Amanda Barrie was happily married to a man, but was constantly 'hounded' about her sexuality.
The much-loved Carry On actress joined the cast of Coronation Street as Alma Sedgewick, who would later become a Baldwin, in the mid 80s before getting a full contract in 1988.
Amanda's character died in a tragic cervical cancer storyline in 2001, but she still watches the soap "religiously" with her family to this day.
