How tall is gail platt

There was definitely Alsatian in her. Me - But they were the right conclusions after all! Thanks for telling me more about Tripper, can you also tell me what colour she was please? Unfortunately Lewis played by Nigel Havers. It is incredible that Audrey is so much taller than her daughter, nowadays I think Audrey is 5'6" - 5'7" range, but near the top of that range!

Has anyone noticed how silly she behaves when she's had a few? Well, they do say the smaller you are, the more drink hits you! However, lately she's been behaving like she's had a few all the time, and now she's in disgrace with her Mum for jumping to the wrong conclusions! Blimey, I'm glad it's just a Soap! Tripper looked like a small Alsatian. I can't tell you anymore than that, other than she was a lovely and affectionate dog. If I ever introduced a dog into my household, I'd choose one like her!

Anyway, Helen's character on 'Coronation Street' is a huge half-foot or so smaller than her Mum! Her children, apart from Nick, are far more appropriately-heighted for a woman whose peak height can't have been more than 5ft2. I think Audrey, her Mum, played by Sue Nicholls, is idiotic for not taking Gail more seriously when she's trying to warn her that her sneaky, false boyfriend, played by 5ft10 peak Nigel Havers, is still only after her for her money!

Would she take Gail Helen more seriously if she happened to be taller? Who knows, but if she listened to her daughter for once in her life, she'd save herself a fortune! My Mum and I are enjoying Jasmin staying with us so much that it will be a wrench tomorrow when she goes back home, we took her for a walk yesterday afternoon, but it took us ages to get her harness on! I remember that you once lived with a dog called Tripper and that he stole your cats food! What type of dog was Blitzen and what colour was he?

I agree with you about the importance of earning money in a moral way, to be quite honest I think being sat at a desk twiddling your thumbs all day is more productive than spending time doing thinks that are damaging to people. Like you said the vast majority of people would refuse to do a job that must rank on the negative scale in terms of job satisfaction and all too often it is some but still a minority of the people in the most influential jobs who are doing the most damaging things to society through the decisions they make in their work.

It is a shame that we do not live in a society where everyone refuses to do certain immoral roles that exist within some jobs, if that was the case the world would be a better place. I don't know whether an exercise bike would be an option for you at the moment Sandy, the good thing is that they can be used whilst you are sat down and at a pace that is most convenient to you. Cheers Sandy! Enjoy your day, on and off celebheights!

Yes, it does sound funny congratulating someone on making their own bed, but with your back problems it must have taken a lot of courage to do something that is awkward and tricky for people without these terrible problems. I hope your tablets take away as much of the pain as possible and that you get a quick resolution to your problems.

I too would have been booted out of the legal profession for refusing to take part in certain cases, I would simply refuse to act in an unethical way under any circumstances and I would have told my seniors in no uncertain terms what they could do with their job if they required me to do so. Gail and Martin faced problems with the arrival of student nurse Carmel Finnan who was a regular babysitter for the couple in and who became infatuated with Martin.

Carmel was invited to stay at No. Things came to a head when Gail stayed overnight with Audrey visiting a sick Alf in hospital and Carmel climbed into the marital bed with a drunk Martin. Martin rejected Carmel and ordered her to leave and Gail didn't believe her lies when she 'confessed' her version of events. In March , Carmel returned and claimed she was pregnant with Martin's baby, driving a further wedge between Gail and Martin. After Gail confronted Carmel and she fell down the stairs at her bedsit, the Platts discovered that she was never pregnant and that mentally ill Carmel had previously spun another lie while living in Ireland.

Having overcome this, the next obstacle for Gail and Martin was eldest son Nick. As Nick grew into his teens, he grew increasingly defiant towards his mother and Martin, so Gail eventually sent him away to Canada to live with her half-brother Stephen.

Martin was much younger than Gail and was tempted by other women during their marriage. He cheated on her with nurse Cathy Power on a single occasion in but Gail forgave him, when she discovered what had happened through Alf who had spotted the pair kissing.

Martin assured Gail he would never cheat again and Gail believed him. A mature Nick returned in the year , but shocked his mother by beginning a relationship with Leanne Battersby , who Gail objected to and quickly marrying her in January after secretly eloping to Gretna Green.

Gail was aghast when she discovered this and Leanne and Gail would have a similar relationship to that of Gail and Ivy over the next couple of years but eventually Nick and Leanne divorced after Nick encouraged Leanne to have an abortion. Nick left for Canada again. Martin's affair with another nurse, Rebecca Hopkins , ended the marriage and they divorced in Shortly after Sarah's thirteenth birthday, it was discovered that Sarah was pregnant.

Gail had taken Sarah to the doctors as she was worried her daughter may be suffering from an eating disorder. Sarah was five months along and as a result it was too late for an abortion. Originally Gail and Martin conceived a plan for Gail to take the kids to Canada for a few months, where Sarah could have the baby and Gail could pass it off as her own on returning to Weatherfield. This elaborate plot was abandoned after Sarah's schoolfriend Candice Stowe, who she had confided in about her pregnancy spread the news and Gail and Martin were forced to accept that everyone was going to find out.

Sarah gave birth to Gail's first grandchild, Bethany Platt , in June and the family did their best to adjust to their new situation, although David felt deprived of attention and began acting out.

Gail grew closer to Richard Hillman who arrived in Weatherfield for the funeral of her friend Alma Halliwell , with claims of being her cousin. Smooth-talking Richard whisked Gail off her feet and they began a relationship. Gail's children were initially wary of Richard as he was Gail's first boyfriend since she had divorced Martin but Richard soon won them over and moved into the family home.

Richard proposed and Gail gained her third husband in July , after which they departed for a family honeymoon in Florida. Little did she know that her apparently perfect husband was actually a con man and a serial killer. Richard attempted to fool both Audrey and the rest of the family that she was going senile over several months before setting fire to her house and staging it to look like a tragic accident.

Audrey survived after Steve McDonald arrived at the house to return a pair of glasses she had left in his taxi and realised the house was on fire. After Audrey recovered, she began to suspect Richard's involvement and attempted to tell Gail the truth, but Gail thinking Audrey was going mad, refused to believe her and cut her out of her life.

After Maxine's death, a guilty Richard attempted to avoid her funeral but was dragged there by Gail and inadvertently ended up speaking at the service. Audrey realised that Richard was also responsible for Maxine's murder and confronted him at the graveside but nobody except Norris and Archie believed her and Ashley and Gail were furious with Gail again insisting that Audrey stay away from her and the children.

Gail and Richard planned to sell up and move to a bigger house on the other side of Weatherfield. When Gail herself began to suspect that her husband was more than he seemed, she confronted him with her suspicions. Richard confessed all of his crimes to Gail, admitting to the murders of Maxine and Patricia. He also revealed that he had tried to kill Emily and Gail's mother Audrey and had left Rovers' landlord Duggie to perish. Gail also discovered that Richard was a serial con-artist.

Absolutely horrified, Gail branded him 'Norman Bates with a briefcase' and proceeded to throw him out before informing the police of the real identity of the street serial murderer. Gail then reconciled with her mum Audrey. Gail and her family were forced to temporarily shelter at Audrey's when the press descended on their house in Coronation Street. Gail also faced the anger of Maxine's grieving widower Ashley and the Duckworths , who had been swindled of their life savings by Richard and attacked Gail in the Weatherfield Gazette.

Just as Gail began to get her life back on track, Richard returned to Weatherfield. He tied Gail up in the family car, along with her children and revealed his plans to kill them in a murder-suicide by gassing them. When this were discovered, Richard drove the family into Weatherfield Canal in another attempt to kill them all. Gail identified Richard's body and threw her wedding rings into the canal, hoping to put her bad memories to rest with him. Unfortunately, Gail later found out that Richard had left her in big debt, and all her money was gone as everything in their accounts was frozen.

Gail faced financial ruin and looked set to lose her house. Audrey however saved the day when she used her life savings to buy the house for Gail, allowing the family to remain at No. With Richard finally behind her, Gail faced fresh problems due to Sarah's relationship with Todd Grimshaw.

Initially Gail wasn't bothered by the relationship and it was Todd's mother Eileen who objected, believing that her son was destined for Oxford University and Sarah was dragging him down. After Sarah planned to move down to Oxford with Todd and later left home in August to move into a bedsit with Todd and Bethany, Gail was aghast and was particularly angry at being lied to again, after Richard.

Gail believed the flat wasn't safe for Bethany, particularly after she was electrocuted while Todd was looking after her and feeling powerless and at loggerheads with Sarah, she reported the couple to social services.

Gail and Sarah continued to clash when Sarah fell pregnant again and intended to keep the baby. Gail was further put out as Sarah began to rely more on Bethany's paternal grandmother Brenda Fearns for babysitting duties due to her feud with her own mother. When Sarah and Todd announced their engagement in January , Gail and Sarah put aside their differences and she welcomed Todd into the family to put the issue to bed, while Eileen remained in opposition.

In May however, Todd confessed to Sarah that he was gay and was in love with another man. Sarah was devastated and Gail provided a shoulder to cry on when she left Todd.

When Sarah informed Gail that Eileen had known the truth beforehand she was furious and the pair began fighting in the street and trading insults, starting a feud that would continue for years to come. Further heartbreak was to come when Sarah went into premature labour and her baby son, Billy died within days of his birth.

During the first half of , Gail received cards apparently signed by deceased husband Richard, which caused her to become reliant on sleeping pills and drink. She contacted the police and wrongly believed that it was new boyfriend Phil Nail who was behind the cards.

Her relationship with son David was strained to the point of breakdown when it was finally revealed to be him sending the cards. She marched him to the police to close the case of the Hillman cards for good, but didn't press charges. Gail forgave David and believed that he would keep in line, only to find out later on that he was playing truant. In October , the education officer visited Gail to suggest all the family have counselling for David's attitude. She also suggested that Gail should attend parenting classes.

Audrey was furious with David but Gail, desperate to convince him that he was wanted, defended him. David ran away from home when Gail finally told him that he needed to start paying rent, but finally returned home with the police, after having lied to them that Gail was abusing him.

The final straw for Gail was when her granddaughter Bethany swallowed an Ecstasy tablet, which had been stashed in her doll by David. Bethany was admitted to intensive care and Gail finally gathered the strength to tell David to leave home after reporting him to the police. David was distraught, but Gail remained strong and told him not to attend the upcoming wedding of Sarah and Jason Grimshaw. On Sarah's wedding day, David drove his car into the canal where Richard had previously driven after leaving a suicide note which was found and destroyed by Sarah beforehand a message on the answer machine repeating his intentions.

A distraught Gail was forced to wait for hours on news on whether he was alive or dead and despite Sarah's protests, she left the wedding to go to the canal with the police and wait for news. When David finally did arrive home, Gail swore to him she would never let the situation get so out of hand again and allowed him to move back into No.

In Stephen Reid came to stay over Christmas. He offered David a job in Milan and David immediately accepted. However, because he spoiled her wedding day, Sarah vowed revenge and planted Ecstasy tablets in his drawer at the salon. Audrey found them, and Gail told David that he was not going to Milan.

Sarah was offered the job and left with Jason and Bethany, however at the airport she confessed what she had done to Jason, who left her and returned to Weatherfield. He told Gail everything and she was shocked that Sarah had been so devious, while a smug David enjoyed making Gail feel guilty.

In January , David began his first serious relationship with girlfriend Tina McIntyre and in March she revealed that she was pregnant to Gail. Gail was a comfort to Tina, who had not confided in her own parents and told Tina that David did not have to know and offered to pay for a termination, which Tina accepted.

When David discovered their deception, his pushed his mother down the stairs in a fit of anger, leaving her hospitalised and suffering short-term amnesia. Gail eventually remembered who pushed her, that it was her own son. When Gail confronted David he began smashing cars and windows in the street in a fit of rage before accidentally punching a police officer while being arrested.

Gail was upset when David pleaded guilty in court and was sentenced to four months in prison. Gail then discovered that her long-lost father Ted Page had recently been in contact with Audrey and was angry that she was not told. Gail met up with Ted in May , and was shocked when Ted explained he had just lost his partner of twenty years - a man called James.

When she returned, she found that the house had been cleaned and decorated, Tina had been earlier that day to buy some plants to help decorate their house, after she was shown the variety of different plants, she soon found out that she was allergic to some of them, she moved one and found a cigarette burn on the carpet, David confessed about a wild party they threw while she was away. Gail was upset about what they had done but she was also pleased that David had been honest.

They went on several secret dates because they did not want their relationship to become public knowledge but were discovered when David and Tina walked in on them in October Shortly after the Windass family moved into the street and Gail faced several issues with them, stemming from the Windasses refusing to pay for a kitchen which Joe had fitted. Joe, David and Tina tore out the kitchen in retaliation and David and Gary later came to blows over Tina. Eventually, the families were able to form a truce.

For Gail and Joe however there were further problems as Joe injured his back at work and subsequently became addicted to prescription painkillers. Desperate Joe was arrested after breaking into Gail's workplace at the medical centre looking for drugs and given community service. Things seemed to be looking up when Joe got help for his addiction and proposed to Gail. On 8th January , Gail married Joe - her fourth husband.

Their happiness was short lived, Joe was now in significant debt and as a last resort, planned to fake his own death by staging a drowning in Lake Windermere. Gail was horrified by Joe's plans and desperately tried to talk him out of it but he went ahead anyway and unintentionally died in the process, drowning in the lake. Believing that Joe had faked his death, Gail called David for assistance and the pair covered up his disappearance by lying to Tina. However when Joe's body was discovered in the lake, this came back to haunt them and Gail was falsely arrested for his murder and denied bail.

Her cellmate was Lyn Fulwood , who she was at first wary of but later got on well with. With Gail put on trial for Joe's sudden death, David and a recently returned Nick were desperate to see her freed, while a grieving Tina was convinced of Gail's guilt. Over a few weeks David bribed Anka Grabowski , the cleaner of the holiday cottages at Lake Windermere where Joe's boating accident had occurred. She was supposed to be Gail's surprise witness but on the day of her court case she failed to take the stand so it was up to David to help save his mum.

Furthermore, Tracy Barlow took to the stand to testify against Gail. Tracy had been moved in to Gail's cell in prison and had concocted a false story of Gail's confession in order to get herself moved to an open prison, but this failed. On 10th June Gail was found not guilty by the jury and was sent home but on the way out of court she was met by hundreds of people from the press so David back her mum away from the press and returned home.

And what do we know about actress Mollie Gallagher? Helen took a break from the ITV soap in as Gail departed on a one-way ticket on a flight to Thailand, but she returned on 25 October Gail has featured in some of the most controversial storylines in the soaps history, having been married a whopping six times.

Gail's mum Audrey Roberts is thought to be 79, but the actress who plays her - Sue Nicholls - is This means their age different in the soap is 18 years - while the actresses age difference in real life is just seven years.

But while actress Helen has remained silent over the move, which hints at her departure from the ITV soap, she is expected to remain off-screen while her character is absent from the storyline. In real life, there are older people. So they have to be represented on the show. In fact, they are a very important part of our programme. Will Gail be ok?!

In an earlier episode, Gail suffered a heart attack and despite the news of her condition and hospitalisation leaving sons David Platt Jack P.