Coronation Street legend Anne Kirkbride is up for a British Soap Award nearly four months after her death. The 60-year-old actress, who became a household favourite as Deidre Barlow, died in January. She had starred in the ITV soap for 44 years but had been away from the screen since last September following her diagnosis with cancer. Kirkbride is nominated in the scene of the year category for the episode in which Deirdre threw a trifle - which were to be among her final scenes in Weatherfield.
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