Great Granddaughter: Amy Barlow
• Son-in-law: Ken Barlow
• Step-Grandson: Peter Barlow
• Lover: Ashley