Alexander "Alec" Gilroy is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", played by Roy Barraclough.
 The character made several appearances in the show as a small-time talent agent, the first in 1972, and later as a series regular from 1986 to 1992.
 He reappeared briefly in summer 1995, and returned for a longer stint between April 1996 and December 1998.
 Alec is best known for his tempestuous marriage to long-running character Bet Lynch (Julie Goodyear).
Roy Barraclough, MBE (12 July 1935 – 1 June 2017) was an English comic actor.
 He was best known for his role as Alec Gilroy, the devious, mournful landlord of the Rovers Return in the long-running British TV soap "Coronation Street", and for the double-act Cissie and Ada with comedian Les Dawson.
"The Road to Coronation Street" was written by Daran Little, a long-time archivist on "Coronation Street" who became a scriptwriter.
 At the time, however, Little was a scriptwriter for "Coronation Street"' s rival, "EastEnders", broadcast on BBC One.
 Though "Coronation Street" is, and always has been, broadcast on ITV, a competing network, the idea of documenting the show on the anniversary of its half century running was picked up by its natural rival, the BBC.
 It has, however, been repeated several times on ITV3 and, on the occasion of Tony Warren's death, ITV.
Sian Powers is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", portrayed by Sacha Parkinson.
 Sian was introduced as a love interest for Sophie Webster (Brooke Vincent).
 Sian joined the cast of "Coronation Street" alongside Ben Richardson (Lucien Laviscount) in January 2009 as Sophie's schoolmates.
 They soon form a new group of teenagers along with Ryan Connor (Ben Thompson).
 Sian and girlfriend Sophie are "Coronation Street's" first lesbian couple.
 It was announced on 29 May 2011 that Parkinson had quit her role, and she made her last on screen appearance on 30 December 2011.
Gloria Todd was played by Sue Jenkins between 1985 and 1988.
 She famously served as a bridesmaid at Bet Lynch's 1987 wedding to Alec Gilroy, looking not dissimilar to a milking maid.
 Gloria was unlucky in love, at one point having a daliance with Alan Bradley.
 She left the street after stealing the boyfriend of The Rovers cleaner Sandra Stubbs.
 Sandra called Gloria a tart and threw a pint of beer in her face.
 Gloria had been a barmaid at the Rovers Return Inn.
Julie Goodyear, MBE (born Julie Kemp; 29 March 1942) is an English television actress and media personality.
 She is known for playing pub landlady Bet Lynch (later Bet Gilroy) on British soap opera "Coronation Street".
Alan Browning (born Alan Brown; 23 March 1926 – 7 September 1979) was an English actor.
 He is best remembered for portraying Alan Howard in the television series "Coronation Street", a role he played from 1969 to 1973.
 He was married to his "Coronation Street" co-star Pat Phoenix from 23 December 1972, until his 1979 death from liver failure as a result of his heavy alcohol intake.
 Phoenix played his on screen wife, Elsie Tanner, in "Coronation Street".
Weatherfield is a fictional town based on Salford, Lancashire, which is the setfting for the British ITV soap opera "Coronation Street".
 Much of Weatherfield has been seen by viewers throughout the years, though the primary focus from the viewer's perspective is the Coronation Street, a cobbled street where many of the programme's characters live.
 Weatherfield areas are often shot on location around Manchester, as its filming studios, the Granada Studios complex on Quay Street in Manchester city centre (closed 2013) and its new set MediaCityUK in Salford Quays (opened 2014), only house the outdoor sets of Coronation Street and its immediate surrounding streets.
Karl Munro is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", played by John Michie.
 Michie's casting was announced in April 2011.
 He signed an initial one-year contract and began filming his scenes in May.
 Upon joining the cast, Michie was told that producers would initially "bed [him] in", before increasing his involvement in the show in 2012.
 Michie is from Scotland, but because "Coronation Street" is set in Manchester, he uses a Mancunian accent for the role.
 Karl was introduced along with his girlfriend, Stella Price (Michelle Collins) and her daughter, Eva (Catherine Tyldesley).
 Karl made his first appearance in the episode broadcast on 17 June 2011.
 On 30 April 2013, it was announced that Michie would be leaving "Coronation Street".
 Karl departed during the episode broadcast on 13 September 2013.
Coronation Street is a British soap opera, initially produced by Granada Television.
 Created by writer Tony Warren, "Coronation Street" first broadcast on ITV on 9 December 1960.
 The following is a list of characters introduced in the show's thirty-first year, by order of first appearance.
 Sandra Arden, the daughter of Alec Gilroy (Roy Barraclough) and Sandra's husband and daughter, Tim (John Flanagan) and Vicky (Helen Warburton) all made their first appearances in January.
 December saw the birth of the only 2 babies born in 1990, Rosie, the daughter of Kevin (Michael Le Vell) and Sally Webster (Sally Dynevor) and Martin Platt (Sean Wilson) and Gail Tilsley's (Helen Worth) son, David.

Question: The actress who plays Alec Gilroy's wife in "Coronation Street" was born in what year?
Answer: 1942