She was best known for playing busybody Martha Longhurst in the soap opera Coronation Street from the second episode in 1960 until the character was killed off in 1964.
[citation needed] After only three years in the series, the character of Martha Longhurst was axed by a new producer, who assumed that Carol would be likely to find other acting jobs.
Carol remained bitter about Martha's death and believed to the end that a terrible mistake had been made, as her character was so popular.
[8][9] The couple made their home in Blackpool, had two sons and a daughter, and remained married until Palmer's death on 15 January 1980, aged 79.
[10] In April 1990, it was reported that Carol had died in a nursing home in Lytham St Annes, following a hoax telephone call received by Granada Television, while she was visiting her family in Düsseldorf, Germany.