when returning former character Jed Stone (played by Kenneth Cope) was seen visiting Minnie's grave. Personal life and death Bryant was a dedicated performer, always insisting on high standards of professionalism and good manners. She was later distressed by her difficulty to remember her lines as her health deteriorated. She also suffered from depression. According to her co-star Betty Driver (who played Betty Turpin), Bryant "was a little tinker" who "swore like a trooper". Driver, who was friends with both Doris Speed (Annie Walker) and Bryant, said that the pair "were at each other's throats all the time. Doris was staunch Labour and Margot was Tory." After Bryant had left Coronation Street and retired from acting, she went to live in a nursing home, where she was "often visited" by Driver and her sister Freda. Bryant was later diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and admitted to Cheadle Royal Hospital in Heald Green, where she remained as an in-patient until her death on New Year's Day 1988, two months before her 91st birthday. She never married or had children, but had a love of cats. Bryant was close friends with fellow Coronation Street actress Eileen Derbyshire. Bryant's funeral was held at Manchester Crematorium on 11 January 1988, attended by members of the Coronation Street cast, including Thelma Barlow, Eileen Derbyshire, Julie Goodyear, Barbara Knox and William Roache. References The Daily Telegraph – Obituaries (5 January 1988) External links 1897 births 1988 deaths Actresses from Kingston upon Hull English television actresses English soap opera actresses 20th-century English actresses