Coronation Street's Helen Worth's secret life off soap - cheating husband, huge salary and quitting
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Coronation Street legend Helen Worth - who plays soap icon Gail Platt - is getting ready for her final scenes on the cobbles this Christmas. The 73-year-old is one of the ITV soap's longest-serving actors, having played the role of Gail for 50 years. Her very first appearance was back in 1974 and she's been a mainstay on our TV screens ever since. Over the years, unlucky-in-love Gail has had no less than five husbands - four of whom have died - including one notorious serial killer who tried to murder her entire family. This makes her soap's most married female character.
She also has three onscreen children, Nick, Sarah and David, and four grandchildren, Bethany, Harry, Max and Lily. But while she always has a house full on Corrie, off-screen Helen's life is a little different. In real-life Helen doesn't have any children of her own and she's only been married twice.
As Gail prepares to walk down the aisle for a sixth time - this time to wed Jesse Chadwick, played by Cold Feet star John Thomson - in special Coronation Street episodes to be aired over the festive period, we take a look at actor Helen's life away from the cameras.
Helen has been married twice. Her first husband was actor Michael Angelis, who is best known for narrating the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends children's series. They were together from the mid 70s and finally tied the knot in 1991. Their marriage came to an end in 2001. She later tied the knot with Trevor Dawson, who she met at a mutual friend's 90th birthday party. Deputy headmaster Trevor, who is seven years younger than Helen, claimed it was "love at first sight".
