Audrey has a carefree approach to life and fun and flirting is a big priority. She's as different as chalk and cheese to daughter Gail, who is often exasperated by her mum's flighty nature.
It�s the things I haven�t done that I regret.
1979 Turns up for daughter Gail's engagement to Brian Tilsley and embarrasses her by flirting with all the men.
1981 Gets a surprise proposal from local shopkeeper Alf Roberts but doesn't want to be tied down.
1983 Dates troublemaker George Hepworth, who flirts with Gail.
1984 Moves to Coronation Street permanently.
1985 Accepts Alf's former proposal. Marries Alf just before Christmas and then opens a hairdressing salon.
1994 Alf becomes mayor but makes Betty mayoress when Audrey exploits the position.
1996 The son she gave up for adoption as a baby visits - a Canadian businessman called Stephen.
1998 Becomes councillor for Weatherfield's St Mary's Ward. Alf dies from a heart attack on the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve.
1999 Left penniless after Alf's death as he left her no pension. Butcher Fred Elliot proposes, as does Russian sailor Sergei, but she turns them both down.
2000 Fred proposes again, this time in Paris. Initially says yes but backs out before he buys the engagement ring.
2001 Best friend Alma Halliwell dies. Meets financier Richard Hillman at her funeral and is jealous when he asks out her daughter Gail.
2002 Serial killer Richard tries to turn her mad and kill her for her cash. Wises up to him but only Archie the undertaker believes her.
2003 Richard admits his evil deeds and flees. Goes into debt to pay off a now penniless Gail's mortgage. Archie proposes but she turns him down.
2005 Dates Keith but dumps him for being a skinflint, although they're later reunited.
2006 Keith leaves Weatherfield. Regrets denying herself the chance to be Fred's wife after he gets engaged to Bev Unwin. Fred dies of a heart attack in her house on his wedding day. Starts an affair with Kevin Webster's married dad Bill.
2007 Bill breaks up with his wife Maureen and moves in with Audrey.
Born in Walsall, West Midlands on 23 November 1943, Sue's dad was Conservative MP Lord Harmar Nicholls. She almost went to study languages at Oxford, but decided on a life treading the boards instead and auditioned for London drama school RADA.
Sue initially worked in Rep but she joined the cast of popular soap Crossroads in 1964 as Marilyn Gates. She quit the show when her pop record Where Will You Be? did well in the charts. Sue's second single was less successful and she returned to TV, appearing in shows such as The Duchess of Duke Street, The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin and kids comedy show Rentaghost as sneezing spirit Miss Popov.
Sue appeared on and off in Coronation Street for six years, until becoming a regular in 1985. Sue is married to actor Mark Eden, who played nasty con-man Alan Bradley in the Street. The couple have been together since 1983 and have homes in Manchester and London. Sue has no children.
