Autographs of Violet Carson
Violet Helen Carson (1 September 1898 – 26 December 1983) was a British actress of radio, stage and television, and a singer and pianist, who had a long and celebrated career as an actress and performer during the early days of BBC Radio, and during the last two decades of her life as the matronly Christian widow, town gossip and elderly battle-axe Ena Sharples in the ITV television soap opera Coronation Street. She was one of the original characters from the series debut in 1960 and would feature in the role for twenty years.
Carson was born on German Street in Ancoats, Lancashire. Her Scottish father, William Brown Carson, ran a flour mill and her mother, Mary Clarke Carson (née Tordoff), was an amateur singer. As a child, she took piano lessons while attending a Church of England school and performed with her younger sister Nellie as a singing act called the Carson Sisters. In 1913, she became a cinema pianist providing the musical accompaniment for silent films. As silent films fell out of fashion following the arrival of "talkies", Carson took up singing.
She married road contractor George Peploe on 1 September 1926, her 28th birthday. Peploe died in 1929 at the age of 31. They had no children and Carson never remarried.
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Traded items with a signature of Violet Carson
The most expensive item with a signature of Violet Carson (Violet Carson ~ Ena Charles ~ Coronation Street. Hand Signed Autograph Photo) was sold in December 2025 for £75.00 while the cheapest item (GENUINE SIGNED AUTOGRAPH PAGE VIOLET CARSON CORONATION STREET CLARK BROTHETRS) found a new owner for £0.99 in January 2014. The month with the most items sold (5) was November 2018 with an average selling price of £7.00 for an autographed item of Violet Carson. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2013 with £55.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £1.04 was March 2014. In average, an autographed item from Violet Carson is worth £8.38.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Violet Carson were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | +Coronation Street GREAT - Violet CARSON *Ena Sharples signed SCARCE 8x10 pic | £13.95 |  |
 | Ena Sharples Violet Carson Real Signed Autograph From Coronation Street | £26.83 | |
 | Jimmy Jewel, Violet Carson vintage signed page AFTAL#145 | £7.99 | |
| PAT PHOENIX / VIOLET CARSON - CORONATION STREET LEGENDS - 2 x SIGNED PIECES | £8.38 | |
| RARE VIOLET CARSON SIGNED ADVERTISING FLYER 8x4.75 INCHES CORONATION STREET | £27.18 | |
| Signed photo of Violet Carson from Coronation Street plus her hairnet. Item won | £7.87 | |
| VIOLET CARSON ( Coronation Street) Genuine Handsigned Signature on Album Page. | £13.10 | |
| Violet Carson (Ena Sharples Coronation Street Signed Autograph Book Page | £2.00 | |
| VIOLET CARSON *Ena Sharples* CORONATION STREET NOT SIGNED CAST POST PHOTO CARD | £6.96 | |
| Violet Carson Actress Eva Sharples Coronation St Signed Album Page Autographed | £8.00 | |
 | Violet Carson As Ena Sharples Pre Signed Card | £6.03 | |
| Violet Carson Ena Sharples autographed dedicated photograph Coronation Street | £23.25 | |
| Violet Carson hand written and signed letter | £12.00 | |
 | Violet Carson vintage signed page, Coronation Street | £7.99 | |
| Violet Carson ~ Ena Charles ~ Coronation Street. Hand Signed Autograph Photo | £75.00 | |
