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scope="row" class="infobox-label">Portrayed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anna_Wing" title="Anna Wing">Anna Wing</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Karen_Meagher" title="Karen Meagher">Karen Meagher</a> (flashback)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Duration</th><td class="infobox-data">1985–1988</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First appearance</th><td class="infobox-data">Episode 1 <br />"Poor Old Reg"<br />19 February 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-02-19</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last appearance</th><td class="infobox-data">Episode 362 <br />26 July 1988<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1988-07-26</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Classification</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_EastEnders_characters#Last_appeared_in_1988" title="List of former EastEnders 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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vicki_Fowler" title="Vicki Fowler">Vicki Fowler</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lou Beale</b> is a fictional character from the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> <a href="/wiki/Soap_opera" title="Soap opera">soap opera</a> <i><a href="/wiki/EastEnders" title="EastEnders">EastEnders</a></i>, played by <a href="/wiki/Anna_Wing" title="Anna Wing">Anna Wing</a>. Her first appearance is in the first episode, which was broadcast on 19 February 1985, and her last is in episode 362, first shown on 26 July 1988, after which the character was <a href="/wiki/Killed_off" class="mw-redirect" title="Killed off">killed off</a>. The character is played by <a href="/wiki/Karen_Meagher" title="Karen Meagher">Karen Meagher</a> in the 1988 <i>EastEnders</i> special, <i><a href="/wiki/CivvyStreet" title="CivvyStreet">CivvyStreet</a></i>, set during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>. She appears in 232 episodes.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lou Beale was the first <i>EastEnders</i> character to be created by series co-creator <a href="/wiki/Tony_Holland" title="Tony Holland">Tony Holland</a>, taking the inspiration for some of the series' earliest characters from his own London family and background. </p><p>Lou is the archetypal <a href="/wiki/East_End_of_London" title="East End of London">East End</a> matriarch throughout <i>EastEnders'</i> first three years. An intimidating force within the local community, she is the dowager of <a href="/wiki/Albert_Square" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert Square">Albert Square</a>'s central family, <a href="/wiki/The_Fowler/Beale_Family" class="mw-redirect" title="The Fowler/Beale Family">the Beales and Fowlers</a>. Never afraid to speak her mind, and woe betide anyone who manages to get on her wrong side, Lou has the respect of her friends and family, even if they do find her a bit of a nuisance at times. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Storylines">Storylines</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lou_Beale&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Storylines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Backstory">Backstory</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lou_Beale&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Backstory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in the <a href="/wiki/East_End_of_London" title="East End of London">East End</a> at the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, Lou lived in <a href="/wiki/Walford" title="Walford">Walford</a> all her life. She was born into a large working-class East End family, the youngest of seven siblings, and grew up with a strong sense of community spirit. In the 1930s, she fell in love with a local boy, <a href="/wiki/Albert_Beale" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert Beale">Albert Beale</a> (Gary Olson), and gave birth to his daughter, <a href="/wiki/Maggie_Flaherty" class="mw-redirect" title="Maggie Flaherty">Maggie</a> (Olivia Shanley), but placed her for adoption because she was born out of wedlock. By 1936, Lou and Albert had married and in 1938 moved to 45 <a href="/wiki/Albert_Square" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert Square">Albert Square</a>. They had six more children: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Beale" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Beale">Harry</a> (Aaron Mason), <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Beale" class="mw-redirect" title="Ronnie Beale">Ronnie</a> (Chase Marks), Dora, <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Beale" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenny Beale">Kenny</a> (<a href="/wiki/Michael_Attwell" title="Michael Attwell">Michael Attwell</a>), and twins <a href="/wiki/Pete_Beale" title="Pete Beale">Pete</a> (<a href="/wiki/Peter_Dean_(actor)" title="Peter Dean (actor)">Peter Dean</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Pauline_Fowler" title="Pauline Fowler">Pauline</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wendy_Richard" title="Wendy Richard">Wendy Richard</a>). Albert died in 1965, and Lou remained in the same house with Pauline and her husband, <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Fowler" title="Arthur Fowler">Arthur Fowler</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bill_Treacher" title="Bill Treacher">Bill Treacher</a>). Lou regularly intervened in her family's affairs, especially when she disapproved of Pete's relationship with <a href="/wiki/Kathy_Beale" title="Kathy Beale">Kathy Hills</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gillian_Taylforth" title="Gillian Taylforth">Gillian Taylforth</a>) because he had previously divorced his first wife, <a href="/wiki/Pat_Butcher" title="Pat Butcher">Pat</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pam_St_Clement" title="Pam St Clement">Pam St Clement</a>), and she had banished her son Kenny to <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> in the 1960s for having an affair with Pat. Lou then watched her grandchildren <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Fowler" title="Michelle Fowler">Michelle</a> (<a href="/wiki/Susan_Tully" title="Susan Tully">Susan Tully</a>), <a href="/wiki/Mark_Fowler" title="Mark Fowler">Mark</a> (<a href="/wiki/David_Scarboro" title="David Scarboro">David Scarboro</a>/<a href="/wiki/Todd_Carty" title="Todd Carty">Todd Carty</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Ian_Beale" title="Ian Beale">Ian Beale</a> (<a href="/wiki/Adam_Woodyatt" title="Adam Woodyatt">Adam Woodyatt</a>) grow up, with Pauline, Pete, Arthur and Kathy looking after her in her old age. In one episode she claims she was one of seven children, one boy and six girls, and on Christmas Day 1987, she states she is from a family of eight, five boys and three girls. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1985–1988"><span id="1985.E2.80.931988"></span>1985–1988</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lou_Beale&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1985–1988"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lou's affinity and ties with the area mean that she tends to view Albert Square as her own and thinks that gives her an excuse to intrude into people's business as she sees fit. She is great friends with <a href="/wiki/Dot_Cotton" title="Dot Cotton">Dot Cotton</a> (<a href="/wiki/June_Brown" title="June Brown">June Brown</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Ethel_Skinner" title="Ethel Skinner">Ethel Skinner</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gretchen_Franklin" title="Gretchen Franklin">Gretchen Franklin</a>), her lifelong neighbours. She also has a good relationship with the local <a href="/wiki/General_practitioner" title="General practitioner">general practitioner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dr._Harold_Legg" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr. Harold Legg">Dr Legg</a> (<a href="/wiki/Leonard_Fenton" title="Leonard Fenton">Leonard Fenton</a>) and an old <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> <a href="/wiki/Pawnbroker" title="Pawnbroker">pawnbroker</a> known only as <a href="/wiki/%22Uncle%22_(EastEnders)" class="mw-redirect" title=""Uncle" (EastEnders)">'Uncle'</a> (<a href="/wiki/Leonard_Maguire" title="Leonard Maguire">Leonard Maguire</a>). </p><p>Lou has a tempestuous relationship with her children-in-law <a href="/wiki/Kathy_Beale" title="Kathy Beale">Kathy Beale</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gillian_Taylforth" title="Gillian Taylforth">Gillian Taylforth</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Fowler" title="Arthur Fowler">Arthur Fowler</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bill_Treacher" title="Bill Treacher">Bill Treacher</a>), blaming Kathy for Pete's first divorce (something Lou regards as unnatural, despite her fervent dislike of Pat), and showing displeasure at Arthur's unemployment; nothing he does is ever good enough for her daughter Pauline. In February 1985, she is furious to discover that Pauline is pregnant for the third time, her family already financially crippled by Arthur's long stint of unemployment. Lou gives Pauline and Arthur the choice of an abortion, having the baby adopted or keeping the baby, but they will not be allowed to live in her house. The family try to bring her round, but she finally is won round when the family organise her a holiday in <a href="/wiki/Clacton-on-Sea" title="Clacton-on-Sea">Clacton-on-Sea</a>. Lou supports her grandson <a href="/wiki/Ian_Beale" title="Ian Beale">Ian Beale</a>'s (<a href="/wiki/Adam_Woodyatt" title="Adam Woodyatt">Adam Woodyatt</a>) choice to work in catering, which Ian's father Pete does not approve of, wanting Ian to have a more masculine career. Lou is delighted at having another grandson named <a href="/wiki/Martin_Fowler_(EastEnders)" title="Martin Fowler (EastEnders)">Martin</a> (Jon Peyton Price), although she would have preferred him to be named Albert after her late husband. Her 16-year-old granddaughter <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Fowler" title="Michelle Fowler">Michelle Fowler</a> (<a href="/wiki/Susan_Tully" title="Susan Tully">Susan Tully</a>) finds out she is pregnant and Lou, Pauline and Kathy discuss Michelle's options, settling on an abortion, but if Michelle wanted the baby, she could stay with Kathy's sister Stephanie, though Michelle is furious with them deciding for her. Lou collapses in late 1985, prompting Dr Legg to send Lou into hospital for some tests and she is diagnosed with angina. The family have to make changes within the household to accommodate Lou's health problems, such as moving her bedroom downstairs, however, Lou doesn't take well to the changes. Lou has a long-standing feud with Pat, having never forgiven her for having an affair with Kenny. Lou is plagued with mixed feelings when Kenny returns to London in 1988, after banishing him from their lives twenty years before. She has always had a difficult relationship with her son, feeling him to be "too big for the Square" and fears that Pat's revelation, that he is the true father of Pete's son <a href="/wiki/Simon_Wicks" title="Simon Wicks">Simon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nick_Berry" title="Nick Berry">Nick Berry</a>), will tear her beloved family apart. Before his return to New Zealand, Lou manages to make amends with her estranged son, despite Pat's malicious stirring – who later admits to Simon that <a href="/wiki/Brian_Wicks_(EastEnders)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brian Wicks (EastEnders)">Brian Wicks</a> (<a href="/wiki/Leslie_Schofield" title="Leslie Schofield">Leslie Schofield</a>) is his real father after all. </p><p>In her later years, Lou is plagued with ill-health. In July 1988, she returns from a holiday in her beloved <a href="/wiki/Leigh-on-Sea" title="Leigh-on-Sea">Leigh-on-Sea</a> feeling distinctly unwell. Fearing she is dying, she takes the opportunity to announce to her nearest and dearest exactly what she thinks of them, even managing to make a truce of sorts with nemesis Pat. After gathering her clan of Beales and Fowlers around her, she has a few choice words of wisdom and encouragement for each family member. The next morning, she is discovered dead in her bed by daughter Pauline, having died peacefully in her sleep the previous night. Her friends and family mourn her death affectionately, never quite managing to forget the irreplaceable "old bag". </p><p>The youngest of seven siblings, Lou was from a large East End family herself. Only her sister <a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_(1988)#Flo" class="mw-redirect" title="List of EastEnders characters (1988)">Flo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Linda_Robson" title="Linda Robson">Linda Robson</a>) came to outlive her. In 1990, <a href="/wiki/Harry_Osborne_(EastEnders)" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Osborne (EastEnders)">Harry Osborne</a> (<a href="/wiki/John_Boswall" title="John Boswall">John Boswall</a>) returns to Albert Square – he had been engaged to Lou's sister, Doris, but she married Morris Miller after Harry was presumed dead in the war. In 1993, Lou's relative <a href="/wiki/Nellie_Ellis" title="Nellie Ellis">Nellie Ellis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Kelly" title="Elizabeth Kelly">Elizabeth Kelly</a>) comes to stay with Pauline and Arthur. In 1997, it is discovered that Lou had given birth to another daughter, also fathered by Albert, who Lou had placed for adoption because she was conceived out of wedlock. Pauline, Ian and Mark travel to Ireland later that year to reunite with their long-lost family member, Maggie. In 2001, Mark names his stepdaughter <a href="/wiki/Louise_Mitchell" title="Louise Mitchell">Louise Mitchell</a> (Rachel Cox) after Lou. In 2015, Ian's grandson <a href="/wiki/Louie_Beale" class="mw-redirect" title="Louie Beale">Louie Beale</a> is also named after Lou. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Character_creation_and_development">Character creation and development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lou_Beale&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Character creation and development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lou_Beale&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The creators of <i>EastEnders</i>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Holland" title="Tony Holland">Tony Holland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Julia_Smith_(producer)" title="Julia Smith (producer)">Julia Smith</a>, had always intended the programme to be primarily based around a large family "in old East-end tradition". By the 1980s, such families were on the decline in the East End. Natives had begun to emigrate out of East London to the wider area around <a href="/wiki/Ilford" title="Ilford">Ilford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romford" title="Romford">Romford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chelmsford" title="Chelmsford">Chelmsford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastbourne" title="Eastbourne">Eastbourne</a>. However, there were still some that refused to uproot and leave the area that had been home to many generations of their family. </p><p>To construct the focal family, Holland and Smith were helped considerably by Tony Holland's recollections of his own East End background.<sup id="cite_ref-insidestory_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insidestory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lou was the first <i>EastEnders</i> character to be created. She was based on Holland's aunt Lou Beale, one of four sisters from a large <a href="/wiki/Walthamstow" title="Walthamstow">Walthamstow</a> family.<sup id="cite_ref-secrets_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-secrets-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lou was mother to his cousins Peter and Pauline and married to Albert – a family set-up that would eventually be recreated on-screen and would go on to be forever hailed as the first family of <i>EastEnders</i>, <a href="/wiki/Beale_family" title="Beale family">the Beales and Fowlers</a>. Peter Batt, who was one of the original scriptwriters of <i>EastEnders</i>, has stated that elements of Lou Beale were based on his mother.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lou's original character outline as written by series creators <a href="/wiki/Julia_Smith_(producer)" title="Julia Smith (producer)">Julia Smith</a> and Tony Holland appeared in an abridged form in their book, <i><a href="/wiki/EastEnders_books" class="mw-redirect" title="EastEnders books">EastEnders: The Inside Story</a></i>:"A lively 70 year old. Archetypal East-end mother-earth figure. Fat, funny, sometimes loud, often openly sentimental. An obsessive view of family...she can be a stubborn cruel "old bag" when she wants to be, sometimes keeping "atmospheres" going for months. It was always Lou's house that was used for the big family celebrations. Especially Christmas. Twenty or more people crammed into a tiny house. Five sisters wedged into a minuscule kitchen; drinking gin and orange; wearing funny hats; all wearing aprons; laughing raucously and trying to cook a huge dinner at the same time. Lou's house was also the meeting place for the family Sunday teas. Ham, or tinned salmon salad. Bread and butter. Jelly and tinned cream. And, tea...the changing face of the area (especially the immigrants) is a constant source of fear to her, but then she doesn't go out much. She prefers to be at home, or on a trip down memory lane: day trips to Southend – the <a href="/wiki/Kursaal_(amusement_park)" title="Kursaal (amusement park)">Kursaal</a>, Rossi's ice-cream and a plate of cockles; one wonderful week's holiday in a caravan in Clacton; fruit picking in Essex; Christmas; weddings; street parties...She has a soft spot for her son, Pete..." (page 51).<sup id="cite_ref-insidestory_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insidestory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Casting">Casting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lou_Beale&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Casting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The actress <a href="/wiki/Anna_Wing" title="Anna Wing">Anna Wing</a>, who was now 70 years old and had been acting since the late 1930s, auditioned for the role. She was so keen to play the part that she turned up for the audition clutching her birth certificate to prove she was a <a href="/wiki/Hackney_Central" title="Hackney Central">Hackney</a> <a href="/wiki/Greengrocer" title="Greengrocer">greengrocer</a>'s daughter and implored the producers to give her the job.<sup id="cite_ref-EEHandbook_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EEHandbook-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When she first read for the part Holland and Smith felt that "she overacted terribly", but on the second reading she "brought the performance down considerably".<sup id="cite_ref-insidestory_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insidestory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were initial fears over whether an actress of her age would have the stamina to survive <i>EastEnders'</i> gruelling schedule, but when asked if she'd like to be in a popular soap, Wing replied "All my life I've been an actress, now I want to be a household name!"<sup id="cite_ref-insidestory_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insidestory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wing was set to appear in a stage play of <i><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Mole" title="Adrian Mole">Adrian Mole</a></i>, which would have clashed with the filming of <i>EastEnders</i>. Julia Smith refused to offer her any leeway and informed her that she had to take a gamble — she could either turn down the play, meaning that if she failed to get the part of Lou she would have lost two jobs, or she could give up the possibility of playing Lou and accept the play.<sup id="cite_ref-insidestory_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insidestory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wing decided to turn down the play and she was subsequently given the role of Lou.<sup id="cite_ref-insidestory_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insidestory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An early choice in the casting process, Wing had the face, voice and attitude that Tony Holland had imagined for the character.<sup id="cite_ref-20years_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20years-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was told by producers to bring something from her own background to the role.<sup id="cite_ref-gazette_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Narrative,_impact_and_progression"><span id="Narrative.2C_impact_and_progression"></span>Narrative, impact and progression</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lou_Beale&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Narrative, impact and progression"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lou's fierce demeanour made an impact from the opening episode, with one of the popular press in Britain (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Sun_(United_Kingdom)" title="The Sun (United Kingdom)">The Sun</a></i> newspaper) running the headline "Enter the dragon... Lou Beale!"<sup id="cite_ref-insidestory_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insidestory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lou was a frightening matriarch who domineered over both the Beale and Fowler families and most of her neighbours in Walford as well. The character did have a softer side, most often seen when interacting with her grandchildren. She was depicted as the linchpin of the Walford community and was often first to rally around her neighbours in times of trouble, or instruct various members of her clan to do so in her stead. </p><p>She was a family orientated character, particularly opposed to change and determined to hold on to the ever-diminishing traditions of the East End.<sup id="cite_ref-insidestory_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insidestory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of her storylines were family based, which included various feuds, most notably with <a href="/wiki/Pat_Butcher" title="Pat Butcher">Pat Wicks</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pam_St._Clement" class="mw-redirect" title="Pam St. Clement">Pam St. Clement</a>), the ex-wife of her son who showed up in Walford in 1986. Various scandals and hardships were thrown at the character and her family, which she stoically battled through in order to keep the close-knit family that she presided over, together. The character was also used for comedy, most regularly with the other older characters, <a href="/wiki/Dot_Cotton" title="Dot Cotton">Dot Cotton</a> (<a href="/wiki/June_Brown" title="June Brown">June Brown</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Ethel_Skinner" title="Ethel Skinner">Ethel Skinner</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gretchen_Franklin" title="Gretchen Franklin">Gretchen Franklin</a>), and she had a tendency to take to her bed and feign sickness if she didn't get her own way.<sup id="cite_ref-EEHandbook_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EEHandbook-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her relationship with son-in-law <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Fowler" title="Arthur Fowler">Arthur</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bill_Treacher" title="Bill Treacher">Bill Treacher</a>) was another on-going sub-plot often used for comical effect — Lou portraying the stereotypical nagging mother-in-law and Arthur being the main protagonist for most of her displeasure, although they did share moments of closeness as well. </p><p>However, in 1988 Anna Wing began to grow disillusioned with the direction the show was going in. She felt <i>EastEnders</i> did not fit in with her beliefs as a <a href="/wiki/Quaker" class="mw-redirect" title="Quaker">Quaker</a>, commenting "We had 31 million viewers and it was shown all over the world, and I suddenly thought 'Should I be in this?'...I had a crisis of conscience." After three years playing Lou, Anna Wing asked to be written out.<sup id="cite_ref-sexy_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sexy-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wing has since revealed that creator Julia Smith was devastated when she decided to leave, commenting "she said I could have been in it for ever and ever until I popped off for real."<sup id="cite_ref-talk_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-talk-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The character was subsequently killed off, dying in her sleep in July 1988 after being frequently ill throughout the year. The character's final episodes were written by Tony Holland and directed by Julia Smith. Lou spent her final day arranging her affairs, seeing various members of her family, passing on advice and giving them presents and at the end of the episode she announced: "That's you lot sorted. I can go now." At the start of episode 363, Lou was found to have died peacefully in her sleep. The episode then jumped a few days later to the day of her funeral — an emotional episode, which featured Pete breaking down at Lou's graveside and ended with him proposing a toast in the Vic to absent friends and that "bloody old bag." The episode was also notable for featuring, for the first time, a train crossing the railway viaduct in Bridge Street<sup id="cite_ref-first10years_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-first10years-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> — a special-effects shot commissioned especially for the occasion. The train was actually a ten-second illusion, produced by the BBC's electronic workshop. One <i>EastEnders</i> official commented: "It cost an arm and a leg, but old Lou was worth it."<sup id="cite_ref-EEHandbook_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EEHandbook-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Continuity_regarding_children">Continuity regarding children</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lou_Beale&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Continuity regarding children"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lou is a central character, who remains at the heart of the series during her time on screen and is later still occasionally referred to by long-running characters in a nostalgic nod back to the show's early history. There remains, however, a certain level of uncertainty and conflicting information regarding the character's background, in particular the number of offspring she supposedly produced. </p><p>In the show's earliest episodes, <a href="/wiki/Pauline_Fowler" title="Pauline Fowler">Pauline Fowler</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wendy_Richard" title="Wendy Richard">Wendy Richard</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Pete_Beale" title="Pete Beale">Pete Beale</a> (<a href="/wiki/Peter_Dean_(actor)" title="Peter Dean (actor)">Peter Dean</a>) are the only two of Lou's offspring to feature on screen. Through character dialogue in episodes first shown in July 1985, the audience are told of the existence of four other children: Keith, Paul, Norma and Shirley — who were said to be living in <a href="/wiki/Billericay" title="Billericay">Billericay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romford" title="Romford">Romford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastbourne" title="Eastbourne">Eastbourne</a>. As the series progressed, Keith, Paul and Shirley were apparently forgotten in favour of other children and were not mentioned again; Norma was mentioned occasionally throughout 1985. </p><p>In the episode first shown on 28 October 1986, viewers are made aware of another child who lives in <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Beale" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenny Beale">Kenny Beale</a>. In addition, the character of Lou Beale also features heavily within a series of spin-off <a href="/wiki/EastEnders_spin-offs#Novels" title="EastEnders spin-offs"><i>EastEnders</i> novels</a> by Hugh Miller, set prior to 1985 and published in 1986. Within the novelisations readers are introduced to further characters from Lou's history: sons Harry and Ronnie, a daughter Dora and siblings Elsie, Liz, Queenie and Terence. Kenny also features in the books. In the <i>EastEnders</i> novels, Harry, Dora and Ronnie have moved away from home when in their twenties and have lost contact with their mother. The Beales' fruit and veg stall on Bridge Street market is said to have passed to Ronnie after his father's death, and again passed to Pete when Ronnie moved away from Walford.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kenny appeared in <i>EastEnders</i> for a brief stint in episodes shown in February 1988, and is seen as a young child in the December 1988 spin-off <i><a href="/wiki/CivvyStreet" title="CivvyStreet">CivvyStreet</a></i>. Harry and Ronnie also appear in the spin-off episode, but do not appear in the television serial itself, although Ronnie was directly mentioned in the episode first shown on 11 December 1986. </p><p>In 1997, another of Lou's children is introduced: <a href="/wiki/Maggie_Flaherty" class="mw-redirect" title="Maggie Flaherty">Maggie Flaherty</a> (Olivia Shanley), her eldest child, who was placed for adoption as she was born out of wedlock. Other than the already established Pete, Pauline and Kenny, Maggie remains the only sibling to appear in the on-screen serial. In 2000, an <i>EastEnders</i> book was published entitled <i>EastEnders Who's Who</i>. The book pertains to the existence of Ronnie and yet another child, Maureen, who had both died.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harry and Dora are not mentioned in the book and neither Maureen nor Dora has been mentioned or seen on-screen, however, Pauline recounts the story of Arthur proposing to her on her unnamed sister's wedding day on multiple occasions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lou_Beale&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2013, following Wing's death, John Tydeman from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> called Lou "cantankerous" and wrote that Wing was "nothing like" the character.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ian Hyland from <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Mirror" title="Daily Mirror">Daily Mirror</a></i> wrote that he was surprised that Lou had only appeared for three years as he assumed that she had been on the soap for longer due to being "such a legend".<sup id="cite_ref-Legend_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Legend-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also called Lou "the hardest of all the soap matriarchs" and that he was puzzled as to why the character was killed off.<sup id="cite_ref-Legend_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Legend-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hyland also compared the character to <a href="/wiki/Annie_Sugden" title="Annie Sugden">Annie Sugden</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sheila_Mercier" title="Sheila Mercier">Sheila Mercier</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Annie_Walker_(Coronation_Street)" title="Annie Walker (Coronation Street)">Annie Walker</a> (<a href="/wiki/Doris_Speed" title="Doris Speed">Doris Speed</a>) but opined that Lou had a "harder edge" and that it was a "shame" that the character did not appear for longer.<sup id="cite_ref-Legend_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Legend-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hyland also wrote that Lou "ran Albert Square" and told readers that they could not "mess with her", as well as commenting on how "hapless grandson Ian could do with having her around to fight his corner these days" and that she would have not allowed him to end up "on the street".<sup id="cite_ref-Legend_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Legend-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, Sara Wallis and Ian Hyland from The <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Mirror" title="Daily Mirror">Daily Mirror</a></i> placed Lou 50th on their ranked list of the Best <i>EastEnders</i> characters of all time, calling her "stubborn" and "Queen of the withering put-down".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lou_Beale&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 September</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Independent&rft.atitle=Anna+Wing%2C+famous+as+EastEnders%27+Lou+Beale%2C+dies+aged+98&rft.date=2013-07-12&rft.aulast=Wyatt&rft.aufirst=Daisy&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Farts-entertainment%2Ftv%2Fnews%2Fanna-wing-famous-eastenders-lou-beale-dies-aged-98-8703810.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALou+Beale" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-insidestory-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-insidestory_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-insidestory_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-insidestory_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-insidestory_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-insidestory_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-insidestory_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-insidestory_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-insidestory_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmithHolland1987" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Julia_Smith_(producer)" title="Julia Smith (producer)">Smith, Julia</a>; <a href="/wiki/Tony_Holland" title="Tony Holland">Holland, Tony</a> (1987). <a href="/wiki/EastEnders_spin-offs#Non-fiction_books" title="EastEnders spin-offs"><i>EastEnders – The Inside Story</i></a>. Book Club Associates. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-563-20601-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-563-20601-9"><bdi>978-0-563-20601-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=EastEnders+%E2%80%93+The+Inside+Story&rft.pub=Book+Club+Associates&rft.date=1987&rft.isbn=978-0-563-20601-9&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=Julia&rft.au=Holland%2C+Tony&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALou+Beale" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-secrets-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-secrets_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.walfordweb.co.uk/walfordweb/article.php?id=86">EastEnders Secrets</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061012230008/http://www.walfordweb.co.uk/walfordweb/article.php?id=86">Archived</a> 2006-10-12 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>", <i>Walford web</i>. URL last accessed on 2007-03-18.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090917091952/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/peter-batt-the-real-eastender-483971.html">"Peter Batt: The real Eastender"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i>. 19 February 2005. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/peter-batt-the-real-eastender-483971.html">the original</a> on 17 September 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 January</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Independent&rft.atitle=Peter+Batt%3A+The+real+Eastender&rft.date=2005-02-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fmedia%2Fpeter-batt-the-real-eastender-483971.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALou+Beale" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EEHandbook-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-EEHandbook_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EEHandbook_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EEHandbook_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKingsley1990" class="citation book cs1">Kingsley, Hilary (1990). <a href="/wiki/EastEnders_spin-offs#Non-fiction_books" title="EastEnders spin-offs"><i>The EastEnders Handbook</i></a>. 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URL last accessed on 2007-03-18.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sexy-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sexy_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20010325/ai_n14521107">EastEnders' Lou reveals sexy past</a>", <i>Sunday Mirror</i>. URL last accessed on 2007-03-18.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-talk-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-talk_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://talkwalford.co.uk/ipb/lofiversion/index.php/t1734.html">I STOPPED WATCHING ALBERT SQUARE.. NOW I LIKE EMMERDALE</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070501012603/http://talkwalford.co.uk/ipb/lofiversion/index.php/t1734.html">Archived</a> 2007-05-01 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>", <i>Talk Walford</i>. URL last accessed on 2007-03-18.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-first10years-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-first10years_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrake1995" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Colin_Brake" title="Colin Brake">Brake, Colin</a> (1995). <a href="/wiki/EastEnders_spin-offs#Non-fiction_books" title="EastEnders spin-offs"><i>EastEnders: The First 10 Years: A Celebration</i></a>. BBC Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-563-37057-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-563-37057-4"><bdi>978-0-563-37057-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=EastEnders%3A+The+First+10+Years%3A+A+Celebration&rft.pub=BBC+Books&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=978-0-563-37057-4&rft.aulast=Brake&rft.aufirst=Colin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALou+Beale" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMiller1986" class="citation book cs1">Miller, Hugh (1986). <i>EastEnders – Book One: Home Fires Burning</i>. Inner Circle Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85018-045-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85018-045-6"><bdi>978-1-85018-045-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=EastEnders+%E2%80%93+Book+One%3A+Home+Fires+Burning&rft.pub=Inner+Circle+Books&rft.date=1986&rft.isbn=978-1-85018-045-6&rft.aulast=Miller&rft.aufirst=Hugh&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALou+Beale" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMiller1986" class="citation book cs1">Miller, Hugh (1986). <a href="/wiki/EastEnders_spin-offs#Novels" title="EastEnders spin-offs"><i>EastEnders – Book Two: Swings and Roundabouts</i></a>. Inner Circle Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85018-050-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85018-050-0"><bdi>978-1-85018-050-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=EastEnders+%E2%80%93+Book+Two%3A+Swings+and+Roundabouts&rft.pub=Inner+Circle+Books&rft.date=1986&rft.isbn=978-1-85018-050-0&rft.aulast=Miller&rft.aufirst=Hugh&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALou+Beale" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLock2000" class="citation book cs1">Lock, Kate (2000). <a href="/wiki/EastEnders_books" class="mw-redirect" title="EastEnders books"><i>EastEnders Who's Who</i></a>. BBC Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-563-55178-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-563-55178-2"><bdi>978-0-563-55178-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=EastEnders+Who%27s+Who&rft.pub=BBC+Books&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-0-563-55178-2&rft.aulast=Lock&rft.aufirst=Kate&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALou+Beale" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTydeman2013" class="citation web cs1">Tydeman, John (1 August 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/aug/01/anna-wing">"Letter: Anna Wing was nothing like cantankerous Lou Beale"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 September</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Daily+Mirror&rft.atitle=Anna+Wing%27s+Lou+Beale+was+the+hardest+of+all+the+soap+matriarchs&rft.date=2013-07-12&rft.aulast=Hyland&rft.aufirst=Ian&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirror.co.uk%2Ftv%2Ftv-news%2Fian-hyland-tribute-anna-wing-2046341&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALou+Beale" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSara_WallisIan_Hyland2020" class="citation web cs1">Sara Wallis; Ian Hyland (12 June 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/eastenders-100-best-characters-ever-22183486.amp">"100 Best EastEnders characters ever"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Mirror" title="Daily Mirror">Daily Mirror</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Bates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Bates" title="Debbie Bates">Debbie Bates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurie_Bates" title="Laurie Bates">Laurie Bates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Bates" title="Nigel Bates">Nigel Bates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Beale_(EastEnders)" title="Bobby Beale (EastEnders)">Bobby Beale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Beale" title="Jane Beale">Jane Beale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laura_Beale" title="Laura Beale">Laura Beale</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lou Beale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucy_Beale" title="Lucy Beale">Lucy Beale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Beale" title="Pete Beale">Pete Beale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Beale" title="Steven Beale">Steven Beale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polly_Becker" title="Polly Becker">Polly Becker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Best_(EastEnders)" title="Adam Best (EastEnders)">Adam Best</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manda_Best" title="Manda Best">Manda Best</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abi_Branning" title="Abi Branning">Abi Branning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice_Branning" title="Alice Branning">Alice Branning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_Branning" title="April Branning">April Branning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Branning" title="Bradley Branning">Bradley Branning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derek_Branning" title="Derek Branning">Derek Branning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Branning" title="Jim Branning">Jim Branning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joey_Branning" title="Joey Branning">Joey Branning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Branning" title="Max Branning">Max Branning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzy_Branning" title="Suzy Branning">Suzy Branning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanya_Branning" title="Tanya Branning">Tanya Branning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aidan_Brosnan" title="Aidan Brosnan">Aidan Brosnan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diane_Butcher" title="Diane Butcher">Diane Butcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Butcher" title="Frank Butcher">Frank Butcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janine_Butcher" title="Janine Butcher">Janine Butcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam_Butcher" title="Liam Butcher">Liam Butcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mo_Butcher" title="Mo Butcher">Mo Butcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Butcher" title="Pat Butcher">Pat Butcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Butcher" title="Ricky Butcher">Ricky Butcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiffany_Butcher" title="Tiffany Butcher">Tiffany Butcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelvin_Carpenter" title="Kelvin Carpenter">Kelvin Carpenter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Carpenter" title="Tony Carpenter">Tony Carpenter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Carter" title="Mick Carter">Mick Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Carter" title="Nancy Carter">Nancy Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Carter" title="Shirley Carter">Shirley Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Carter" title="Stan Carter">Stan Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Carter" title="Tina Carter">Tina Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zsa_Zsa_Carter" title="Zsa Zsa Carter">Zsa Zsa Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorna_Cartwright" title="Lorna Cartwright">Lorna Cartwright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Clark_(EastEnders)" title="Barry Clark (EastEnders)">Barry Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Clarke" title="Christian Clarke">Christian Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Coker_(EastEnders)" title="Paul Coker (EastEnders)">Paul Coker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Cole_(EastEnders)" title="Richard Cole (EastEnders)">Richard Cole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Cooper_(EastEnders)" title="Julie Cooper (EastEnders)">Julie Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashley_Cotton" title="Ashley Cotton">Ashley Cotton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Cotton" title="Charlie Cotton">Charlie Cotton (1986)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Cotton_(2014_character)" title="Charlie Cotton (2014 character)">Charlie Cotton (2014)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dot_Cotton" title="Dot Cotton">Dot Cotton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dotty_Cotton" title="Dotty Cotton">Dotty Cotton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Cotton" title="Nick Cotton">Nick Cotton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_%22Rocky%22_Cotton" title="Tom "Rocky" Cotton">Tom "Rocky" Cotton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stella_Crawford" title="Stella Crawford">Stella Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cora_Cross" title="Cora Cross">Cora Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rainie_Cross" title="Rainie Cross">Rainie Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitney_Dean" title="Whitney Dean">Whitney Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beppe_di_Marco" title="Beppe di Marco">Beppe di Marco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruno_and_Luisa_di_Marco" title="Bruno and Luisa di Marco">Bruno and Luisa di Marco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gianni_di_Marco" title="Gianni di Marco">Gianni di Marco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosa_di_Marco" title="Rosa di Marco">Rosa di Marco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Dixon" title="Ray Dixon">Ray Dixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jase_Dyer" title="Jase Dyer">Jase Dyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huw_Edwards_(EastEnders)" title="Huw Edwards (EastEnders)">Huw Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Elliot" title="Steve Elliot">Steve Elliot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nellie_Ellis" title="Nellie Ellis">Nellie Ellis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Evans_(EastEnders)" title="Barry Evans (EastEnders)">Barry Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natalie_Evans" title="Natalie Evans">Natalie Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Evans_(EastEnders)" title="Roy Evans (EastEnders)">Roy Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatboy_(EastEnders)" title="Fatboy (EastEnders)">Fatboy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferreira_family" title="Ferreira family">Ferreira family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conor_Flaherty" title="Conor Flaherty">Conor Flaherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Flaherty_(EastEnders)" title="Mary Flaherty (EastEnders)">Mary Flaherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Fonseca" title="Fred Fonseca">Fred Fonseca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Fowler" title="Arthur Fowler">Arthur Fowler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bex_Fowler" title="Bex Fowler">Bex Fowler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Fowler" title="Lisa Fowler">Lisa Fowler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Fowler" title="Mark Fowler">Mark Fowler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Fowler" title="Michelle Fowler">Michelle Fowler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pauline_Fowler" title="Pauline Fowler">Pauline Fowler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Fowler" title="Ruth Fowler">Ruth Fowler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vicki_Fowler" title="Vicki Fowler">Vicki Fowler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libby_Fox" title="Libby Fox">Libby Fox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joanne_Francis" title="Joanne Francis">Joanne Francis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jodie_Gold" title="Jodie Gold">Jodie Gold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanessa_Gold" title="Vanessa Gold">Vanessa Gold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marge_Green" title="Marge Green">Marge Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nina_Harris" title="Nina Harris">Nina Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dexter_Hartman" title="Dexter Hartman">Dexter Hartman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Haye" title="Julie Haye">Julie Haye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Healy_(EastEnders)" title="Alex Healy (EastEnders)">Alex Healy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christine_Hewitt" title="Christine Hewitt">Christine Hewitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Hills" title="Ted Hills">Ted Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hills" title="Tony Hills">Tony Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garry_Hobbs" title="Garry Hobbs">Garry Hobbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynne_Hobbs" title="Lynne Hobbs">Lynne Hobbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lofty_Holloway" title="Lofty Holloway">Lofty Holloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Hubbard" title="Vincent Hubbard">Vincent Hubbard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Hunter_(EastEnders)" title="Andy Hunter (EastEnders)">Andy Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Jackson_(EastEnders)" title="Alan Jackson (EastEnders)">Alan Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billie_Jackson" title="Billie Jackson">Billie Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blossom_Jackson" title="Blossom Jackson">Blossom Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmel_Jackson" title="Carmel Jackson">Carmel Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Jackson" title="Carol Jackson">Carol Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Jackson" title="Robbie Jackson">Robbie Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naima_Jeffery" title="Naima Jeffery">Naima Jeffery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saeed_Jeffery" title="Saeed Jeffery">Saeed Jeffery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Jenkins_(EastEnders)" title="Al Jenkins (EastEnders)">Al Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Jessop" title="Greg Jessop">Greg Jessop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucas_Johnson" title="Lucas Johnson">Lucas Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danielle_Jones_(EastEnders)" title="Danielle Jones (EastEnders)">Danielle Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naomi_Julien" title="Naomi Julien">Naomi Julien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gita_Kapoor" title="Gita Kapoor">Gita Kapoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Kapoor_(EastEnders)" title="Sanjay Kapoor (EastEnders)">Sanjay Kapoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karim_family" title="Karim family">Karim family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kush_Kazemi" title="Kush Kazemi">Kush Kazemi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yusef_Khan" title="Yusef Khan">Yusef Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_King_(EastEnders)" title="Tony King (EastEnders)">Tony King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Legg" title="Harold Legg">Harold Legg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donna_Ludlow" title="Donna Ludlow">Donna Ludlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Macer" title="Joe Macer">Joe Macer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Malloy" title="Ryan Malloy">Ryan Malloy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jill_Marsden_(EastEnders)" title="Jill Marsden (EastEnders)">Jill Marsden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mila_Marwa" title="Mila Marwa">Mila Marwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afia_Masood" title="Afia Masood">Afia Masood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amira_Masood" title="Amira Masood">Amira Masood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shabnam_Masood" title="Shabnam Masood">Shabnam Masood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Masood" title="Syed Masood">Syed Masood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamwar_Masood" title="Tamwar Masood">Tamwar Masood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zainab_Masood" title="Zainab Masood">Zainab Masood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lilly_Mattock" title="Lilly Mattock">Lilly Mattock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josie_McFarlane" title="Josie McFarlane">Josie McFarlane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poppy_Meadow" title="Poppy Meadow">Poppy Meadow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darren_Miller" title="Darren Miller">Darren Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demi_Miller" title="Demi Miller">Demi Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Miller_(EastEnders)" title="Keith Miller (EastEnders)">Keith Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Miller" title="Mickey Miller">Mickey Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosie_Miller" title="Rosie Miller">Rosie Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Minter" title="Rob Minter">Rob Minter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archie_Mitchell" title="Archie Mitchell">Archie Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Mitchell_(EastEnders)" title="Ben Mitchell (EastEnders)">Ben Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Mitchell_(EastEnders)" title="Danny Mitchell (EastEnders)">Danny Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenda_Mitchell" title="Glenda Mitchell">Glenda Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Mitchell_(EastEnders)" title="Grant Mitchell (EastEnders)">Grant Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Mitchell" title="Jamie Mitchell">Jamie Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kate_Mitchell_(EastEnders)" title="Kate Mitchell (EastEnders)">Kate Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Mo_Mitchell" title="Little Mo Mitchell">Little Mo Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Mitchell" title="Louise Mitchell">Louise Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peggy_Mitchell" title="Peggy Mitchell">Peggy Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Mitchell" title="Ronnie Mitchell">Ronnie Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roxy_Mitchell" title="Roxy Mitchell">Roxy Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Mitchell_(EastEnders)" title="Sam Mitchell (EastEnders)">Sam Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiffany_Mitchell" title="Tiffany Mitchell">Tiffany Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinnie_Monks" title="Vinnie Monks">Vinnie Monks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Monroe" title="Aaron Monroe">Aaron Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dana_Monroe" title="Dana Monroe">Dana Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Moon" title="Anthony Moon">Anthony Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Moon" title="Danny Moon">Danny Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Moon" title="Eddie Moon">Eddie Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jake_Moon" title="Jake Moon">Jake Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moon_(EastEnders)" title="Michael Moon (EastEnders)">Michael Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nana_Moon" title="Nana Moon">Nana Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Moon" title="Spencer Moon">Spencer Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyler_Moon" title="Tyler Moon">Tyler Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Morgan_(EastEnders)" title="Trevor Morgan (EastEnders)">Trevor Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Murray_(EastEnders)" title="Joyce Murray (EastEnders)">Joyce Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Norman" title="Rod Norman">Rod Norman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_O%27Brien_(EastEnders)" title="Andy O'Brien (EastEnders)">Andy O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercy_Olubunmi" title="Mercy Olubunmi">Mercy Olubunmi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Osman" title="Ali Osman">Ali Osman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehmet_Osman" title="Mehmet Osman">Mehmet Osman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sue_Osman" title="Sue Osman">Sue Osman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Owen" title="Mel Owen">Mel Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Owen_(EastEnders)" title="Steve Owen (EastEnders)">Steve Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annie_Palmer_(EastEnders)" title="Annie Palmer (EastEnders)">Annie Palmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Palmer_(EastEnders)" title="George Palmer (EastEnders)">George Palmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ash_Panesar" title="Ash Panesar">Ash Panesar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jags_Panesar" title="Jags Panesar">Jags Panesar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kheerat_Panesar" title="Kheerat Panesar">Kheerat Panesar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nish_Panesar" title="Nish Panesar">Nish Panesar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lola_Pearce" title="Lola Pearce">Lola Pearce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minty_Peterson" title="Minty Peterson">Minty Peterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankie_Pierre" title="Frankie Pierre">Frankie Pierre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Priestly" title="Paul Priestly">Paul Priestly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irene_Raymond" title="Irene Raymond">Irene Raymond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Raymond" title="Louise Raymond">Louise Raymond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Raymond" title="Simon Raymond">Simon Raymond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Raymond" title="Terry Raymond">Terry Raymond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Rickman" title="Dennis Rickman">Dennis Rickman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binnie_Roberts" title="Binnie Roberts">Binnie Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roly" title="Roly">Roly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willy_Roper" title="Willy Roper">Willy Roper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Rose_(EastEnders)" title="Matthew Rose (EastEnders)">Matthew Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Russell_(EastEnders)" title="Colin Russell (EastEnders)">Colin Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandy_Salter" title="Mandy Salter">Mandy Salter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Short" title="Trevor Short">Trevor Short</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lydia_Simmonds" title="Lydia Simmonds">Lydia Simmonds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethel_Skinner" title="Ethel Skinner">Ethel Skinner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Slater" title="Charlie Slater">Charlie Slater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Slater" title="Kyle Slater">Kyle Slater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Slater" title="Sean Slater">Sean Slater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoe_Slater" title="Zoe Slater">Zoe Slater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Small" title="Leon Small">Leon Small</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babe_Smith" title="Babe Smith">Babe Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Smith" title="Gus Smith">Gus Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Smith_(EastEnders)" title="Mary Smith (EastEnders)">Mary Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Sullivan_(EastEnders)" title="Dan Sullivan (EastEnders)">Dan Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Sullivan" title="Gavin Sullivan">Gavin Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Swann" title="Dawn Swann">Dawn Swann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celestine_and_Etta_Tavernier" title="Celestine and Etta Tavernier">Celestine and Etta Tavernier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Tavernier" title="Clyde Tavernier">Clyde Tavernier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hattie_Tavernier" title="Hattie Tavernier">Hattie Tavernier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jules_Tavernier_(EastEnders)" title="Jules Tavernier (EastEnders)">Jules Tavernier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karen_Taylor_(EastEnders)" title="Karen Taylor (EastEnders)">Karen Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keanu_Taylor" title="Keanu Taylor">Keanu Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Taylor_(EastEnders)" title="Kelly Taylor (EastEnders)">Kelly Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heather_Trott" title="Heather Trott">Heather Trott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Trueman" title="Anthony Trueman">Anthony Trueman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Trueman" title="Paul Trueman">Paul Trueman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owen_Turner" title="Owen Turner">Owen Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angie_Watts" title="Angie Watts">Angie Watts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chrissie_Watts" title="Chrissie Watts">Chrissie Watts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Den_Watts" title="Den Watts">Den Watts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellard" title="Wellard">Wellard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_White" title="Carl White">Carl White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carly_Wicks" title="Carly Wicks">Carly Wicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Wicks" title="David Wicks">David Wicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Wicks" title="Dean Wicks">Dean Wicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Wicks_(EastEnders)" title="Joe Wicks (EastEnders)">Joe Wicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Wicks" title="Kevin Wicks">Kevin Wicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorraine_Wicks" title="Lorraine Wicks">Lorraine Wicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Wicks" title="Simon Wicks">Simon Wicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Wilkins" title="Debbie Wilkins">Debbie Wilkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cindy_Williams_(EastEnders)" title="Cindy Williams (EastEnders)">Cindy Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Willmott-Brown" title="James Willmott-Brown">James Willmott-Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willy_(EastEnders)" title="Willy (EastEnders)">Willy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_Wright" title="May Wright">May Wright</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Lists_of_characters_by_year" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Lists of characters by year</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_1985" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1985">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_1986" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1986">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_1987" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1987">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_1988" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1988">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_1989" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1989">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_1990" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1990">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_1991" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1991">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_1992" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1992">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_1993" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1993">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_1994" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1994">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_1995" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1995">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_1996" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1996">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_1997" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1997">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_1998" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 1998">1998</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_2006" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2006">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_2007" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2007">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_2008" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2008">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_2009" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2009">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_2010" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2010">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_2011" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2011">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_2012" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2012">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_2013" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2013">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_2014" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2014">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_2015" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2015">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_2016" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2016">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_2017" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2017">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_2018" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2018">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_2019" title="List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2019">2019</a></li> <li><a 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