Julie Goodyear returned to Coronation Street and stayed for an astonishing 25 years. She made the decision to leave the show in 1995 after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award for her portrayal of Bet Lynch at the first National Television Awards. Nevertheless, she returned to the role in 1999 for the Rover Returns home video spin-off.
Goodyear made a brief return to Coronation Street in 2002, and she made a second appearance in a plot involving characters Liz McDonald (played by Beverley Callard) and her husband Jim (played by Charles Lawson) who had just escaped from jail and was set in Blackpool in 2003.
Goodyear started a number of career endeavors outside of Coronation Street.
She agreed to a marketing contract with Shredded Wheat in 1996. Her other major accomplishments include working as a DJ on Manchester Talk Radio, hosting Live Time on the Granada Breeze network every weekday in January 1999, and filming a pilot episode for The Julie Goodyear Show with Granada.
She made guest appearances in 2001 on the ITV1 game show Lily Savage’s Blankety Blank and the BBC comic sketch series Revolver. She won the first season of the reality competition I’m Famous and Frightened! on Living TV in 2004.
Julie Goodyear age
How old is Julie Goodyear? Julie Goodyear is 81 years (born on 29 March 1942). In 2005, Goodyear and her former Coronation Street co-star Ken Morley took part in the ITV reality series Celebrity Fit Club.