Maureen Lipman’s northern accent has returned since she started working on ‘Coronation Street’.
The 72-year-old actress – who was born and raised in Hull – has been cast as Tyrone’s grandma Evelyn in the ITV soap and she’s found shooting in Manchester "very comforting".
She said: "There is something very comforting about coming back up north, my son says I am already speaking with a northern accent."
Evelyn looks very different to Maureen – who appeared in ‘Corrie’ as landlady Lilian Spencer in 2002 – and the veteran actress tries not to think too much about how her character appears on screen as she’d just get "depressed".
She said: "She is a genuine battleaxe without a man to battle – except maybe picking fights with Dev and putting Tyrone in his place regularly.
"She is stuck in the past – her clothes are of someone who is always after a bargain, she has put her hair into victory rolls.
"She is not batty and flyaway, she’s carefully dressed but I try not to think about what she looks like as I would just get depressed.
"I don’t watch, I will maybe watch things later on, long after they have been on but I really don’t enjoy watching myself. I can see me thinking, I get impatient with myself, I think a lot of actors feel that way, it is hard to be objective. I don’t read reviews and I am not on social media I just get on with the job."
One of the things Maureen likes most about her character is that she has a dog.
She said: "I love dogs and the one who plays Cerberus is lovely and calm.
"I am happy she has him and you get to see the softer side of her."
Maureen Lipman’s accent returns for Coronation Street filming
