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Karen Grant only appears briefly in the first episode, after she, brother Damon and their friends escape number 8 when Paul Collins opens the front door; her appearance is brief and uncredited, as she only has one line. Later in the episode Bobby is seen to be shouting at her through the bathroom door. 16-year-old Karen represented youth ...
Sheila Corkhill (also Grant) is a fictional character from British soap opera Brookside, played by Sue Johnston. Sheila appeared in Brookside from the first episode in 1982 until the character's departure in 1990. Her most famous storyline was in 1986, when the character was attacked, raped and beaten by an unknown assailant.
Damon Grant is a fictional character in the defunct British soap opera Brookside, played by Simon O'Brien. The character was part of the initial cast, appearing from episode one in 1982 until 1987. At the time of the soap's inception, Damon was the youngest son of Bobby and Sheila Grant, with an older brother, Barry, and older sister, Karen. [1]
Barry Grant [1] Paul Usher: 1982–1995, 1997–1998, 2003 Bobby Grant [1] Ricky Tomlinson: 1982–1988 Claire Grant: Amy Lynch: 1985–1990 Damon Grant [1] Simon O'Brien: 1982–1987 Karen Grant [1] Shelagh O'Hara: 1982–1986, 1988, 1990 Alan Green: Michael Maynard: 1985 Desmond Greenall: Bernard Brown: 1986, 1989 Alison Gregory [1] Alyson ...
Therefore, introductory episodes concentrated on the development of the anchor Grant family, with Sheila (Sue Johnston) and Bobby (Ricky Tomlinson) who had moved up the social ladder to a big, four-bedroomed house on the 'middle-class' Brookside Close from a run-down council estate. The Grants were the first family to have moved onto the close ...
"The Grant family was the focal point of the show in the early days. Bobby was a typically working-class guy who had moved his family on to a middle-class estate in the hope of bettering their lot. He was a shop steward and later became a full-time official of the union." [27]
Amy Grant announcing that she's hosting a same-sex wedding for her niece has upset conservative pastor Franklin Graham.. The contemporary Christian singer-songwriter, 62, shared the family news in ...
Sue Johnston (born Susan Wright, 7 December 1943) is an English actress. She is known for portraying Sheila Grant in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1982–1990), Barbara Royle in the BBC comedy The Royle Family (1998–2012), Grace Foley in the BBC drama Waking the Dead (2000–2011), Gloria Price in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2012–2014) and Miss Denker in the ITV drama ...