Evelyn Plummer is the grandmother of Tyrone Dobbs. She turned up in Weatherfield in September 2018. She is played by Maureen Lipman, who previously played the minor role of Lillian Spencer in 2002.
Move over Blanche Hunt, God rest her soul, another acid tongued woman is in the area, trying to nick your crown, aka Evelyn.
Biography[]
Backstory[]
Evelyn Pritchard was born on the 17th March 1946 and grew up in East Yorkshire. She had a sister Millie Pritchard. Evelyn's father died in 1963 when Evelyn was going to emigrate to Canada. She missed the ship and when her boyfriend returned, Evelyn was engaged to Harold Plummer and they wed circa 1965, and they had a daughter Cassandra Plummer in 1966 in Liverpool.
In the mid 1970s, the Plummer's settled in Manchester.
Evelyn's husband Harold died in June 1982. Cassandra ran away from home, and had got pregnant in the spring of 1982 and had a son Tyrone in December of that year in a Liverpool library.
Evelyn knew Cassandra was a drug addict so she took her baby grandson to a police station and the baby was considered a foundling and was adopted by Jackie Dobbs and her husband Darren Dobbs, the day after Tyrone was born.
In the end Cassie became clean but there was no trace of the baby.
2018-[]
Tyrone turned up on Evelyn's doorstep claiming to be her grandson. It took a lot of convincing due to Evelyn thinking they were trying to con her. Evelyn said Cassie was never pregnant but soon slipped up when she said Cassie had a baby in a Liverpool library in December 1982. In the end, she accepted the truth. Evelyn later moved to Number 9 Coronation Street. Evelyn formed a good rapport with Dev Alahan. Evelyn's pet dog was Cerberus.
Memorable info[]
Born: 17 March 1946
Full Name: Evelyn Plummer (Nee Pritchard)
Parents: Mr Pritchard and Mrs Pritchard
Siblings: Millie
Spouse: Harold Plummer
Children: Cassandra Plummer (c1966)
Grandchildren: Tyrone Dobbs
Trivia[]
Evelyn is often compared to Blanche Hunt by viewers of the show due to her acid tongue and witty one liners. However apart from their acid tongues and one liners, both women are quite different, as Evelyn is more cheery than Blanche and likes a laugh. Blanche's wit was drier and more deadpan.