'Coronation Street' legend Jean Alexander was rushed to hospital following a health scare.
The 88-year-old actress, who played Weatherfield cleaner Hilda Ogden for 23 years, has since been allowed to leave, but is understood to still be receiving treatment.
Neighbours have told of their shock when an ambulance arrived at Jean's Southside home in Merseyside to answer a 999 call.
A local resident told said: "The ambulance crew came to her home. I saw it right outside her house last week. I hope she's okay."
Another added: "This is a complete shock".
The veteran soap star recently revealed she was experiencing health problems common among people of her age.
She said: "I have got osteoporosis and I have lost four inches in height. I used to be 5ft 4in, now I'm just 5ft. But this is what happens.
"I can get down on my knees when I'm in the garden - but if I get down then I can't get up again."
Jean left 'Corrie' in 1987 and joined 'Last of the Summer Wine', playing Auntie Wainwright from 1988 until the series came to an end in 2010.

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Kym Marsh thinks men are "frightened" of her.
The 'Coronation Street' star, who was previously married to 'EastEnders' actors Jack Ryder and Jamie Lomas and is currently dating personal trainer-and-actor Dan Hooper, admits men rarely try to hit on her during a night out.
She said: "I don't really get chatted up. I think men are frightened of me! Although I tend to go out in the gay village in Manchester and keep myself to myself, so perhaps that's why."
The 38-year-old actress has recently dropped a dress size to get into bikini shape in time for summer, and she thinks being slim helps her feel sexy.
She added: "If you feel like you're in shape then it does make you feel more confident. It doesn't always make you attract the right men, though, does it?! You can be in great shape but you can still get a wrong one!"
Kym also revealed how she was left embarrassed when she stripped down for her role as Michelle Connor in 'Corrie'.
She explained to Britain's OK! magazine: "I had to do a bath scene in 'Corrie' and all I had was flesh-coloured knickers and nipple plasters in front of this guy I'd only just met - that was embarrassing. At least in the bedroom you can turn the light off."

Jonathan Ross can't stand Jimmy Carr's laugh.
The 53-year-old chat show host has confessed he would love to go on a trip with 'Little Britain' comedian David Walliams or the '8 Out of 10 Cats' star, but thinks the latter's unique cackle would start to grate on him.
Quizzed on who his ideal rally car co-driver would be, he said: "It'd have to be someone you get on well with, joke with and not get annoyed with. So, either David Walliams - I love spending time with him - or Jimmy Carr, who I get on very well with. Although, I think his laugh would drive me mad after about a day."
'The Jonathan Ross Show' host admitted there are a lot of celebrities he'd be willing to travel across the world to interview, but narrowed down the list when he was asked who he would drive 3,000 miles to speak to.
Jonathan told heat magazine: "Sylvester Stallone is always great, Barbra Streisand I'm a huge fan of. Some of the younger stars who I haven't interviewed yet, like Scarlett Johansson ... David Beckham's always a great guest for me, so are Will Ferrell and Tom Hanks."

Karen O is releasing a solo album this September.
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman has announced that her debut record, 'Crush Songs', will drop this autumn via The Strokes singer Julian Casablancas' Cult Records.
The music was written between 2006 and 2007 and is described as a "collection of lo-fi, bedroom recordings".
Karen explained: "When I was 27 I crushed a lot. I wasn't sure I'd ever fall in love again. These songs were written and recorded in private around this time.
"They are the soundtrack to what was an ever continuing love crusade. I hope they keep you company on yours."
A limited vinyl edition of the album will be available pre-release with artwork featuring Karen's own drawings and handwritten lyrics.
Julian commented: "So excited, lucky and proud to be involved with such a classic album - I just wanna listen to it all day. Karen is an all-time great."
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' last album, 'Mosquito', was released in 2013 and the indie rockers have not yet announced plans for new music.

Lily Allen has split from her manager.
The singer has parted ways with her long-time aide Todd Interland, who has looked after her music career since her debut in 2006.
This comes after Lily slammed her record label for making her release "rubbish" light-hearted pop songs like 'Air Balloon' from her comeback album 'Sheezus' over less commercially-viable tracks like 'Hard Out Here'.
A source told The Sun newspaper: "Lily guides her career herself a lot but will need someone new to work with her. Todd had been with her for a long time so it was a blow to lose him.
"She's looking around at the moment for the right person to help her make the correct decisions with her music."
Before finding a new manager, Lily, 29, is heading to Glastonbury festival this weekend, where she will take to the stage before Arcade Fire.
The mother-of-two - who temporarily quit the music industry in 2009 to raise her daughters Ethel, two, and Marnie, 16 months, with her husband Sam Cooper - recently said she felt frustrated by her lack of control over her music career.
She sighed: "I'd like to [release the songs I want], but unfortunately I signed a record deal! I took a mortgage out on myself, that's how it works."

Niall Horan has begged fans to stop throwing objects on stage.
The One Direction heartthrob injured his knee during a gig for their 'Where We Are Tour' in Amsterdam, Holland last night (25.06.14) and took to Twitter after the show to ask the band's over-zealous fans to stop hurling heavy items around during their concerts.
He posted: "Amsterdam thank you for a great couple of shows! Appreciate you coming.
"Also guys! Can you limit what gets thrown on stage please! Coz somethin thrown at me tonight! Hit my knee! A lot of pain from it!
"Never wana sound like I'm complaining! But only having my operation 5 months ago, I still get a bit of pain and I'm very scared about it. (sic)"
Niall - who had major knee surgery in January - was seen limping around the stage in a video of the concert obtained by the Daily Mirror newspaper.
One devastated fan raged: "HE CANT BARELY WALK ITS SO SAD. (sic)"
The Irish singer's bandmates didn't escape unharmed either since poor Harry Styles was hit in the face by an unidentified flying object last night.
The 'Kiss You' hitmaker looked less than impressed when an item was chucked at his head, poking him in the eye, but barely missed a beat as he bounded around alongside Niall, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Zayn Malik.

Emily Ratajkowski claims she's a "weird" version of herself in the 'Entourage' movie.
The brunette beauty - who was catapulted to fame in the music video for the controversial 2013 hit single 'Blurred Lines' by Robin Thicke, Pharrell and T.I - was cast in the big-screen remake of the HBO series and claims that although she plays herself, the character is nothing like her.
She explained to GQ magazine: "That show's always been so funny to me. I'm playing myself, and they've got me in an Aston Martin. I drive a Nissan Versa and would never spend real money on a car, because I destroy things.
"So there's this weird version of yourself. Hollywood fetishizing you and itself - this box within a box.
"There is winter in Los Angeles, there is rain in LA. But there is no rain on 'Entourage'."
The 23-year-old star is also set to star alongside Ben Affleck in 'Gone Girl' later this year and director David Fincher previously revealed they felt she was the perfect choice for her character.
He said: "She was just incredibly mature. She wasn't smitten with being the girl of the moment. She's no bulls**t. If somebody's going to ruin their life on a 21-year-old, they have to be special, and she was."
'Entourage' is scheduled for release in June 1015.

Glastonbury organisers are adamant Prince "isn't coming" to this year's festival.
The 'Raspberry Beret' hitmaker, who was in talks to headline the event but pulled out because of "social media rumours" that he would be playing, will not make an appearance at Worthy Farm, according to Emily Eavis.
She claims the Friday 11am slot on The Other Stage hasn't been announced yet but fans will be disappointed to learn Prince will not be filling the spot.
Emily told NME magazine: "I don't know who it is. There may well be some secret sets elsewhere, but Prince isn't coming.
"We always have conversations with Prince, every year. Maybe one day it will happen. For The Rolling Stones last year, we'd talked about doing it 10 years before. It's a timing thing for everyone."
Emily, whose father Michael Eavis started the festival, claims there is a right time for someone to do it and it's not the right time for Prince.
She added: "I think a lot of people want to see him here, and probably the more people ask him, the more he thinks no. But I don't know!"
Michael claims they wanted him to play but before he confirmed he got "really upset" because he thought the festival had advertised that he was playing.
Michael said: "We hadn't, but with social media, rumours get everywhere, and one of those rumours was that Prince was coming. So he didn't want to do it in the end."

Ozzy Osbourne felt like a "f***ing laboratory rat" on his family reality show.
The Black Sabbath frontman insists he doesn't regret taking part in 'The Osbournes' with wife Sharon and children Jack and Kelly, but is equally relieved the fly-on-the-wall show - which ran from 2002 to 2005 - came to an end when it did.
He said: "It was an experiment. Looking back, I'm glad we did it but I'm glad we jumped off when we did after three years of feeling like a f***ing laboratory rat.
"We went from being a relatively normal family to this f***ing family that was blown apart. It has taken a long time to get back together. The only good thing about it is that Sharon got a career out of it."
Ozzy insists it wasn't his decision to make more than one series of the show and he only went along with it to keep his family happy.
He said: "Sharon would say, 'Do you want to do another season?' and I'd go along with it because they're family. At the end of it, I was f***ing wiped out, my whole family was disintegrating.
"My wife was in bed for nine months battling colon cancer, my kids were all in rehab, I was f***ing dying. I just wanted to get my rock 'n' roll life back."
And the 65-year-old rocker admits he has never even seen an episode of the programme.
He told Time Out magazine: "I never watched an episode of 'The Osbournes', I don't like to see myself on TV. That's why when Sharon says so-and-so want to do a pilot for another TV show, I say, 'Sharon I'm a rock 'n' roller. I didn't join a band in 1968 to be a f***ing weather reporter on the f***ing six o'clock news. I don't want to know. Leave me out of it."

Lorde thinks Taylor Swift is an "incredible role model".
The 17-year-old star has praised her singer pal for setting a good example for young girls through her music and thinks they are close because they both understand the music business.
She explained: "I think there are artists who are really incredible role models and that's something I admire. I feel like Taylor is a really good role model and I think that the girls who listen to her music are so devoted to her, and I think what she's saying is pretty cool. It's empowering.
"If we have the same work problems, we know each other's lives better. It's always good befriending people who do a similar thing."
Before they became friends, the 'Royals' hitmaker criticised Taylor, 24, for being "perfect and unattainable" but Lorde says Taylor wasn't offended by her comment.
She revealed: "She was like, 'It's fine, if all you've done is call someone perfect it's not a bad thing.' "
Lorde also hit out at Taylor's best friend Selena Gomez, 21, over her sexually suggestive song 'Come and Get It', and the New Zealand-born star admits she has learned her lesson from the media storm her remarks created.
She said: "I feel weird talking about it because I stated an opinion and people took that and made it mean something. It's easier never to talk about anyone else's work because they might take it the wrong way."
While Lorde looks up to Taylor as a role model, she is reluctant to be considered one herself and hopes her fans realise she's not perfect.
The singer elaborated: "I'm probably going to screw up at some point - probably soon - and people are going to say, 'You're not a good role model.' But I figure, I'm 17 and I'm very much perfect. I'm figuring this out too and I think people are aware of that."

Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott "are moving in the right direction."
The couple, who documented their battle to save their seven-year-old marriage on their latest reality TV series, 'True Tori,' after Dean checked into rehab following a one-night stand with Emily Goodhand in Toronto, Canada in December, are still working on their relationship, but are much happier.
The 41-year-old actress told 'Good Morning America' on Wednesday (25.06.14): "Things are getting better. You know, life is always a work in progress and our relationship is one as well, but we are moving in the right direction."
The 'Mystery Girls' star has no regrets about airing their personal problems on TV, even though they have four children, Liam, seven, Stella, five, Hattie, two, and Finn, 22 months.
She said: "Some people approved of it, some people didn't. It was my personal journey and I have no regrets."
The former 'Beverly Hills 90210' star later echoed her comments on 'The View,' saying: "I feel like all relationships are a work in progress and we're working on it right now. We're trying."
A source previously revealed that Tori was eager to save her marriage for the sake of her children.
In April, the insider said: "Tori doesn't want her kids to grow up without their dad in the house."