Become a Member
News

Lottie Goodwin is still acting in Emmerdale - at 98

February 18, 2010 15:04
Lottie Goodman Emerdale

By

Candice Krieger,

Candice Krieger

1 min read

Surely, great-grandmother Lottie Goodwin is Britain's oldest television extra. At the age of 98, she is appearing in ITV soap Emmerdale. She has been doing so since she was 60.

Mrs Goodwin gets up at 4.30am on a working day to be on set from 7.30am until 8pm. She will appear in three or more scenes a day — as a customer in the village cafe, or in The Woolpack pub nursing a coffee or tonic — without gin.

She says she tends to stick to indoor scenes, rather than going out on location. She tells People: "I love the job and I want to go on forever, until I am 100 if they still want me.

"At the moment I'm perfectly healthy and I can see no reason to stop. The cast is great and the atmosphere is really nice."

To get more news, click here to sign up for our free daily newsletter.