![Coronation Street makeover: How a bit of orange lippy (and a £3,000 wig) turned Dianne Bourne into Elsie Tanner - Manchester Evening News Coronation Street makeover: How a bit of orange lippy (and a £3,000 wig) turned Dianne Bourne into Elsie Tanner - Manchester Evening News](https://i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/incoming/article675642.ece/ALTERNATES/s1227b/C_71_article_1487336_image_list_image_list_item_0_image.jpg)
Coronation Street makeover: How a bit of orange lippy (and a £3,000 wig) turned Dianne Bourne into Elsie Tanner - Manchester Evening News
![Pat Phoenix, better known as Elsie Tanner of ITV's Coronation Street, has donned tights, top-hat and tails for her first song and dance routine to entertain 500 children at Granada's staff party Pat Phoenix, better known as Elsie Tanner of ITV's Coronation Street, has donned tights, top-hat and tails for her first song and dance routine to entertain 500 children at Granada's staff party](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/6/4ffbd0dd8e49401893c549500e8ea122/kkaw0w.jpg)
Pat Phoenix, better known as Elsie Tanner of ITV's Coronation Street, has donned tights, top-hat and tails for her first song and dance routine to entertain 500 children at Granada's staff party
![Elsie Tanner's clothes are shredded and she reaches breaking point (27 April 1981 - 6 May 1981) - YouTube Elsie Tanner's clothes are shredded and she reaches breaking point (27 April 1981 - 6 May 1981) - YouTube](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Nsa4FwebhpI/mqdefault.jpg)
Elsie Tanner's clothes are shredded and she reaches breaking point (27 April 1981 - 6 May 1981) - YouTube
![Coronation Street makeover: How a bit of orange lippy (and a £3,000 wig) turned Dianne Bourne into Elsie Tanner - Manchester Evening News Coronation Street makeover: How a bit of orange lippy (and a £3,000 wig) turned Dianne Bourne into Elsie Tanner - Manchester Evening News](https://i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/incoming/article675641.ece/ALTERNATES/s1227b/C_71_article_1487336_image_list_image_list_item_8_image.jpg)
Coronation Street makeover: How a bit of orange lippy (and a £3,000 wig) turned Dianne Bourne into Elsie Tanner - Manchester Evening News
![The Life and Loves of Elsie Tanner (""Coronation Street"" Classics) by Daran Little - Paperback - from Bonita (SKU: 1852831774.G) The Life and Loves of Elsie Tanner (""Coronation Street"" Classics) by Daran Little - Paperback - from Bonita (SKU: 1852831774.G)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/f/776/831/9781852831776.OL.0.m.jpg)