Stephanie Cole

'Stephanie Cole' (qv) was born in Warwickshire, England, UK. At the age of 15 she auditioned for, and was accepted to, the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She began her career at the age of 17 playing a 90-year-old woman. She went on to play notable television roles, which included appearing in all 30 episodes of the prisoner-of-war drama _Tenko (1981)_ (qv) and playing memorable characters in comedies such as _Open All Hours (1976)_ (qv), _A Bit of a Do (1989)_ (qv), _Waiting for God (1990)_ (qv) and _Doc Martin (2004)_ (qv), as well as legendary soap opera _Coronation Street (1960)_ (qv).::Dan Garnitz