Emmerdale legend returning to soap 26 years after she was killed off to quit acting for teaching
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LEGENDARY Emmerdale star Glenda McKay is making a return to soap - 26 years after being killed off.
The actress played Joe Tate's mother Rachel Hughes in the ITV soap for 11 years between 1988 and 1999.
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Emmerdale legend Glenda McKay is making a return to soap acting
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The actress appeared in the ITV soap for 11 years
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Rachel's character will be involved with Sally and Tim on the cobbles
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She famously stepped away from acting shortly after leaving, having joined the soap at 17 alongside her real-life brother Craig McKay.
But now she's making a return to screens - and soap - in sister show Coronation Street.
A source said: 'Glenda is making an acting comeback 13 years after she was last on TV - she'll be playing a social worker called Alison Hale who deals with Tim and Sally.
'Just as she arrives to tell them they're set to foster the Michealis children, a shocking incident happens that throws everything into chaos.'
The actress bowed out of Emmerdale in 1999 with Rachel being dramatically killed off in a domestic abuse storyline.
At the time Glenda said: "I've been at Emmerdale for 11 years so it is a big change, but there comes a time when you have to go.
'I have other strings to my bow, and now seems like the right time to put them to the test."
More than a decade later she returned to the soap as a visitor after taking a step back from acting to become a teacher.
She took her class on a visit to the soap's set and reunited with some of her co-stars.
'The children were delighted to meet Chris Chittell who answered all their questions about what it is like to be famous and what is involved in being a soap actor,' she told the Ilkley Gazette at the time.
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'It really was quite a trip for the class and I was delighted that they all behaved well and represented their school with pride.
'They also all appreciated how fortunate they were and were genuinely bowled over by their experience.'
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