Coronation Street co-stars Rula Lenska and Maureen Lipman discover long-lost connection on DNA journey.
"I feel a lot more Polish than I did this morning," Maureen said. Maureen then found out her great-grandfather was born in Poland, in the same place Rula's grandmother came from! The duo went to visit Warsaw, which used to be a ghetto where Jewish people were walled in.
CORRIE legend Rula Lenska breaks down as she makes a shocking discovery about her great aunt in an emotional episode of DNA Journey.Countess Rula, 74,
The guide informed Rula her great aunt "smuggled children outside of the ghetto, and it was a huge task and challenge, and her life was endangered because any kind of help was punished by death." The guide showed Rula a photo of her great aunt and explained: "She was a nurse, she worked in ambulance trains, and she was 18 in that photo, so shortly before the outbreak of the great war." The historian and genealogist guide explained to Rula the history of her family during the time of the Warsaw ghettos.
RULA LENSKA became emotional and broke down in tears on Tuesday night's episode of DNA Journey as she recalled memories of her great aunt.
So tell me, how was she involved?" "Exactly how I remember her, god I can see my father in her! Thinking back to her aunt and the sacrifices she made, Rula said: "I am really, really proud of her, and I am very glad that she helped them." Oh, that is how I remember her exactly. Dame Maureen Lipman and Countess Rula Lenska joined ITV's heartwarming show DNA Journey on Tuesday evening as they looked back at their past for more information about their family history. "She was a nurse, she worked in ambulance trains, and she was 18 in that photo, so shortly before the outbreak of the great war," the guide explained.
Claudia Colby could be set for Coronation Street return after Rula Lenska and Maureen Lipman appeared to confirm she'd be back in the summer.
A Coronation Street spokesperson told Metro.co.uk: ‘Claudia has always been a character that comes in and out of the show as she has connections on the street.’ Now, Rula has addressed whether she would ever return to the cobbles, hinting she could be back this summer. Dame Maureen Lipman appeared to confirm her best pal Rula Lenska would be back on Coronation Street while the pair chatted on Lorraine together.
RULA Lenska is an English actress who's best known for her work on TV, onstage.Over the years she has starred in everything from Coronation Street to.
In January 2006, she appeared in Celebrity Big Brother alongside the likes of George Galloway and Pete Burns. In 2022 she teased a return to the Corrie cobbles. Who is Rula Lenska and who did she play in Coronation Street?
Coronation Street best pals Maureen Lipman and Rula Lenska appeared on ITV's Lorraine to speak with Christine Lampard about their stint on DNA journey - but ...
70 is the new 60!" One user wrote: "How can Rula and Maureen Lipman be mid 70s? as it popped up on screen.
Rula Lenska hasn't ruled out a return to Coronation Street despite her character, Claudia, not appearing on the soap for several months.
But yes I would love to go back." "Unfortunately, the storylines that I'd hoped would develop ie. I mean not only because of being with Maureen but it was like a huge family.
Rula Lenska is set to uncover her family's history on DNA Journey, but fans may not know she has struggled with her hearing for years.
Speaking to The Daily Mail, she said: “I was astounded by the amount of noise I’d grown used to not hearing. “Not long after my holiday, the infection set in and my ear was excruciatingly painful. Back in 2013, she told The Mirror: “I’d been diving near coral.
THEY thought their backgrounds could hardly be more different: one the daughter of a Polish countess, the other from Jewish working-class stock in Hull.
When we got to Krakow, they had to confiscate her phone and tell her they needed to look at something so they could wipe my text in case she wouldn't be my friend any more." "We're waiting for the offers to come rolling in." "There was a flowering going on in the programme, not just about us but g of a good friendship forged in later life. The pair first met at the Royal Variety Performance years ago but only got to know each other properly on Corrie.They shared a flat in Manchester. "We had the most wonderful time," Rula says. So it was almost as if it was meant to be." "These things can be manipulated, and to a certain extent it is but we didn't feel it," Maureen says. The researchers only found "a few stories about Hull" and old records of prosecutions "which neither of us wanted to get into", she says. "It was terribly moving," she says. The coffin gets to the hole in the ground and they can't fit it in. "The coffin had to be made to fit his huge size but nobody had told the people who dig the hole in the ground.There were television crews from Germany, France, Poland and America and it was pouring with rain. "I was brought back to myself in real life." "She was amazing because she risked her life every single day, smuggling ill children out of the Warsaw ghetto," Rula says.
She then returned in 2018 and began dating Corries legend Ken Barlow. Claudia and Ken departed Weatherfield in 2020 to move to the Stillwaters retirement ...
But yes I would love to go back." "Unfortunately, the storylines that I'd hoped would develop ie. I mean not only because of being with Maureen but it was like a huge family.
The show saw the Corrie stars travel to Hull and Poland in search of their family history.
As it happened, it turned out to be one of the nicest things I’ve ever done." Rula said she knew of her family's royal heritage but was astounded at their underground freedom fighting background. Both Rula and Maureen found it interesting that despite their somewhat fresh friendship, they have somewhat of a long-standing common history.
Rula Lenska was on the show chatting to stand in replacement host Christine Lampard today.
Another said: "That clip! 70 is the new 60!" Maureen said: "If she's good they might let her back."