1. D.O.B: 25 February 1932
2. Address:10a Coronation Street, Weatherfield
3. Work: Co-owner of The Kabin newsagent's shop

First Appearance

• 2 December 1964: Stan Ogden bought Rita Littlewood a drink in the Rovers. She bumped into her old friend Dennis Tanner and persuaded him to let her stay the night at Number 11.

Street History

• 1972: Turns up on Len Fairclough's doorstep when her lover Harry Bates throws her out
• 1973: Begins managing The Kabin and moves into the flat over the shop
• 1977: Marries Len and moves into Number 9
• 1982: She and Len foster Sharon Gaskell and move into Number 7
• 1983: Inconsolable when Len dies in a car crash
• 1986: Fosters Jenny Bradley and begins going out with her father Alan
• 1989: Confronts Alan for fraudulently selling her house and he tries to suffocate her. Suffers a breakdown and flees to Blackpool where Alan chases her and is killed by a tram
• 1992: Marries Ted Sullivan but he dies from a brain tumour at a bowls match three months later
• 1995: Refuses to go into partnership with Bet Gilroy at the Rovers Return
• 2000: Enjoys a romance with bookseller Anthony Stephens
• 2004: Found guilty of assaulting Chesney Brown and spends the night in prison
• 2005: Offers Norris Cole a junior partnership in The Kabin
• 2007: Turns down Norris' marriage proposal
• 2009: Agrees to marry Colin Grimshaw before discovering his paedophilic past
• Sells her half of the Kabin to business partner Norris

Likes

• Gin and tonic     
• Singing

Dislikes

• Blackpool trams
• Bowls matches