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Old 19-06-2016, 10:44
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None spring to mind for EastEnders, so I'm just gonna do my fav soap, Coronation Street. Everyone else, do any soap you want

Young looking:
1) Paula Lane (Kylie Platt)- looks a lot younger than 30 to me, no way is she that old in real life, she looks about 23/24. In YouTube clips of her first appearance on Coronation Street, she looks about 16

2) Tina o Brian (Sarah Platt)- man, she must be what, 33 in real life? She looks 24, she has really youthful looks and she could easily play a teenager. If she looks this young now, how young would she have looked in her 20s?

3) William Roache (Ken Barlow)- hard to believe he's about 84 in real life, he could easily pass for 20 years younger


Old looking:
1) Ben Price (Nick Tilsley)- this bloke must have had a really hard life. He is 44 in real life but looks 10 years older. Gail's son? Yeah right!! Looks more like her husband

2) Simon Gregson (Steve McDonald)- he's 40 in real life, looks 10 years older to me

3) Jane Danson (Leanne Battersby)- was surprised to read she's 37 in real life, I would have put her at about 42

4) Whoever plays Robert Preston looks older than he is, but I don't know how old he is in real life

From the past:
Chris Gascoyne (Peter Barlow)- he's the same age as my mum in real life(47) I think he looks younger, he looks mid 30s


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Old 19-06-2016, 11:20
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Tina O'brien has always looked young for her age. In WR she was about 28 r something playing a teenager and it was very believable like if I hadn't known cos I'd watched her grow up on corrie that she was too old for the part I'd imagine she was the right age.
I cant actually think of anyone else you've named everyone
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Old 19-06-2016, 11:30
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Tina O'brien has always looked young for her age. In WR she was about 28 r something playing a teenager and it was very believable like if I hadn't known cos I'd watched her grow up on corrie that she was too old for the part I'd imagine she was the right age.
I cant actually think of anyone else you've named everyone
Yeah i never watched Waterloo road but I don't think she's had Botox or anything to make her look younger, has she? I think she's just got a natural baby face
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Old 19-06-2016, 11:35
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Gillian Taylforth who plays Kathy Beale and Glynis Barber who plays Glenda Mitchell are both 60 but could pass for being in their 40s.
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Old 19-06-2016, 11:50
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I think Izzy is Ken Barlow's sister. There alway seems to to be family friction between them when they meet. It may be that Izzy didn't apply herself and become a teacher that the community could look up to like Ken. Typical family dynamics, one has a doctorate and the other a drug dependency. High horses and highs have split them apart. And then there's Simon. Another one who looks ready for a pension. That constant whaling on Leanne has taken its toll along with his perpetual brooding. He must be in his early seventys.
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Old 19-06-2016, 12:01
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VJ Patterson in Home and Away looks way older than his character is meant to be. Same with Charlie Hoyland in Neighbours.
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Old 19-06-2016, 12:47
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In HO, Charlie Clapham who plays Freddie looks like he's in his 30s. He's actually 24/25.

The actor who plays Harry is 24 but looks younger.

Of course, Gillian Taylforth and Glynis Barber look younger than their ages. Both are early 60s. Gill looks younger than Adam Woodyatt these days.

I'd say Samantha Womack could pass for 30s despite being in her 40s.
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Old 19-06-2016, 13:34
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Tina O'Brien is really lucky - she just never seems to age.
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Old 19-06-2016, 14:05
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Young looking:
1) Paula Lane (Kylie Platt)- looks a lot younger than 30 to me, no way is she that old in real life, she looks about 23/24. In YouTube clips of her first appearance on Coronation Street, she looks about 16

2) Tina o Brian (Sarah Platt)- man, she must be what, 33 in real life? She looks 24, she has really youthful looks and she could easily play a teenager. If she looks this young now, how young would she have looked in her 20s?

3) William Roache (Ken Barlow)- hard to believe he's about 84 in real life, he could easily pass for 20 years younger


Old looking:
1) Ben Price (Nick Tilsley)- this bloke must have had a really hard life. He is 44 in real life but looks 10 years older. Gail's son? Yeah right!! Looks more like her husband

2) Simon Gregson (Steve McDonald)- he's 40 in real life, looks 10 years older to me

3) Jane Danson (Leanne Battersby)- was surprised to read she's 37 in real life, I would have put her at about 42

4) Whoever plays Robert Preston looks older than he is, but I don't know how old he is in real life

From the past:
Chris Gascoyne (Peter Barlow)- he's the same age as my mum in real life(47) I think he looks younger, he looks mid 30s

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Agree with Tina, Paula, and William. Tina looks especially young. She has a cute young looking face, and only looks 3 or 4 years older than the girl who plays Bethany!

As for Simon Gregson and Jane Danson. I don't think Simon looks very old, but Jane has always looked 7-8 years older than her age to me.

The man who plays Nick doesn't look 44 IMO (more like 39/40 imo) but he does look and seem too old to be Gail's son.

Michelle looks 40 to me, but I am under the impression that we are all meant to think she looks 21!

Gillian Taylforth who plays Kathy Beale and Glynis Barber who plays Glenda Mitchell are both 60 but could pass for being in their 40s.
Yes they do look over 10 years younger, and they are both very pretty too!

I think Izzy is Ken Barlow's sister. .
Izzy - IMO - is very frumpy. I never did 'get' her and Garreh as a couple. She doesn't look much older than 41, but she just looks so frumpy.
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Old 19-06-2016, 14:27
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Is Kylie meant to be 30? I'd assumed she was the same as David, mid twenties - and had Max when she was a teenager. Therefore i think she looks her age.

Tina o'Brien has always looked younger than she is. It is why she, at 16, was given the part of the 12 year old Sarah. She has been lucky to keep that youthful appearance so whilst she doesn't look like a teenager anymore, she certainly doesn't look the early 30s she must be by now.

I think Ben Price looks his age - mid 40s. That's my age and i wouldn't think he looked especially old compared to my contemparies. He does look too old to be Mick though as Nick is only meant to be mid 30s.

Jane Danson has always looked older than she is. Not a lot older, but not mid 30s. I think it might have something to do with how they style Leanne and the fact that they rarely allow her to smile!

Bill Roache looks younger than mid 80s but i wouldn't say 20 years. I'd say he looks about right for a fit man in his late 70s - which is what Ken is meant to be. Again, he always has looked young for his age, hence being cast as a 21 year old when actually in his late 20s back in 1960.

I always though Anne Kirkbride looked older than she was when young. When i started watching Corrie in about 1980, i'd have thought she was in her mid ot late 30s (only a bit younger than my Mum) when in fact she would only have been late 20s. But maybe that was to do with her storylines and being paired with Ken? She kind of leveled off in middle age though.

Rosie Marcel looked older than she was in her 20s - hence being cast at 28 as Jac Naylor who realistically should have been mid 30s at that stage, given where she was in her career. Likewise Patricia Potter, Tom Chambers, Duncan Pow and Luke Roberts, all of whom were mid to late twenties playing characters in the thirties in Holby City. Marcel has also leveled out though and noticeably they have retconned Jac'4 age in recent years to bring her more in line with the actress.

American soap wise, Gordon Thomson was 38 when cast as the 27 year old Adam Carrington and only 12 years younger than Joan Collins, his screen mother, but looked so young they got away with it.
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Old 19-06-2016, 14:31
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I was surprised by Kellie Bright's age. I would have guessed her to be about 5 - 10 years older than she is.
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Old 19-06-2016, 14:34
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Carla Bonner / Steph Scully looks in her 30s but is early 40s. Janet Andrewartha / Lyn Scully is mid 60s but looks early 50s to me. Hard to believe the actors who play Karl, Susan and Paul from Neighbours are about 60, they look early 50s as well.

Sam Womack looks 30s.
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Old 19-06-2016, 14:38
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Is Kylie meant to be 30? I'd assumed she was the same as David, mid twenties
Yeah I think Kylie and David are both in their 20s but Paula Lane is 30 in real life, whilst Jack P Shepherd is 28? I think. But I think David looks older than Kylie!!
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Old 19-06-2016, 14:43
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Izzy - IMO - is very frumpy. I never did 'get' her and Garreh as a couple. She doesn't look much older than 41, but she just looks so frumpy.
How old is Izzy in real life? Late 30s? She looks like she's in her 20s to me, the only bit that gives her age away is the wrinkles on her forehead
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Old 19-06-2016, 14:43
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The ultimate has to be Kim Thomson, who played Faye Lamb in Emmerdale. I can't believe she's 56!
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Old 19-06-2016, 14:45
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The ultimate has to be Kim Thomson, who played Faye Lamb in Emmerdale. I can't believe she's 56!
she could pass for her late thirties

Emmerdale priya is about 37 could pass for someone ten years younger
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Old 19-06-2016, 14:51
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It's hard to believe Glynis Barber is 60. She looks a lot younger, more like Ronnie and Roxy's sister than their mother.
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Old 19-06-2016, 15:08
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she could pass for her late thirties

Emmerdale priya is about 37 could pass for someone ten years younger
Fiona Wade does look young! I wonder how old Priya is? In a way it would make sense for her to be mid/ late thirties, with Jai being the eldest and then Nikhil a year or two younger. Although when they first came into it in 2009 Priya behaved like a teenager!
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Old 19-06-2016, 15:20
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The ultimate has to be Kim Thomson, who played Faye Lamb in Emmerdale. I can't believe she's 56!
Although she is beautiful, I would have had her down as a beautiful, youthful looking fifty something. I always thought she was meant to be a glamourous late forties when she was in ED, but I suspect part of the reason she was cast was because she did look youthful and very pretty and that fitted with the character. So she looked young to be James Sutton ' s Mum, but it made sense that she did. Good piece of casting IMO.
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Old 19-06-2016, 15:32
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Although she is beautiful, I would have had her down as a beautiful, youthful looking fifty something. I always thought she was meant to be a glamourous late forties when she was in ED, but I suspect part of the reason she was cast was because she did look youthful and very pretty and that fitted with the character. So she looked young to be James Sutton ' s Mum, but it made sense that she did. Good piece of casting IMO.
Seriously? I thought she could pass for much younger.

Same with Emma on Emmerdale could pass for late thirties although Gillian Kearney is in her forties, this is one of the worst bits of casting as her son looks of similar age even though the actor is younger.
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Old 19-06-2016, 15:41
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Yeah I think Kylie and David are both in their 20s but Paula Lane is 30 in real life, whilst Jack P Shepherd is 28? I think. But I think David looks older than Kylie!!
Oh I don't really. I still think that Jack P shepherd has quite a baby face but maybe that is just because i have watched him grow up on screen. I'd say Kylie actually looks a little older than him but they're pretty much the same - i don't think they look 'mismatched' age wise as a couple.
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Old 19-06-2016, 15:43
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Seriously? I thought she could pass for much younger.

Same with Emma on Emmerdale could pass for late thirties although Gillian Kearney is in her forties, this is one of the worst bits of casting as her son looks of similar age even though the actor is younger.
That's s what I mean. She was meant to look much younger and very glamorous IMO. I' m not sure that works if you just cast a younger actress.

I remember Gillian Kearney as a teen in Brookside so I knew she was a bit older than me and I can believe her as mid forties because of this. think with her it's s less her face than the fact that she's very slight which makes her seem younger. Both if my sister's are the same, when you look closely they do have some wrinkles but at a glance you wouldn't think they were mid forties. The problem is to me not that Gillian Kearney looks too young as that Pete looks thirty something. I' m not being bitchy by the way, I think Gillian Kearney and my sisters are very pretty
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Old 19-06-2016, 16:08
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Helen Worth doesn't look like 65,IMO.
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Old 19-06-2016, 16:45
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I think Lucy Pargeter (Chas Dingle) looks older than 39. The lady that played Ali Spencer is also the same age, but look older still.
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Old 19-06-2016, 16:54
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I was surprised by Kellie Bright's age. I would have guessed her to be about 5 - 10 years older than she is.
Yeah she looks pretty old. She's a bit rough too imo.

How old is Izzy in real life? Late 30s? She looks like she's in her 20s to me, the only bit that gives her age away is the wrinkles on her forehead
Funny how people see things differently; she looks near 40 to me.

It's hard to believe Glynis Barber is 60. She looks a lot younger, more like Ronnie and Roxy's sister than their mother.
She is very pretty, but she doesn't look any more than 5-8 years younger than she is. She definitely doesn't look like Ronnie and Roxy's sister IMO.

Although some people look good for their age and are well preserved; most people look their age. (or at least within 5 years.) Nobody looks more than 10 years younger than they are. From a distance, someone of 42 may look 25, but when you look closer, the telltale signs are there that they're at least mid 30s.
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