Emmerdale actress Meg Johnson – who performed Pearl Ladderbanks on the ITV cleaning soap – has died, her household have stated.
The 86-year-old was described as a “kind and wonderful lady” in a joint assertion from her household, expertise company Jorg Betts Associates and the ITV present.
It stated: “It is with great sadness that we announce that actress Meg Johnson passed away peacefully yesterday evening surrounded by her family.
“Meg was a sort and great woman, full of heat and at all times with a twinkle in her eye.”
The assertion stated Johnson had dementia for the previous couple of years, however “battled on personally and professionally regardless”.
“She will be greatly missed by everyone who knew her,” it added.
Johnson performed Pearl Ladderbanks within the ITV cleaning soap from 2003. In the early Eighties, she starred as Eunice Gee in ITV’s Coronation Street, a personality she briefly reprised in 1999.
Danny Miller, finest identified for taking part in fan favorite Aaron Dingle in Emmerdale, paid tribute to Johnson.
The actor, who was topped king of the I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! fort in 2021, tweeted: “Truly devastated to listen to this. Pearl was a good strategy to describe our beautiful Meg.
“The creator of ‘pigs bum!!’ – should she ever forget her lines, and a loved soul throughout the building. Shared many laughs with her and Dominic on set.”
In one other tribute, actress Lisa Riley who’s finest identified for portraying Mandy Dingle in Emmerdale, tweeted that Johnson taught her “discipline, respect, comedy, and how not to take life to (sic) seriously.”
She added: “You are the true meaning of the words-wonderful woman. your energy lives on, because you were so very special. R.I.P. Meg”.
Prior to becoming a member of Emmerdale, Johnson spent a number of years enjoying Brigid McKenna in Channel 4 cleaning soap opera Brookside.
Johnson was additionally a part of the solid of Victoria Wood As Seen On TV alongside the late comic in addition to Dame Julie Walters and Celia Imrie.
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In 1997, she took to the stage within the unique solid of the London revival of Chicago, enjoying jail warder Matron Mama Morton for greater than a 12 months, and may be heard on the London Cast Recording of Chicago, singing When You’re Good To Mama, Me And My Baby, and Class.
Johnson was married to ITV Granada continuity announcer Charles Foster, who was extensively reported to have died earlier this 12 months.
Source: information.sky.com”