Janice Battersby
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| Coronation Street character | |||||||||
| Portrayed by | Vicky Entwistle | ||||||||
| Duration | 1997–2011 | ||||||||
| First appearance | 6 January 1997 | ||||||||
| Last appearance | 25 March 2011 | ||||||||
| Introduced by | Brian Park | ||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||
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| Other names | Janice Lee (maiden name) Janice Battersby (married name) |
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| Occupation | Machinist (until 2011) | ||||||||
| Home | 5 Coronation Street (1997–2004) 9 Coronation Street (2005–2009) 14a Victoria Road (2010–) London (2011–) |
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| Sisters | Janet Lee |
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| Husband | Les Battersby (1994–2004) |
| Daughters | Toyah Battersby |
| Stepdaughters | Leanne Battersby |
Janice Bernadette Battersby (also Lee) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by Vicky Entwistle, the character first appeared on-screen during the episode airing on 6 January 1997.
On 2 August 2010, it was announced that Entwistle had quit her role as Janice after 14 years on the show and would depart in 2011. She made her final appearance on 25 March 2011 after she leaves Weatherfield with her new boyfriend Trevor Dean (Steve Jackson) to go travelling around the world.
Janice first appears in January 1997 as a new machinist at Mike Baldwin's garment factory "Underworld". In July 1997 she returns along with husband Les (Bruce Jones), step-daughter Leanne (Jane Danson) and daughter Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor). She is consistently rude to her various managers at the factory. She breaks up with Les after having an affair with Dennis Stringer (Charles Dale) late in 2001, who is seeing Eileen Grimshaw (Sue Cleaver) at the time. Les is so upset that he attempts suicide on New Year's Day, and while driving him to hospital, they collide with another car. Les survives with minor injuries but Dennis is badly injured and later dies in hospital. Janice is left devastated by Dennis's death.
In March 2004, Janice sneaks into the storeroom at the factory for a crafty cigarette but drops the cigarette when caretaker Harry Flagg (Iain Rogerson) locks her in, a fire starts. Just before the whole room burns down, factory manager Nick Tilsley (Adam Rickett) comes to her rescue - and as a result of the fire, she ends up in hospital and Nick is sacked by Mike.
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