Career
She also had a brief role in the film Catch Us If You Can (1965) starring The Dave Clark Five. After a short-lived marriage to British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 1 DJ Tommy Vance in the 1960"s, Hanson married musician Carl Wayne in 1974. They have a son, Jack.
A few years later, she returned to British television screens in the role of the mother of Todd Carty"s character in an episode of Holby City.
In August 2012, it was announced that Hanson had joined the cast of long-running soap opera Coronation Street as a character called Penny Thornley, a character brought in to start the chain of events leading to the departure of Lewis Archer (Nigel Havers, who is leaving the show to take on another role, but is expected to return). Hanson played most of her scenes opposite Sue Nicholls (Audrey Roberts).
Hanson and Sue Nicholls played many scenes opposite each other in Crossroads in the mid 1960s, playing Diane Lawton and Marilyn Gates, respectively.