Emmerdale tributes after actress dies

The stars of Emmerdale took to Twitter this evening to express their sadness at the loss of their friend and colleague.

“Kitty was a great talent and a true inspiration to all who worked with her”. Lizzie is described as a “big ball of fun and mischief” by Emmerdale’s official website, a trait seen in one notable storyline that saw her unmasked as the person behind a “psychic hotline” used by Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock) for romantic guidance.

Coronation Street actress Cherylee Houston, who plays Izzy Armstrong in the ITV1 soap, tweeted: ‘So saddened to hear Kitty McGeever has passed, what a lovely, warm, funny, talented lady. xx’. At the age of four months, he suddenly became very ill, having problems with his heart and lungs.

Laser treatment failed to save the actress from becoming blind and just five months later, at the age of 32, she had lost her sight completely.

McGeever gave birth to her son Felix two months early in 2001 after she developed pre-eclampsia.

Heartbroken Kitty then underwent a successful 12-hour kidney transplant operation. Following her recovery, she contacted her agent in 2008 and suggested that she was ready to begin performing again, and would consider television.

McGeever joined Emmerdale in March 2009 and was the first blind actress to be cast as a regular in a UK soap.

Kitty was delighted when she was recently cast in the upcoming film The Unfolding.