Ann Penfold played two parts in Coronation Street: in January 1986 she appeared as Doreen Warburton, Jenny Bradley's aunt and reappeared in December 1995 and October 1996 as Edith Firman, the wife of supermarket boss Eric Firman. An actress since the mid-1960s she has also appeared in Theatre 625, The Newcomers, Out of the Unknown, Softly Softly: Taskforce, Dixon of Dock Green, Hadleigh, Angels, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, EastEnders, Where the Heart Is, The Bill and Casualty.