Eileen Derbyshire, MBE (born 6 October 1931) is an English retired actress, best known for her role as Emily Bishop in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street. She played the character for 55 years from January 1961 to January 2016 (with a brief cameo in October 2019), making her the longest-serving female cast member in a British TV soap opera. She is the mother of sports journalist Oliver Holt. She was appointed an MBE in the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours list for her long acting career. More about Eileen Derbyshire
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Derbyshire was born in Urmston, Lancashire on 6 October 1931. From age 17 she was appearing in plays broadcast on radio. After several small parts on television, she joined the cast of Coronation Street, first appearing as Miss Nugent in episode 15 in January 1961 (the character appeared as an extra in episode 4 in December 1960 played by an uncredited walk-on actress). The character was then given the forename Emily in 1962.In total, we tracked 95 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Eileen Derbyshire (CORONATION STREET VINTAGE HAND SIGNED PHOTO OF EILEEN DERBYSHIRE AS MISS NUGENT) was sold in October 2017 for £37.00 while the cheapest item (CORONATION STREET EILEEN DERBYSHIRE AS EMILY BISHOP SIGNED CAST PHOTOS X 2) found a new owner for £0.80 in February 2013. The month with the most items sold (5) was March 2014 with an average selling price of £2.20 for an autographed item of Eileen Derbyshire. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2021 with £19.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.85 was February 2013. In average, an autographed item from Eileen Derbyshire is worth £2.95.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Eileen Derbyshire were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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CORONATION STREET PRINT SIGNED CAST CARD OF EILEEN DERBYSHIRE | £0.99 | ||
EARLY EILEEN DERBYSHIRE SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH 1960S CORONATION STREET AUTOGRAPH BOOK | £24.99 | ||
EILEEN DERBYSHIRE (CORONATION STREET) SIGNED CAST CARD | £6.00 | ||
EILEEN DERBYSHIRE (CORONATION STREET) SIGNED PHOTO- UNDEDICATED | £7.50 | ||
EILEEN DERBYSHIRE *Emily Bishop CORONATION STREET Pre-Signed Autograph Cast Card | £3.50 | ||
EILEEN DERBYSHIRE CORONATION STREET MISS NUGENT SIGNED AUTOGRAPH BOOK PAGE VG | £9.99 | ||
Eileen Derbyshire Signed Letter | £0.99 | ||
Eileen Derbyshire vintage signed page Coronation Street AFTAL#145 | £4.99 | ||
GRANADA TV Coronation Street Compliments slip Autograph Signed Eileen Derbyshire | £5.99 | ||
Signed Photo Eileen Derbyshire from Coronation Street | £0.99 |