When Did Nan Marriott-Watson Die?

Nan Marriott-Watson was a British character actress and Broadway theatre performer born in West Derby, Lancashire. As the original choice to play soap opera icon Ena Sharples in Coronation Street, she appeared in the second unaired pilot episode in 1960. The part was recast with Violet Carson prior to the recording of the first episode. Notably, the actress earlier originated another core soap character, appearing as matriarch Doris Archer in the pilot episodes of The Archers in 1950.