Marc Selby Marc Selby was a love interest of Audrey Roberts in 2011 . Marc ' s late wife Tricia had been a patron of Perm Suspect , Claudia Colby ' s salon . Audrey became acquainted with Marc after winning a makeover at the salon in a raffle . Claudia teased Audrey about chatting up a man who had only come “ on the market ” a few months ago , to which she retorted that Claudia was a fox herself and that she was welcome to him . Marc and Claudia later began a relationship but it took a wrong turn when he began to cancel their dates in favour of " business meetings " . Suspicious , Claudia convinced Audrey to spy on Marc with her after another of their cancelled engagements . They were both stunned when they saw what appeared to be a woman leaving Marc ' s house . Claudia feared that Marc had dumped her in favour of a younger woman . After confronting him , a nervous Marc told her that the woman was in fact his sister . Shortly afterwards , Marc contacted Audrey from Weatherfield Police Station , asking her to come and collect him - and not to inform Claudia . After she arrived , Audrey inquired why Marc was dressed in women ' s clothing . He admitted to her that he was a transvestite , and that " Marcia " had been attacked while out . A sympathetic Audrey became comfortable with the situation , and while she did not tell Claudia , began trying to convince Marc to tell her himself . He was reluctant and Audrey called him a coward because he continued to put off telling Claudia the truth . Marc told Audrey was going to stop cross - dressing but Claudia noticed a receipt for an expensive scarf and assumed it was a gift for her . Audrey , however , realised that Marc was cross - dressing again . When Claudia didn ' t receive the scarf , she assumed he was having an affair with Audrey and that the gift was for her , and the two women fell out . Claudia tried to catch them together and Marc dressed up as a woman to show her the truth . Claudia was angry with Audrey for not telling her his secret and Marc felt guilty because he felt he ' d ruined their friendship . Claudia also finished her relationship with Marc . Following Marc and Claudia ' s split , he began dating Audrey . Audrey initially turned him down , claiming the cross - dressing would cause problems . However , Marc invited Audrey to go out with him as friends . As Marcia , he took her to a bar and she learned to accept him more after talking with another cross - dressing couple . Marc later took Audrey out to Nick ' s Bistro for her 71st birthday and they later slept together and begun a proper relationship . Audrey later declined Marc ' s request to watch him give a speech as Marcia at an LGBT charity event , feeling overwhelmed . After the speech , however , Audrey went to a bar with him and stuck up for Marc when two businessmen made jokes about his cross - dressing . When a burst main resulted in Marc ' s house flooding , Audrey invited him to move in with her temporarily . Audrey ' s daughter Gail later arrived at Audrey ' s house unexpectedly whilst Marc was preparing for a night out with Audrey as Marcia . He shoved his face in a pie to stop Gail seeing his face full of make - up , and Audrey told her it was a face mask . Audrey later told Marc she wanted Gail to find to find out about his cross - dressing eventually . When Marc ' s house was ready for him to move back in , Audrey asked him to move in with her permanently . Kylie , Audrey ' s grandson David ' s wife , who was on bad terms with her after losing her job , later saw Audrey with Marcia when she arrived at the same bar as them with her friend Eva . Kylie filmed video footage of Marc dressed as a woman and used to blackmail Audrey into getting her job back . Marc decided that it was best to come clean about his cross - dressing once and for all , but Audrey told him that she wasn ' t ready . He decided to take matters into his own hands and arrived at the Rovers dressed as Marcia . Audrey was upset and angry with Marc for ignoring her by coming clean , and ended their relationship . List of appearances . 2011