Emmerdale and Coronation Street actress Meg Johnson has died, her family have said.
A joint statement from the 86-year-old’s family, talent agency Jorg Betts Associates and ITV Emmerdale said: “It is with great sadness that we announce that actress Meg Johnson passed away peacefully yesterday evening surrounded by her family.
“Meg was a kind and wonderful lady, full of warmth and always with a twinkle in her eye.”
The statement added that Johnson had dementia for the last few years, but “battled on personally and professionally regardless”.
Johnson played Pearl Ladderbanks in the ITV soap from 2003 and also starred in Coronation Street first in a few guest appearances as a character called Brenda Holden, before being cast as Eunice Gee in 1981.
