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Corrie's Stephanie Beacham says she is now in her 'best role yet' at age of 75

Veteran actress Stephanie Beacham says that taking to the cobbles of Coronation Street has been the high point of her 60-year career.

The 75-year-old became a household name when she played glam Sable Colby opposite Joan Collins in 1980s US soap, Dynasty. But she reckons that appearing in the ITV soap as Ken Barlow’s former love interest has been her best role to date.

Stephanie, who plays Martha Fraser in Corrie, says: “Taking on a part where it doesn’t matter what I look like is a very exciting thing.

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