Coronation Street legend Helen Worth makes rare public appearance at West End event

The Sun

3 days ago

CORONATION Street icon Helen Worth made a rare public appearance opposite a Broadway legend.
Helen, who rose to fame playing Gail Platt on Coronation Street, stepped out in London to support West End legend Dame Elaine Page and Broadway star Bernadette Peters.
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The two musical theatre icons hosted the West End Woofs show at St Paul's Church in Covent Garden.
The event sees Elaine and Bernadette come together in the massive list cat and dog adoption event.
The stars bring together the best of West End talent and their four-legged friends to work with animal shelters and rescue groups to benefit their important work.
Elaine shared a series of photos showing her famous friends, including Corrie's Helen, speaking outside the church in support of the fundraising event.
"Thank you to all who came today," she captioned the post.
The powerhouse divas first hosted the event in a virtual setting in 2020, before hosting their first live event in 2023.
It was a rare public appearance for Helen who confirmed last year she would be leaving the ITV soap for good after 50 years on the cobbles.
Helen filmed her final scenes late last year, as her character Gail bid farewell to her friends and family for a new life in the South of France after tying the knot with new husband Jesse Chadwick.
It was an emotional exit for Gail whose final episode aired on Christmas Day with many stand-out moments.
Her on-screen daughter Sarah, told her: 'I know you're the backbone.
Gail Platt leaves Coronation Street for a new life in France after 50 years on the cobbless
'I know there's lots you don't tell me because you want to protect me. Don't feel you have to carry them just because you're the only daughter.
'Look after yourself. Choose happiness. You know you've always been my favourite.'
Before her Corrie exit Helen received a prestigious television award acknowledging long career and contribution to television.
She was honored at the North West Royal Television Society awards in Manchester in November 2024.
Taking the award she told the audience: "To receive an award, in Manchester, in the north west, the home of Coronation Street, is an absolute joy.
"I've done 50 years, I don't know how I did it!
'It just flew by and I never actually thought about it and then one day someone told me I'd been here 50 years and I thought 'I think it's time I left' and that was it really.
"I know why I stayed - it was simple - because of all the wonderful people who work on Coronation Street."
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