Patricia Phoenix: Patricia Phoenix. Actress: The L-Shaped Room. Bold, brassy and larger than life, Pat Phoenix was television's favourite scarlet woman. For nearly 25 years, she dominated the soap opera Coronation Street (1960) in the role of Elsie Tanner and sent shivers down the spines of Britain's menfolk twice a week. With her cleavage displayed in low-cut tops, she was known as "the working man's Raquel Welch" and was once dubbed, by...
Known For: The L-Shaped Room (Sonia), Coronation Street (Elsie TannerElsie Howard), Coronation Street: First Dry Run (Elsie Tanner), Cup-Tie Honeymoon (Mrs. Butler(as Patricia Pilkington))