Elsie Kelly
Elsie Kelly is an English actress. With a career spanning five decades, she has appeared in various television shows including Crossroads, The [Famous Five (1995 TV series)|The Famous Five] and Harry and the Wrinklies, before taking on her best known role of Benidorm cast and characters#Past characters|Noreen Maltby] in the ITV sitcom Benidorm.
Career
Kelly became Director of the Birkenhead Operatic Society Trust in 1974, Throughout her time with the company, she directed various productions in the Liverpool Empire, Liverpool Royal Court, the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton and the Gladstone Theatre Port Sunlight. Productions include Annie, 42nd Street, Oliver, The Sound of Music, The Full Monty, Hello Dolly, Crazy for you, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and Jekyll and Hyde. Kelly announced her retirement from the company in 2019.In 1979, Kelly made her television debut appearing in the ITV soap opera Crossroads, in which she portrayed cleaner and gossip Mrs Tardebigge, a role which she played until the soap's cancellation in 1988. Kelly also appeared in an episode of Bread.
Following a gap from television work, Kelly appeared in the film Intimate Relations in 1996 and then returned to television to play Joan, the cook in the television adaptation of The Famous Five for a number of episodes between 1995 and 1997. This was followed by her portrayal of Mrs Humphries in The [Ghost Hunter (TV series)|The Ghost Hunter] in 2000 and Florrie in Harry and the Wrinklies.
In 2006, Kelly joined the cast of the first series of the ITV comedy series Benidorm, playing the character of Noreen Maltby, she was a regular in series 1 to 5 and 7 to 10. In series 10, Kelly also played Noreen's identical twin sister Doreen in a dual role.
Kelly has also appeared as Mrs. Hargreaves in Coronation Street for 2 episodes in 2011, and has appeared in an episode of Skins.
Kelly made an appearance in "Nana's Party", the fifth episode of the second series of the British anthology series Inside No. 9 as the role of Maggie.