Once there, Hayley sees Carla bound and gagged but Robbie pulls out a gun on her before she can escape, and ties her to a chair too. Carla appreciated Hayley as a valuable member of the sewing room team, but nothing more; poles apart in personality, Carla was a glamorous factory boss, and Hayley a frumpy staff supervisor. Eleven days after her death on 20th January 2014, Hayley Cropper received a humanist funeral with a colourful theme; mourners were under orders to dress brightly and Hayley was cremated in a coffin adorned with differently coloured flower patterns. In her later years, Hayley formed an unlikely, yet notably close, friendship with Carla Connor (Alison King) and although it was obvious the pair were from completely different walks of life, they came to respect and care for each other. Christian was weirded out by her revelation and punched Hayley when she ran after him, leaving her bleeding on the ground. Mike fires her as a result. Driven by his determination to fulfill his promise to Hayley, Roy found (via Emily Bishop) a minister who agreed to perform a ceremony at St. Paul's Church. Killer Tony Gordon (Gray O'Brien) arrives, takes the gag off Carla's mouth and threatens them, revealing that Hayley is there as revenge against Roy, who convinced Tony to confess his crimes to the police, and says he will kill her and Carla. Feeling herself getting weaker, Hayley decided to end her life the next day and saw each of her close friends in turn, telling them how much she appreciated them, even finding the time to tell Tracy Barlow what a horrible person she was. In May 2010, Hayley and Roy argue when she suggests that they have a lavish wedding, now that the law has changed and their union can now be officially recognised. Their row led to Hayley leaving Roy to stay with Fiz and Tyrone Dobbs at 9 Coronation Street, where she had a collapse due to an infection and was taken to hospital. (Final line, to husband Roy). Hayley made her own dress, while the train was made by the other girls and presented to her at her hen party at No.5, with Janice Battersby selling Les's records to pay for it. Hayley agreed to keep her secret and didn't even tell Roy. Roy admired his wife's courage but advised her to change her mind as Wayne would understand them not visiting him under the circumstances. They later joined the Weatherfield Operatic Society together, with Hayley encouraging a terrified Roy to try for The Sound of Music with her. The Croppers were relieved when they were informed that Fiz had done similarly before, and there would be no action taken. Another friend of Hayley's from this period was Ruth Audsley, who hid her attraction to Harold. When she met Roy in 1998, a kinship was developed as they were both lonely, introspective people. Calling out, Anna and Carla go to the bedroom and, to their shock, find a deceased Hayley on the bed, with Roy's arm around her. In January 2001, the Croppers were accepted as foster parents and received their first foster child: Jackie Mosley, who stayed for two weeks while her mother was in hospital. Hayley Patterson was devised as a young, shy woman who would fall for Street anorak Roy Cropper. Initially helpful, Mary had railroaded Hayley into accepting her suggestions but Hayley had been too polite to tell her to back off. Roy returns without Hayley, who is caring for Sylvia as she isn't well. Hayley Patterson was a shy shop supervisor at Firman's Freezers. He was collected by his stepfather Alex Swinton and eventually returned to the children's home. When she met Roy in 1998, a kinship was developed as they were both lonely, introspective people. Hayley is shocked when Christian turns violent and starts pushing her for the money. When confronting Tracy, the Croppers are stunned when Tracy tells them that she is pregnant with Roy's baby and plans to have a termination if the Croppers do not want to adopt it. In June 2010, Tony escaped from prison and took Carla and Hayley hostage at the factory, intending to kill Hayley along with Carla so that Roy would feel the same loss he felt when Maria Connor turned her back on him. For a few weeks, they lived in fear of Alex, Social Services and the police, finding little comfort in the fact that they were doing it to protect Wayne. She is terrified of anything that might give her away." Julie Hesmondhalgh was pleased to be working alongside David Neilson again, believing that he helped her performance: "It's in the costume and the wig and acting with David, who's so brilliant as Roy. His bad treatment of her intensified when Roy threw a pint over him in the Rovers Return in retaliation for calling Hayley a freak. When Coronation Street star Julie Hesmondhalgh (better known as transgender Hayley Cropper) decided to leave the show back in 2013, she feared she might be committing professional suicide. Feeling Christian would have responded better if she had told him the truth in her own time, Hayley blamed Roy everything and went to stay with Becky, although once she'd calmed down she returned to Roy. The character Roy Cropper is played by 72-year old English actor Daniel Neilson who has been invested in the role since 1995. Anne Malone froze to death when she was accidentally locked in a freezer at Freshcos while gaining revenge on Curly Watts for rejecting her. When the treatment failed, Hayley decided to end her life on her terms, which she did on 20th January 2014, passing away with Roy at her side. Roy tries one last time to stop Hayley but she is adamant. Sylvia is initially outraged but, as of July 2011, appears to be coming round and accepts Hayley for who she is. Carla is determined to visit Hayley and she is glad that Carla came. 2 min read. Spurred on by a nightmare in which she was still Harold and had never met Roy, she decided to try and make amends with Christian. Carla Connor became the Underworld co-manager in 2007 following the death of her husband Paul. Shortly after this storyline was transmitted, Hesmondhalgh took a year off to concentrate on family. Having missed each other, they toured the sights of Amsterdam together, while surreptitiously trying to find out where they stood in each other's affections. What's on TV describes the character as quiet, and kind-hearted. "Hayley Cropper was one of the most important characters in the world, as far as I'm concerned." Sometimes you have to go in with that attitude. On 22 January 2014, Hesmondhalgh won "Best Serial Drama Performance" at the National Television Awards. One of the first things she did was to make a bucket list of everything she wanted to do before she died. Tired of appeasing Tracy, the Croppers became more aggressive in their dealings with her by telling Ken and Deirdre about her pregnancy, but Tracy hit back by getting an extra 10,000 out of them in exchange for her marrying Roy and then shaming them in public by telling the neighbours about their financial arrangement. [7] Making her debut appearance on the show in January 1998, she played the first transgender character in a British soap opera. All the pain they had gone through was forgotten as Hayley and Roy began a new life with their daughter, whom they named Patience Cropper. ", On 11th January 2013, it was announced that Julie Hesmondhalgh would be leaving Coronation Street at the end of her contract in early 2014. A few months later, Fiz returned to the area, older and wiser, and apologised to the Croppers for being rotten to them. A minority of people expressed their concern at having such "bizarreness" brought into their homes on a prime-time show. On being a woman playing the role: "I know a lot of the transsexual community were upset that it was a woman playing the part of Hayley, and not a transsexual. Eventually, they found a female vicar who would help them, and they were united in a blessing ceremony held in Roy's Rolls on 23 April 1999. Steve and Karen marry, despite Tracy's bombshell, and Karen gets her revenge by gatecrashing the christening. Most criticism came from the LGBT community, who slated the portrayal of Hayley as cliched and ill-informed. Roy is desperate to keep this from Hayley but breaks down and admits everything. Roy and Hayley's role in Fiz's life was as surrogate parents although in contrast to Becky Granger, Fiz rarely leaned on the Croppers for emotional support and her job alongside Hayley in the factory meant that they were as much friends as mother and daughter figures. Suppressing his feelings of grief, Roy slumped into a depression. Hesmondhalgh has insisted that it was a "right to die" storyline not 'an assisted suicide' storyline. Hayley did so, but was very troubled by deciding to get involved, and told the police about the fake letter when Angela was arrested for her husband's murder. You need a couple of people who just love each other and stay together through thick and thin.". Hayley gets fed up with people being sympathetic so she and Roy go on holiday before her operation to remove her tumour. Maisie, however, tells her that she hopes she gets better soon and that she would love to come again. After affirming their mutual attraction, Hayley goes to Amsterdam for private gender reassignment surgery. At the hospital, the consultant explains that Hayley has an infection and needs to stay overnight. Hayley broached the possibility of having a legally-recognised wedding instead, as they had always intended to do once the law changed, but Roy opposed the idea because of the expense and his discomfort at expressing his feelings publicly. For Hayley's return to the programme some months later, a communication was established between the production team, including Julie Hesmondhalgh, and a trans advisor, Annie Wallace, associated with Press for Change, the transgender campaign and information group. The Croppers even let Tracy off with paying some of the money in exchange for letting them baby-sit Amy, and when Roy's divorce came through in June, the Croppers celebrated their freedom from Tracy with a candlelit dinner. Was Hayley from Corrie a man in real life? Hesmondhalgh quit the programme to pursue other work, having enjoyed her return to the stage the year before: "The decision to hang up Hayley's red anorak was a tough one. Roy then assures Hayley that he is not angry, and she confides in Carla before going to the hospital, preparing for her operation. When Hayley Cropper swallows poison on Coronation Street on Monday night, taking her own life to escape inoperable pancreatic cancer, with her beloved husband, Roy, in pieces at her bedside, it will be the end of a character who, thanks to Hesmondhalghs performance, has captivated and challenged British TV viewers for . With the help of Mary Taylor and her wedding dossier, Hayley set about planning her dream wedding. What do you think about that?' New to the Street, Fiz found Roy and Hayley old-fashioned and caused trouble by reporting Roy for hitting her when they tried to crack down on her skiving off school. As Hayley had yet to update her passport, they took their honeymoon in York. Although it was decided that Hayley would be a pre-op transsexual when viewers first meet her, Park was determined that Hayley would be portrayed with dignity: "We are approaching it sensitively. Just before she left, Hayley got into an argument with Tracy Barlow, standing her ground when Tracy made fun of her sexuality, although it revealed an insecurity in her that Roy didn't find her physically attractive. The result of this was the tabling, in 2004, of the Gender Recognition Act, granting trans people full legal status in their acquired sex. Her return to the fray ended on a sour note as she was disqualified due to her being registered as Harold and therefore not allowed to compete in the all-woman team. Hayley insists that they attend a cancer support group, where they meet Jane Rayner (Heather Bleasdale) and her husband Jeff (Jim Millea). The episode attracted 9.7 million viewers the show's highest figure in almost a year. While waiting for him to call back, she focuses on throwing a birthday party for Roy in The Rovers. However, having got wind of the relationship, Les Battersby told Stuart that Hayley used to be a man. In some ways this was a disadvantage; her easygoing nature made her a poor stand-in factory manager after Paul Connor's death, with Carla having to take over to get things back on track. Hayley enjoys their company, but after Fiz and Tyrone arrive with their young children, Hayley finds herself falling asleep. Hayley was born as Harold Patterson in 1966. When I got the scripts for those episodes I read them like a novel, all five episodes back to back I found it absolutely thrilling. (Fifty Years). I know you do!" Fiz and Becky agreed to be bridesmaids, and Mary found the perfect venue: the Shawbrooke Country House Hotel, which had a function room overlooking the East Lancs steam railway. As well as being nominated for the "Best Actress" award, Hesmondhalgh's final appearance, entitled "Hayley's Death", was nominated for the "Best Single Episode" award, as well. She decides not to return to Underworld and wants to become a social worker but her police record (for the abduction of Wayne in 2001), rules her ineligible to work with children. Hayley had respect for her father but he didn't understand her problems. You can start. Hesmondhalgh agreed that killing Hayley off was the only believable option: "In a way, she has to die because it would be much more of a betrayal of everything if she just left Roy. The idea of introducing a transgender character came about during a story meeting, when the writing team were discussing the possible introduction of Coronation Street's first homosexual character. Hayley is thrilled but Christian demands Hayley give him money in return as he is in a lot of debt. *Disclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, Fandom will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Hayley was, for many viewers, the first transgender woman whose story they had seen unfold on TV. Roy initially rejected her, but missed their friendship and three months later, followed her to Amsterdam where she was living on a houseboat, recuperating from her surgery. Her anger was typically directed at her circumstances, rather than her tormentors. As a surprise for Roy, Hayley arranged for the wedding bus to stop at the train station and for Roy to drive a steam engine to the venue, with the bridal party in the rear carriage. (The Daily Telegraph, 21st April 1998). At the age of 46 years old David made his debut on Coronation Street. For me it's a love story with a beginning, middle, and an end and this is the end.". What is the application of a cascade control system. An Early Day Motion was also tabled in Parliament by Lynne Jones, MP, praising the story team and researchers, and Julie Hesmondhalgh for her portrayal.[17]. I think the whole thing has been incredibly positive." When she comes home, she is stunned to find Roy, Owen Armstrong (Ian Puleston-Davies) and Gary Windass (Mikey North) re-decorating their bedroom. It was revealed that Hayley had applied for, and received, her new birth certificate, and so, after some disagreements about the cost and motives for marriage, the plans were made for the wedding. (The Guardian, 17th January 1998) However, she was written and played as a woman from the outset. Deciding not to return to the factory, Hayley continued with her volunteer work and helping Roy at the cafe. Her skill on the sewing machine made her the go-to person when a dress needed making or mending for a wedding or christening, with Hayley going as far as to mend Claire Casey's wedding dress late at night on Christmas Eve. On 11 January 2013, it was announced that Hesmondhalgh would leave Coronation Street at the end of her contract. Mike eventually caved in and re-hired Hayley. Eventually Janice got fed up with Les and left him for Dennis Stringer. They eventually worked out their differences. Hayley was the first transgender character in a British soap opera This would make an amazing storyline, in which she has had enough of being a woman and wants to revert to being a man again Despite the fact she's shown no interest in being a man. Ben's identity as a gay man, from bullied schoolboy to revenge-seeking hardman to fianc, has always been tied to his plot lines and his popularity. Hayley continued to work throughout, insisting on giving herself a sense of normality and asking Roy not to mention the word cancer in her presence. Julie Hesmondhalgh left Coronation Street temporarily in 2001 to give birth to her daughter, Martha Mo. In September, having recently become closer to thirteen-year-old Sarah Platt and become godmother of her daughter Bethany, Hayley's thoughts turned to children and she suggested to Roy that they adopt. Following Hayley's confession to Roy that she was a transsexual on 27th February 1998, the Independent Television Commission received ten complaints that it wasn't suitable for a pre-watershed timeslot. Roy agrees but he is more concerned with inheritance law, upsetting Hayley, so she moves in with friend Anna Windass (Debbie Rush). Hayley and Becky did have the occasional cross word. When she got her results, Hayley was informed by the new GP, Dr. Akhtar, that she had abnormal liver functions and was checked into hospital for an ultrasound scan, which revealed a blockage in her bile duct. When she returns to Weatherfield, she starts work at Underworld. But I think the anorak has got to stay - it's an institution! Later, Hayley breaks down at work and Carla comforts her. The issue hung in the air for a few weeks until, frustrated with Roy's stiffness and insensitivity, Hayley went to stay with the Windasses. Hayley's prognosis was devastating for the Croppers and their close friends, with Roy constantly fussing over her and trying to keep her from tiring herself. There is no answer, so Anna eventually unlocks the door with her spare key and they enter the flat together. After Maria Connor (Samia Ghadie) accidentally interrupts and raises the alarm, Roy rushes to Underworld but can not help her, while Carla pleads with Tony to let Hayley go Tony eventually relents and throws Hayley out. The result of this was the tabling, in 2004, of the Gender Recognition Act, granting trans people full legal status in their acquired sex. Hesmondhalgh won numerous awards for her portrayal of Hayley, but announced her departure from the show on 11 January 2013. To her surprise, Christian returned and introduced Hayley to Sam and Maisie, at the same time asking her for 5,000 to clear his debts. The answer, my friends, is that . After the funeral, Hayley's Uncle Bert passed on to Hayley some letters addressed to her which Monica had held onto. The character is played actress, Julie Hesmondhalgh, who is assuredly not transsexual herself. This was followed by an upbeat music-filled wake in the Rovers. Hayley regretted her harsh words and she and Becky soon made up. They went on to be one of the longest-lasting couples in Coronation Street history, something which pleased the actors. "But I don't want to be in authority. Hayley and Sylvia go but is devastated when Roy tells everyone that she has pancreatic cancer. Comforted by Roy, she softened and told him that loving him had made her life worthwhile. Hayley secretly does not like the new wallpaper but keeps quiet so she does not upset Roy. Hayley Cropper (also Harold Patterson and Hayley Patterson) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, played by Julie Hesmondhalgh. [8] She took maternity leave from the soap between 2000 and 2001 after the birth of her first daughter. Stuart then confronted Roy and Hayley in the cafe and called them freaks. It has been said that the character of Hayley Cropper deserves partial credit for bringing the issues faced by trans people to public attention in a sympathetic manner, rather than the sensationalist coverage that had previously existed. When Sylvia leaves Roy and Hayley alone, Roy holds Hayley's hand and starts pestering Hayley to drink herbal tea, so she confides in Carla again. Producer Brian Park: [We] didn't want to be seen as chasing their tails so much. During his time on. Hayley returns later that year and supports Roy when they discover that his father died in May 2013. Hayley was wary of Becky's attempts to befriend her but, sensing something in her, decided to cut her a break and gave her a job at the cafe. "[11] Hayley's exit storyline saw her diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. The following week, Carla insists on going with Hayley for a CT scan where Hayley is diagnosed with stage-two pancreatic cancer. Community content is available under. 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