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Rank the original 24 characters from EastEnders
These are the characters who were created as the orginal cast and appeared in the first few episodes. Nick Cotton is not considered one of the original 23 characters as he was not created as a regular but let's include him anyway since he's outlasted most of them.
Here's the list Ian Beale Kathy Beale Lou Beale Pete Beale Kelvin Carpenter Tony Carpenter Nick Cotton Arthur Fowler Mark Fowler Michelle Fowler Pauline Fowler Lofty Holloway Naima Jeffery Saeed Jeffery Dr. Legg Andy O'Brien Ali Osman Sue Osman Ethel Skinner Mary Smith Angie Watts Den Watts Sharon Watts Debbie Wilkins |
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1.Den Watts
2.Pauline Fowler 3.Sharon Watts 4.Michelle Fowler 5.Angie Watts 6.Lou Beale 7.Kathy Beale 8.Ethel Skinner 9.Arthur Fowler 10.Sue Osman 11.Mark Fowler 12.Ian Beale 13.Nick Cotton 14.Lofty Holloway 15.Debbie Wilkins 16.Dr. Legg 17.Mary Smith 18.Tony Carpenter 19.Naima Jeffery 20.Pete Beale 21.Kelvin Carpenter 22.Andy O'Brien 23.Saeed Jeffery 24.Ali Osman |
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1)Sharon Watts (refusing to call her Sharon Mitchell)
2)Pauline Fowler 3)Kathy Beale 4)Angie Watts 5)Den Watts 6)Lou Beale 7)Ian Beale 8)Ethel Skinner 9)Michelle Fowler 10)Arthur Fowler 11)Mark Fowler 12)Nick Cotton 13)Lofty Holloway 14)Ali Osman 15)Sue Osman 16)Kelvin Carpenter 17)Pete Beale 18)Tony Carpenter 19)Mary Smith 20)Debbie Wilkins 21)Dr. Legg 22)Naima Jeffery 23)Saeed Jeffery 24)Andy O'Brien |
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1, Den Watts
2, Angie Watts 3, Lou Beale 4, Pauline Fowler 5, Arthur Fowler 6, Ethel Skinner 7, Kathy Beale 8, Michelle Fowler 9, Sharon Watts 10, Sue Osman 11, Mary Smith 12, Ian Beale 13, Mark Fowler 14, Debbie Wilkins 15, Nick Cotton 16, Lofty Holloway 17, Dr Legg 18, Naima Jeffery 19, Andy O'Brian 20, Saeed Jeffery 21, Kelvin Carpenter 22, Tony Carpenter 23, Ali Osman 24, Pete Beale I hated Peter Dean as Pete. I think its the worst miscast in the entire history of the show. I've always wondered if they had given the part to someone else maybe the character might still be on screen. |
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I hated Peter Dean as Pete. I think its the worst miscast in the entire history of the show. I've always wondered if they had given the part to someone else maybe the character might still be on screen.
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Den Sharon Michelle Mary Sue Pauline Ethel Arthur Mark Tony Nick The rest are all much of a muchness for me. Amazing to think how ground breaking EE was with Naima and Saeed and Tony and Kelvin. Did Brookie have equivalent ethnic minority families? Also how fantastic was Mary the punk? Would be nice to see her make a cameo as a librarian or venture capitalist.
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Den Michelle Arthur Pauline Lou Mark Ethel Mary Pete Kathy Nick Andy Naima Angie Lofty Dr Legg Tony Sharon Kelvin Ian Debbie Ali Saeed |
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Also how fantastic was Mary the punk? Would be nice to see her make a cameo as a librarian or venture capitalist.
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I would love if Ian, Sharon or Dot briefly bumped into her only to be shocked by her transformation into a tweed cardigan wearing meek and mild librarian
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I hated Peter Dean as Pete. I think its the worst miscast in the entire history of the show. I've always wondered if they had given the part to someone else maybe the character might still be on screen. |
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I would love if Ian, Sharon or Dot briefly bumped into her only to be shocked by her transformation into a tweed cardigan wearing meek and mild librarian
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Oh that would be great!
Maybe she rolls up her sleeve to show a Clash tattoo? She was a great character.I heard that Linda Davidson does something in web design or online media now for the main channels. |
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I agree. I despised Pete Beale. I was glad when he left and even happier when he died a few months later. Dean was a terrible actor. The character had so much potential to run and run but Dean's acting was hard to take and eventually I think the writers just gave up. A thoroughly unpleasant character played in such a way that it was impossible to like him (for me anyway).
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I actually liked Pete. Not a good actor but he was a typical stick in the mud father who wanted his son to be a chip off the old block. Maybe it was an age thing. I was about the same age as him at the time and knew plenty of men (and women) like him with such rigid ideas.
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Would love this to happen, even a Lofty cameo, would be awesome.
I heard that Linda Davidson does something in web design or online media now for the main channels.
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Agree he really let the character down. Such a waste.
I'm not objecting to what the character was but it was Peter Dean who killed all Pete's potential. Just a serious miscast. Julia Smith even said she only gave him the role because she felt sorry for him, given how hard and ruthless she was then Peter must have really layed it on thick in the audition. Julia should have gone with her instinct and got a better actor. She didn't hold back in recasting Angie at the 12th hour. |
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Getting Lofty back for a cameo would be great. Its a shame Santer didn't come in a few months earlier. I reckon he would have done a good job in giving Pauline a better send off than she got perhaps with a few cameo appearances from the likes of Lofty.
It was also a shame they axed Debbie. I never understood that decision. |
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Sue osman
Lou beale Michelle fowler Den watts Mary smith Ethel skinner Angie watts Debbie Wilkins Mark fowler Kathy beale Pauline fowler Naima jeffery Andy o'brian Ali osman Arthur fowler Pete beale Nick cotton Lofty holloway Tony carpenter Ian beale Kelvin carpenter Saeed jeffery Sharon watts Dr Harold Legg All were brilliant back in the early early but Sharon is not really as good as she was back then anymore. |
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Eleven of them were gone by the end of the third year!
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I think its possible for Annie Smith (Mary's kid) to come into the show. She would be over 30 now. Linda Davidsn no longer act but would probably do a cameo
Dr Legg could visit Dot on the 30th anniversary episode. The Osmans should come back. Lofty should also make a cameo. The only character I don't want back is Saeed. He was awful. |
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Getting Lofty back for a cameo would be great. Its a shame Santer didn't come in a few months earlier. I reckon he would have done a good job in giving Pauline a better send off than she got perhaps with a few cameo appearances from the likes of Lofty.
It was also a shame they axed Debbie. I never understood that decision. |
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If Santer came in a year earlier Pauline wouldn't have left when she did and would probably have been onscreen until Wendy Richard became ill. We'd also have Kathy onscreen now as well. Santer said openly he believed his predecessors decision to kill off Kathy was a massive mistake and he would have brought her back.
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1 - Ethel Skinner
2 - Den Watts 3 - Angie Watts 4 - Lou Beale 5 - Pauline Fowler 6 - Arthur Fowler 7 - Ian Beale 8 - Kathy Beale 9 - Ali Osman 10 - Sue Osman 11 - Sharon Watts 12 - Lofty Holloway 13 - Michelle Fowler 14 - Mary Smith 15 - Nick Cotton 16 - Mark Fowler 17 - Dr Legg 18 - Tony Carpenter 19 - Kelvin Carpenter 20 - Andy O Brien 21 - Debbie Wilkins 22 - Pete Beale 23 - Saeed Jeffrey 24 - Naima Jeffrey Ethel was always one of my favourite early characters and still one of my favourite all time Eastenders characters. I also detested Pete Beale and thought Peter Dean was a poor actor (hence his lack of work since) but I do remember him better than Saeed and Naima so put them at the bottom. |
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I think its possible for Annie Smith (Mary's kid) to come into the show. She would be over 30 now. Linda Davidsn no longer act but would probably do a cameo
Dr Legg could visit Dot on the 30th anniversary episode. The Osmans should come back. Lofty should also make a cameo. The only character I don't want back is Saeed. He was awful. Shame andy got killed off as i liked him. It's also a shame kathy, 'mark, pete, and angie died off screen Pauline, Arthur, den, Lou, Ethel have also been killed off too (I know many of their actors died too) so their is no return for these characters now anyway
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They shouldn't have killed Arthur off but I guess it was the only logical way he'd leave Pauline. At least he could come back now if they hadn't killed him (and it wasn't exactly the best death in the programme).
I think at least producers like Santer and DTC are careful who they kill off now so we don't get another Kathy, Angie, Mark, Cindy who die off screen. I think characters should die if they are at the end of their storyline but its a selection that you have to be careful with. Killing Pat off was ridiculous whereas killing Joey off wouldn't matter because he's unlikely to turn up again. |
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I am sure Bill Treacher asked to be killed off as he was adamant he wouldn't return. He was basically retiring. Also I doubt Arthur would have left Pauline so it was the only way to go.
Andy has since passed away a real life so there would be no chance of a return for him anyway. As for killing characters off, I for one am a firm believer that if an actor chooses to leave they should not assume the door should be left open. Killing a character off when you are sure all storylines are over wouldn't really work as a soap death needs impact - it pulls in the viewers. I miss Pat but at least she died on screen so there was some point to it. |
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I am sure Bill Treacher asked to be killed off as he was adamant he wouldn't return. He was basically retiring. Also I doubt Arthur would have left Pauline so it was the only way to go.
Andy has since passed away a real life so there would be no chance of a return for him anyway. As for killing characters off, I for one am a firm believer that if an actor chooses to leave they should not assume the door should be left open. Killing a character off when you are sure all storylines are over wouldn't really work as a soap death needs impact - it pulls in the viewers. I miss Pat but at least she died on screen so there was some point to it. O/T his son has also worked in EE as a cop colleague of Jack's. |
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Pauline, Arthur, den, Lou, Ethel have also been killed off too (I know many of their actors died too) so their is no return for these characters now anyway