Louise Duprey
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Louise Duprey was a British
character actress, best known for her 22 March-1 October 1993 stint as shop girl Amy Nelson in ITV1
's top-rated soap opera
, Coronation Street
.
Duprey had been set for a long run in the serial with her character being due to marry on-screen love interest, Andy McDonald. However, in late 1993, just as the wedding scenes were about to be recorded by programme maker, Granada TV, Duprey suffered a breakdown and was sent home on leave. After it soon became apparent that she would not be well enough to return to the programme, a storywriter's conference was quickly convened and scripts redrafted. In the programme, viewers saw the engagement between the characters of Andy McDonald and Amy Nelson being hurriedly 'broken off' with another actress being used in the final scenes to play the part of Nelson. Thereafter, Duprey withdrew from the limelight altogether, relocating back to her native Merseyside
, and became increasingly reclusive. In 2000 she was found dead in a converted 1930s detached house in Mossley Hill near Liverpool University from a drug overdose. It is believed that her body had lain undiscovered for days. She became more and more solitary and in the end became a virtual recluse. She left one daughter, Marcelle (b. 1976).
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character actress, best known for her 22 March-1 October 1993 stint as shop girl Amy Nelson in ITV1
ITV1
ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...
's top-rated soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
, Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
.
Duprey had been set for a long run in the serial with her character being due to marry on-screen love interest, Andy McDonald. However, in late 1993, just as the wedding scenes were about to be recorded by programme maker, Granada TV, Duprey suffered a breakdown and was sent home on leave. After it soon became apparent that she would not be well enough to return to the programme, a storywriter's conference was quickly convened and scripts redrafted. In the programme, viewers saw the engagement between the characters of Andy McDonald and Amy Nelson being hurriedly 'broken off' with another actress being used in the final scenes to play the part of Nelson. Thereafter, Duprey withdrew from the limelight altogether, relocating back to her native Merseyside
Merseyside
Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool...
, and became increasingly reclusive. In 2000 she was found dead in a converted 1930s detached house in Mossley Hill near Liverpool University from a drug overdose. It is believed that her body had lain undiscovered for days. She became more and more solitary and in the end became a virtual recluse. She left one daughter, Marcelle (b. 1976).