Biography
Paula Tilbrook (16 January 1930 – 1 December 2019) was an English actress. Born in Salford, Lancashire, she attended stage school in Manchester from the age of 11 and began her career in repertory theatre in the North West of England.
She appeared in television from the late 1960s, with early roles including parts in The Dustbinmen and Ken Dodd productions. Film credits include Yanks (1979), A Private Function (1984) as Mrs Turnbull, and Walter (1982) as Mrs Ashby. Other television work encompassed Open All Hours (1976) as Mrs Tattersall, Tales of the Unexpected (1979), multiple appearances in Coronation Street and Last of the Summer Wine, and Brookside as Betty Hughes.
Tilbrook is best known for playing Betty Eagleton in the ITV soap Emmerdale from 1994 to 2015. She was married to Leslie Hall from 1952 until his death in 1985 and had two children.
