Elizabeth "Betty" Williams (
née Preston, previously
Turpin) was a long-standing
fictional character from the British
ITV soap opera Coronation Street, portrayed by former music hall star
Betty Driver. Driver was cast as Betty in 1969, after first auditioning for the role of
Hilda Ogden. The character arrived in
Coronation Street to help her sister
Maggie Cooke run the corner shop, and has since had a number of storylines which have seen her become twice widowed, and mother to an illegitimate son. Working as a barmaid in the soap's
Rovers Return Inn, Betty created a signature dish, known as Betty's
hotpot.