Julie Goodyear

Julie Goodyear

Julie Goodyear was born in Bury, Lancashire, to George and Alice Kemp. She is known for portraying the role of Bet Lynch in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street. She was made an MBE in the 1996 New Year Honours.

About Julie Goodyear in brief

Summary Julie GoodyearJulie Goodyear was born in Bury, Lancashire, to George and Alice Kemp. She is known for portraying the role of Bet Lynch in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street. She first appeared as Bet for nine episodes in 1966, before becoming a series regular from 1970 to 1995. She was made an MBE in the 1996 New Year Honours. In 2012, Goodyear became a housemate on the tenth series of Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 5. In 2005, she was one of the celebrities taking part in the ITV reality series, Celebrity Fit Club.

In October 2009, it was confirmed that she would be starring in Calendar Girls on the West End stage. She has been married four times, and had a son when she was 17 with her first husband, and now has three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She appeared in the reality shows Road Raja, Age Swap, Celebrity Penthouse and Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes as Marlene Dietrich.