Autographs of Doris Speed
Doris Speed (3 February 1899 – 16 November 1994) was an English actress, best known for her role as landlady of the Rovers Return Inn and later mayor of the fictional Weatherfield, Annie Walker, on the British television soap opera Coronation Street. Speed was one of the original cast members and played this role from the programme's first episode in 1960 until her departure in 1983.
Speed was born in Chorlton, Lancashire (later part of Manchester) on 3 February 1899. As a child, she toured with her parents George, a singer and Ada (née Worsley) Speed, an actress, moving to different schools almost every week. Her debut came to her at the age of three years old, as she toddled onstage in a nightdress to sing a song about a golliwog. Two years later, she made her acting debut as the velvet-suited infant Prince of Rome in a Victorian melodrama, called The Royal Divorce. Speed was later quoted as saying "Acting was all I ever wanted to do".
Speed took a course in shorthand and typing at a local technical college in 1915, and shortly after finishing it, took a job with Guinness in Manchester to support her parents' stage careers. She joined Guinness as a clerk, but over her 41 years working for the company, rose to become personal assistant to the regional manager. However, she was also an active member of the local amateur dramatics group, The Unnamed Society, who were well regarded, and she received good notices in The Manchester Guardian for her roles with the group from 1937 onwards. Appearing in The Unnamed Society's 1949 production of Hamlet, the paper's reviewer noted that Speed "acted splendidly" playing the Queen.
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Traded items with a signature of Doris Speed
The most expensive item with a signature of Doris Speed (CORONATION STREET ACTRESS DORIS SPEED AUTOGRAPHED LETTERS.) was sold in January 2015 for £49.99 while the cheapest item (Signed photograph of Doris Speed Coronation street actress Annie Walker) found a new owner for £0.99 in May 2020. The month with the most items sold (3) was February 2013 with an average selling price of £16.77 for an autographed item of Doris Speed. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2015 with £49.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was March 2019. In average, an autographed item from Doris Speed is worth £5.84.
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| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Actual Genuine Autograph of Doris Speed (Annie Walker) Coronation street | £4.99 |  |
| CORONATION ST DORIS SPEED (ANNIE WALKER) HAND SIGNED 10X8 PORTRAIT | £29.99 | |
| DORIS SPEED (Coronation Street) Genuine Handsigned Signature on Album Page. | £8.94 | |
| DORIS SPEED *Annie Walker* CORONATION STREET PRE-SIGNED AUTOGRAPH FAN CAST CARD | £6.00 | |
| DORIS SPEED *Annie Walker* CORONATION STREET PRE-SIGNED AUTOGRAPH FAN CAST CARD | £6.00 | |
| Doris Speed - Annie Walker - Coronation Street - Pre Signed Cast Card | £5.99 | |
| Doris Speed Annie Walker Vintage coronation street signed autograph POW#99 | £12.99 | |
| Doris Speed as Annie Walker in Coronation Street Pre Printed Signed Cast Card | £5.99 | |
| DORIS SPEED AUTOGRAPH - Signed white card CORONATION STREET | £14.99 | |
| Doris Speed English Actress 1899 - 1994 ,Original 10 x 8 Signature Piece | £16.75 | |
| Doris Speed English Actress, Coronation Street, Original Autograph on 6 x 4 Card | £8.04 | |
| Doris Speed vintage signed page Coronation Street AFTAL#145 | £7.99 | |
| Doris Speed vintage signed page Coronation Street AFTAL#145 | £15.01 | |
| Doris Speed(Annie Walker). Runcorn Woolworth 1971. Autographed card. | £2.20 | |
| Vintage signed postcard bw photograph Doris Speed Annie Walker Coronation Street | £11.50 | |
