children birth_place awards nationality ethnicity television honorific_suffix birth_date gender spouse birthname article_title name occupation
graham -rrb- ann-marie -lrb- b. 1966 -rrb- julie -lrb- b. 1968 -lrb- -rrb- b. 1958 -rrb- elizabeth -lrb- b. 1965 leeds , west riding of yorkshire , england '' '' ' 2001 '' coronation street '' -lrb- with william ` tarmey -rrb- '' ` british soap award for lifetime achievement british '' ' 2008 '' coronation street '' soap award for best onscreen partnership british white british '' coronation street '' mbe 8 november 1939 female walter -rrb- bradley -lrb- 1957-59 -rrb- donald ibbertson -lrb- 1965-present sylvia butterfield elizabeth dawn
 elizabeth dawn actress
elizabeth dawn

elizabeth `` liz '' dawn mbe -lrb- born 8 november 1939 -rrb- is a retired english actress , best known for her role as vera duckworth in the long-running british soap opera , `` coronation street '' .
first starting on the serial in 1974 , she had more of a recurring role as a factory worker until her husband , jack , -lrb- played by william tarmey -rrb- first appeared in 1979 and later for a more concrete role in 1983 .
for her role as vera , she received the lifetime achievement award at the 2008 british soap awards .
she was made an mbe in the 2000 queens birthday honours .
