Blanche Hunt

Blanche Hunt
Blance in the present
Coronation Street
Portrayed by	Maggie Jones
First appearance	March 1974 (recurring)-
Profile
Gender	Female
Date of birth	22 January 1927
Occupation	Retired
Residence	No.1 Coronation Street
Relationships Sibling(s) Beryl Linchfield (Sister) Spouse(s) Donald Hunt (Deceased) Children Deirdre Barlow (Daughter, with Donald)

Blanche Hunt (née Linfield) is a fictional character on the soap opera Coronation Street. She is played by actress Maggie Jones . Originally, actress Patricia Cutts played the role for two episodes before committing suicide. Blanche is the mother of Deirdre. She is often described as having an "acid tongue" as she often makes unnecessary insensitive comments, often to her daughter. Although this behaviour upsets Deirdre, Blanche occasionally admits to caring for her daughter. Her husband, Donald Hunt, was a bank manager. He died in January 1963 after being knocked down outside their house by a black Ford Prefect. The tragedy was witnessed by a then seven-year-old Deirdre. Blanche's appearances on the show have been very erratic. She appeared consistently from 1974-1976 before being reduced to occasional appearances over the next two years. She again appeared briefly in 1981, 1996 and 1997. She has resumed her full-time role as of 1998. Blanche's full duration is: 1974-1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1996, 1998, 1998-1999, 8 August 1999- present A famous 'Blanche Quote' is often played by Radio 1 DJ Sara Cox: "Skirt no bigger than a belt, too much eyeliner, and roots as dark as her soul!" This line was spoken by Blanche in reference to Liz McDonald. Blanche has supported her granddaughter, Tracy Barlow, in her court case for the murder of her boyfriend Charlie Stubbs; believing that Tracy was innocent in her claim that she hit him in self defence as he was about to attack her with a knife (which Tracy placed in his hand after she hit him. After Tracy was found guilty of murder and sent to prison, Blanche felt her family tearing away because Ken had refused to support Tracy after finding she was truly guilty. Blanche has recently been helping Becky Granger at Roy's Roll's although she often complains about the work being too hard with her Polish hip and some days does not turn up for work. At Liz McDonald's most recent hen party, before her marriage to Vernon, Blanche stated that her ideal man is George Melly and she likes "a man with a bit of edge".

Family

• Sister: Beryl Linfield
• Nephew: Bradley Linfield
• Husband: Donald Hunt (deceased)
• Daughter: Deirdre Barlow
• Granddaughter: Tracy Barlow
• Great granddaughter: Amy Barlow

Friends

• Norris Cole
• Wilfred Morton
• Rita Sullivan
• Audrey Roberts
• Emily Bishop
• Betty Williams
• Doreen Fenwick
• Archie Shuttleworth (Former Resident)
• Len Fairclough (Deceased)
• Dave Smith (Former Resident)
• Lena Thislewood (Deceased)
• Vera Duckworth
• Jack Duckworth