Coronation Street Producer Iain MacLeod said: “I am beyond thrilled that we are introducing such a great new character, played by someone of Maureen’s pedigree.
“Evelyn is eye-wateringly withering and will add a fresh dollop of northern humour to the show as she turns Tyrone and Fiz’s lives upside down.”
Ms Lipman, who appeared in Roman Polanski's Oscar-winning film The Pianist, is currently appearing in her one-woman show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe called Up For It.
The actress’s show marks 50 years since she first came to the festival and has promised audiences at the Assembly George Square Theatre, an evening of “rave, rollick and rant".
She told the JC: “I thought I should do something frightening and challenging but, at the time, I didn’t realise I would be working on another project. I’m bricking it.”
She will make her debut on the cobbles in September.
