Two EastEnders legends have passed away, it has been announced.
Elizabeth Kelly - who played Nellie Ellis, the busybody relative of Pauline Fowler in the iconic BBC soap - died at 104.
As well as over a hundred EastEnders episodes, she also starred in loads of British soaps including Grange Hill, Emmerdale, Heartbeat and The Bill.
Kelly also made a cameo in indie film 24 Hour Party People, alongside Steve Coogan.
The Sun reports that the actress is believed to have died on Christmas Day.
Her funeral is set to happen on February 17, with a private service at St Peter’s Church in Scarborough.
St Peter’s Father Eddie Gubbins told the paper the actor had been living at different care homes over the past few years.
Father Gubbins said: “She had a very peaceful death in the end. She was a beautiful lady and very gracious.”
He added that he last visited her at her care home, adding: “She was too frail for church, so we came to her in her care home… that would have been early December.”
EastEnders, Emmerdale and Corrie director Peter Rose has also passed away.
“It is very sad to say that a great friend of ours, Peter Rose has died last weekend. I met him when we worked together on Howards Way in the 1980s,” friend, screenwriter and author Harry Duffin announced.
“He was a director and I was script editor. He went on to direct for Coronation Street, EastEnders and Emmerdale until last year.”
Duffin continued: “Even though we left London we stayed friends together and met whenever we could. His partner, Mick Cawson and Peter spent holidays at our villa when we lived in Spain.
“He was a lovely man, and Chris and I will miss him very much."
Another friend of Rose, Kathryn Davies, also paid tribute writing: "RIP Peter Rose, Director, Howards End, EastEnders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale. So sudden. Happy we did lunch in December, nobody to tell me off now! Bless you."
Kelly was an accomplished director and received a nomination for Scene Of The Year at the 2015 British Soap Awards for the iconic Deirdre Throws the Trifle sequence.
