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Multi-award
winning
television
personality
Noele
Gordon
was
born
Joan
Noel
Gordon
in
East
Ham,
East
London,
on
December 25th 1919.
From
those
humble
beginnings
she
worked
her
way
up
to
become
one
of
Britain's
most
well
known
personalities.
From
the
1930s
to
the
1980s
Noele
starred
in
hit
theatre
productions,
radio
plays,
live
television
dramas
and
Britain's first half-hour daily 'soap opera'.
She
also
worked
as
a
presenter
on
both
television
and
radio
and
released
several
records.
Noele
also
has
many
firsts
to
her
credit
thanks
to
being
part
of
Associated
Television
during
its
formative
years
in
which
she
became
the
UK's first female senior executive.
At
her
peak,
in
the
1970s,
she
was
the
most
popular
woman
on
television.
Winning
awards
such
as
ITV
Personality
of
the
Year,
most
compelling
character
and
Best
Actress
between
the
years
1968
and
1981.
In
1978
the
TV
Times
banned
her
from
being
nominated
in
their
awards,
however
she
became
the
first
to
be
inducted
in
their
TV
Times
Hall
of
Fame.
Other
awards
were
bestowed
on
Noele
from
publications
ranging
from
The
Sun
to
The
Daily
Telegraph.
She
became
the
nation's
first
soap
queen
and
was
adored
by
up
to
18
million
viewers
in
the
UK
for
her
serial
role
as Meg Richardson in
Crossroads,
a role that also made her an international superstar.
Noele
Gordon
died
on
April
14th
1985,
however
her
legacy
lives
on
with
her
era
of
Crossroads
continuing
to
prove
popular with numerous Network-DVD releases.
In
2012
ITV
celebrated
Noele
with
a
prime-time
half-hour
celebration
of
her
work
in
The
Unforgettable
Noele
Gordon
.
The
series,
up
against
EastEnders,
gained
over
3.2
million
viewers
on
ITV
in
England
and
Wales
with
later
showings on STV and UTV making it one of the most watched of the Unforgettable 2012 run.
In
2015
a
clip
of
Noele
in
Crossroads
featured
in
a
Julie
Walters
fronted
Vision
Express
advert
looking
back
at
programmes and people who had influenced her creative performances.
In
2019
the
West
End
musical
On
The
Town
was
released
on
CD,
featuring
Noele
tracks
have
been
played
on
local
radio as well as on BBC Radio 2.
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