Betty Williams (Coronation Street)

Betty Williams
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by	Betty Driver
Duration	1969–2011
First appearance	Episode 881 2 June 1969
Last appearance	Episode 7610 27 May 2011
Classification	Former; regular
Introduced by	H. V. Kershaw
Book appearances	Coronation Street: The Complete Saga Coronation Street: The War Years
Spin-off appearances	The Women of Coronation Street (1998)
Betty Turpin in 1969
In-universe information Occupation Shop assistant (1969) Barmaid (1969–2012) Cook (1969–2012) Pub landlady (1984–2012)[1] Father Harold Preston Mother Margaret Preston Sisters Maggie Cooke Husband Cyril Turpin (1949–1974) Billy Williams (1995–1997) Sons Gordon Clegg Grandsons Peter Clegg Aunts Maud

Betty Williams (also Preston and Turpin) is a fictional character from the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, portrayed by former music hall star Betty Driver. Driver was cast as Betty in 1969, after first auditioning for the role of Hilda Ogden, which was given to Jean Alexander. The character arrived in Coronation Street to help her sister Maggie Cooke (Irene Sutcliffe) run the corner shop, and since then had a number of storylines which saw her become twice widowed, and mother to an illegitimate son.

For most of her tenure in the show, Betty worked as a barmaid in the soap's Rovers Return Inn, where she created a signature dish, known as Betty's hotpot.

Driver died in October 2011, and Betty was subsequently written out, with the character dying off-screen from an illness in April 2012.^[2]