Maggie Jones (actress)
Maggie Jones | |
|---|---|
Jones in the 2000s | |
| Born | Margaret Jones 21 June 1934 London, England |
| Died | 2 December 2009 (aged 75) Salford, Greater Manchester, England |
| Other names | Margaret Stansfield |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1955–2009 |
| Spouse |
John Stansfield
(m. 1971; died 1999) |
Margaret Jones (21 June 1934 – 2 December 2009) was an English actress, best known for playing Blanche Hunt in the British soap opera Coronation Street, a role which she first portrayed in 1974 and played regularly from the late-1990s until shortly before her death. She won the British Soap Award for Best Comedy Performance in 2005 and 2008.