Patricia Greene, world’s longest serving soap actress ever, dies

Patricia Greene was best known for starring as Jill Archer in the The Archers (Picture: BBC)

Patricia Greene, the world’s longest serving actor in a soap opera, has died at the age of 94.

The English actress was best known for voicing matriarch Jill Archer in BBC Radio 4’s The Archers, a role she held continuously for almost 70 years after joining the long-running drama in 1957.

Born in Allenton, Derby, in 1931, Greene became one of British broadcasting’s most recognisable voices.

After training at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, she decided to pursue acting when she saw her father moved to tears during a theatre performance.

Her life was then forever changed after she landed the role of Jil...