News about Helen Lederer

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New Coronation Street star Helen Lederer is hoping the soap's writers will fix it for her character Elspeth to get steamy in the bedroom with Ken Barlow. Actress Helen, 69, first hit the cobbles last month when she became part of Ken's dating storyline. Known for once being Weatherfield's biggest lothario and desperate to prove he still can still woo the ladies at the age of 91, Ken, played by William Roache, went speed dating at a singles' cocktail night.

For those of us with longer memories she is perhaps best known for a recurring role in iconic nineties sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. Starring alongside Jennifer Saunders as PR guru Edina Monsoon and Joanna Lumley as sozzled sidekick Patsy Stone, actress and comedian Helen Lederer featured regularly across its five series run as magazine employee Catriona. But while Monsoon's colourful wardrobe of designer clothes has long since closed, Lederer, 69, is back on mainstream TV in long-running soap Coronation Street, playing show stalwart Ken Barlow's latest love interest.

Helen Lederer has confessed to stealing from her ex Harry Enfield. The Absolutely Fabulous actress, 69, who just joined Coronation Street as Ken Barlow's new love interest, revealed the comedian, 62, was caught in the act. Helen told The Mirror, not that I'm Bitter, how her eights friendship with Harry was turbulent.

Musical Chase is a common game in the village, as nearly every man eventually lands up in her bed. Despite being together a few weeks ago, it appears that she has well and truly lost Paddy for good. Paddy is encouraged by Liam's words to Paddy not to give up Mandy without a fight and Tom's instructions to sweep her off her feet (good luck with that). Hmmm. Relationship advice from Psycho Tom?

Helen Lederer, Ken Barlow's new love interest, has revealed how she went to be thin. The Absolutely Fabulous actress, who will appear on Coronation Street next week as Ken's date Elspeth, admitted to taking slimming tablets for years and lived on a diet of 400 calories a day and wine. Helen went from a size 10 to a size 16 throughout her career, saying it's "crazy the stuff I eat" just to try to stay thin.

Helen Lederer, the show's oldest character, has been cast in a guest role on Coronation Street as a love interest for the show's oldest character Ken Barlow. Ken is known for once being the cobbles' best lothario (Bill Roache), and he's eager to show that he can still woo the ladies at the age of 91. He is catching the eye of fellow dater Elspeth after being single for nearly a decade following his wife Deirdre's death in 2015.

Bill Roache of Coronation Street is expected to have a new on-screen love interest. The 91-year-old soap actress has appeared on Ken Barlow for 64 years and has been married three times, making him one of the cobbles' biggest lotharios. Bill is expected to start a new romance with Helen Lederer after being single for nearly a decade following his beloved wife Deirdre's death in 2015.