---
name: "Doris Speed"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/doris-speed"
fi1m_id: "doris-speed"
imdb_id: "nm0817515"
tmdb_id: 1215174
wikidata_id: "Q5297991"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 February 1899"
died: "16 November 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:33:58.107047+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Doris Speed

## Identity

Doris Speed

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/doris-speed
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** doris-speed
- **IMDb ID:** nm0817515
- **TMDB ID:** 1215174
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5297991
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Speed, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5297991, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0817515/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215174

Actor. Born 3 February 1899 in Chorlton, Lancashire, England, UK. Died 16 November 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 February 1899, Chorlton, Lancashire, England, UK
- **Died:** 16 November 1994
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Speed, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5297991, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0817515/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215174

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Coronation Street*](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Doris Speed was an English actress best known for playing Annie Walker, the landlady of the Rovers Return Inn, in the ITV soap opera *Coronation Street*. She appeared in the programme from its first episode in December 1960 until 1983, featuring in 1,746 episodes.

Born in Chorlton, Lancashire, on 3 February 1899, Speed began acting as a child, touring with her parents who worked in music hall and repertory theatre. She later worked for many years as a clerk at the Guinness brewery in Manchester before returning to acting. Creator Tony Warren wrote the part of Annie Walker specifically for her after having worked with her on BBC radio.

Speed received an MBE in 1977 for her services to drama. She died in Bury, Greater Manchester, on 16 November 1994.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Coronation Street* (1960), Fi1m 74, as Annie Walker — [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Coronation Street: The First 25 Years* (1985), as Annie Walker (archive)
- *Coronation Street* (1960), series, as Annie Walker — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)
- *Hell Is a City* (1960), as Older Sister in Hospital (uncredited)

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