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Top 20 female soap characters of all time
Any female character past and present from any soap past and present.
01. Pat the Rat/Alison Carr - Rowena Wallace and Belinda Giblin. [Sons And Daughters] 02. Lizzie Birdsworth - Shelia Florance [Prisoner: Cell Block H] 03. Shannon Reed - Isla Fisher [Home And Away] 04. Izzy Hoyland - Natalie Bassingthwaite [Neighbours] 05. Gail Platt - Helen Worth [Coronation Street] 06. Kath Maxwell - Kate Hood [Prisoner: Cell Block H] 07. Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie [ Coronation Street] 08. Vera Duckworth - Liz Dawn [Coronation Street] 09. Irene Roberts - Lynne McGranger [Home and Away] 10. Kim Tate - Claire King [Emmerdale] 11. Dot Cotton - June Brown [EastEnders] 12. Chrissie Latham -Amanda muggleton [Prisoner: Cell Block H] 13. Elsie Tanner - Pat Phoenix [Coronation Street] 14. Vera 'Vinegar Tits' Bennett - Fiona Spence [Prisoner: Cell Block H] 15. Madge Bishop - Anne Charleston [Neighbours] 16. Leanne Battersby - Jane Danson [Coronation Street] 17. Pippa Fletcher/Ross - Vanessa Downing and Debra Lawrance [Home and Away] 18. Joan 'the freak' Ferguson - Maggie Kirkpatrick [Prisoner: Cell Block H] 19. Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear [Coronation Street] 20. Bea Smith - Val Lehman [Prisoner: Cell Block H] Thats mine. Whats yours? |
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In no particular order
Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan (Dynasty) Sue Ellen Ewing (Dallas) Julie Martin (Neighbours) Tracey Barlow (as played by Kate Ford Corrie) Tiffany Mitchell (EastEnders) Cindy Beale (EastEnders) Bet Lynch (Corrie) Angie Watts (EastEnders) Annie Richards (Sunset Beach) Brenda Walsh (Beverly Hills 90210) The Freak Ferguson (Prisoner Cell Block H) Pamela Ewing (Dallas) Pippa Ross (Home & Away) Bobby Marshall (Home & Away) Susannah Farnham (Brookside) Angel Parrish (Home & Away) Mariah Torres Evans (Sunset Beach) Bianca Butcher (EastEnders) Sam Hagen (Take the high Road) Maxine Peacock (Corrie) |
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1. Pat Butcher ~ Pam St Clement
In no particular order... Lou Beale ~ Anna Wing Ethel Skinner ~ Gretchen Franklin Dot Cotton ~ June Brown Janine Butcher ~ Charlie Brooks Sharon Watts ~ Letitia Dean Ena Sharples ~ Violet Carson (RIP 23 years today) Minnie Caldwell ~ Margot Bryant Martha Longhurst ~ Lynne Carol Annie Walker ~ Doris Speed Elsie Tanner ~ Pat Phoenix Eileen Grimshaw ~ Sue Cleaver (The modern day Elsie, without the men) Hilda Ogden ~ Jean Alexander Betty Turpin ~ Betty Driver Rita Fairclough ~ Barbara Knox Helen Daniels ~ Anne Haddy Madge Bishop ~ Anne Charleston Susan Kennedy ~ Jackie Woodburne Irene Roberts ~ Lynne McGranger Mandy Hutchinson ~ Sarah Dunn Mandy wouldn't usually make my top 20 but I wanted to make sure there was a mix, can't be having all Coronation Street characters. If I wanted to include drama, Yvonne Atkins, Shell Dockley & Tanya Turner would all be up there. |
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I only watch The ' Big 2' and EE so I cannot include most of the minor soaps.
In no particular Order Elsie Tanner Rita Fairclough Hilda Ogden Ena Sharples Emily Bishop Annie Walker Bet Lynch Sally Webster Gail Platt Dierdre Barlow Vera Duckworth Meg Richardson, Crossroads Jill Richardson, Crossroads Dot Cotton Pauline Fowler Pat Butcher Peggy Mitchell Kim Tate Annie Sugden Zoe Tate |
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1. Chrissie Watts (EE)
2. Sharon Watts (EE) 3. Bea Smith (PCBH) 4. Alexis Carrington (Dynasty) 5. Pat Hamilton (S&D) 6. Pauline Fowler (EE) 7. Dot Cotton (EE) 8. Pat Evans (EE) 9. Joan Ferguson (PCBH) 10. Chrissie Latham (PCBH) 11. Irene Raymond (EE) 12. Cindy Beale (EE) 13. Kat Slater (EE) 14. Eileen Grimshaw (CS) 15. Tiffany Raymond (EE) 16. Bianca Butcher (EE) 17. Rosa di Marco (EE) 18. Janine Butcher (EE) 19. Vera Bennet (PCBH) 20. Peggy Mitchell |
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BRITISH SOAP LIST
1. Tiffany Mitchell - Eastenders 2. Kim Tate Marchant - Emmerdale 3. Bet Lynch Gilroy - Corrie 4. Cindy Williams Beale - Eastenders 5. Elsie Tanner - Corrie 6. Dot Cotton - Eastenders 7. Sheila Grant - Brookside 8. Beth Jordache - Brookside 9. Pat Butcher - Eastenders 10. Bev McLaughlin - Brookside 11. Sharon Watts - Eastenders 12. Raquel Wolstenhulme - Corrie 13. Peggy Mitchell - Eastenders 14. Zoe Tate - Emmerdale 15. Bianca Jackson - Eastenders 16. Lady Tara Oakwell - Emmerdale 17. Angie Watts - Eastenders 18. Tanya Pooley - Corrie 19. Sadie Hargreaves - Family Affairs 20. Jill Richardson Chance Harvey- Crossroads specials mentions Hilda Ogden, Deidre Barlow, Rita Fairclough Last edited by AdamArmand : 27-12-2006 at 01:29. |
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Originally Posted by AdamArmand
19. Sadie Hargreaves - Family Affairs
![]() A revised list: 1. Pat Butcher ~ Pam St Clement In no particular order... Lou Beale ~ Anna Wing Ethel Skinner ~ Gretchen Franklin Dot Cotton ~ June Brown Janine Butcher ~ Charlie Brooks Sharon Watts ~ Letitia Dean Ena Sharples ~ Violet Carson (RIP 23 years yesterday) Minnie Caldwell ~ Margot Bryant Martha Longhurst ~ Lynne Carol Annie Walker ~ Doris Speed Elsie Tanner ~ Pat Phoenix Eileen Grimshaw ~ Sue Cleaver (The modern day Elsie, without the men) Hilda Ogden ~ Jean Alexander Betty Turpin ~ Betty Driver Rita Fairclough ~ Barbara Knox Helen Daniels ~ Anne Haddy Madge Bishop ~ Anne Charleston Susan Kennedy ~ Jackie Woodburne Yasmin Mackenzie ~ Ebony Thomas Sadie Hargreaves ~ Barbara Young So much choice with the women, a male list would be much easier. Last edited by Pete Callan : 27-12-2006 at 02:12. |
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I guess in recent years polls have voted for Hilda and such, however thats because clips of her have been played so much.
But for the fact at the time she was in soap, Noele Gordon won the most 'soap' and 'TV' awards in her field, and she remains unbeaten so I'll stick.. Meg Richardson - Crossroads as number 1. Elsie Tanner - Coronation St. Rita Fairclough - Coronation St. Angie Watts - EastEnders. Sheila Grant - Brookside Dot Cotton - EastEnders Jill Chance - Crossroads Valerie Pollard - Crossroads Ena Sharples - Coronation St Pat Butcher - EastEnders Vera Bennett - PCBH Joan Furguson - PCBH Helen Daniels - Neighbours Ada Simmons - The Young Doctors Rosemary Hunter - Crossroads Erica Davidson - PCBH and Bet Lynch - Coronation St (before she became a parody of herself cum drag act.) |
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Noele Gordon was the first lady of television, its a fact. All those Corrie women could do was grimace as she picked up award year after year.
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Noele Gordon was an incredibly popular TV actress. During her years with Crossraods she won the title of Most Popular TV Female Personality 8 years in succession. No doubt she would have continued to win this title but she was asked not to stand again to give someone else a chance! Her success and popularity were quite remarkable when you consider that Crossroads was shown at different times of the afternoon/evening across the ITV network (5.20pm in the south of England but 6.35pm in London/Anglia regions). Noele was a true TV legend and she's still much missed.
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Well yes, she was and she is very popular. There is the documented time when ITV expected 3,000 people to visit Nottingham Forest Football ground to see her present a live show - 27,000 turned up.
Sadly television producers have forgotten her in recent years (Apart from ITV Central who featured her in their ITV50 celebrations. And earlier the BBC who did a TV Heros show on her.) As well as her 8 TV Times awards, she also won Most popular person on television / most popular female / best actress and best dressed person on TV over many years. The latter award even lead to one clothes company bringing out a rage of clothes under the Noele Gordon tag in 1980. Her axing had more coverage than the pope being shot. Just very sad she's been neglected by TV in recent years, she deserves much more than she's been given. A blue plaque somewhere would be nice. Not just for her Crossroads popularity, but for all her other groundbreaking feats she did for the BBC and ATV. |
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Bev McLoughlin - Brookside
Sheila Grant - Brookside Beth Jordache - Brookside Angie Watts - EastEnders Bet Lynch - Coronation Street |
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In no particular order
1 Sharon Watts (EE) 2 Angie Watts (EE) 3 Cindy Beale (EE) 4 Michelle Fowler (EE) 5 Mandy Richardson (H/oaks) 6 Mel Burton (H/oaks) 7 Sophie Burton (H/oaks) 8 Clare Cunningham (H/oaks) 9 Tiffany Mitchell (EE) 10 Pauline Fowler (EE) 11 Dot Cotton (EE) 12 Ethel Skinner (EE) 13 Mandy Salter (EE) 14 Janine Butcher (EE) 15 Stacey Slater (EE) 16 Ruby Allen (EE) 17 Kathy Hills (EE) 18 Lisa shaw (EE) 19 Bianca Jackson (EE) 20 Courtney Mitchell (EE) |
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In no particular order
5 Mandy Richardson (H/oaks)
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WTF?!?!?!
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I only watch The ' Big 2' and EE so I cannot include most of the minor soaps.
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Corrie:
1 Elsie Tanner 2 Bet Lynch 3 Deirdre Barlow 4 Sally Webster 5 Liz McDonald 6 Rita Sullivan 7 Vera Duckworth Eastenders: 8 Sharon Watts 9 Angie Watts 10 Tiffany Mitchell 11 Kathy Mitchell 12 Michelle Fowler 13 Cindy Beale Emmerdale: 14 Kim Tate Brookside: 15 Jackie Corkhill 16 Sheila Grant Neighbours 17 Charlene Robinson 18 Helen Daniels Home And Away 19 Angel Parrish 20 Irene Roberts |
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1 Sharon Watts (EE) 2 Angie Watts (EE) 3 Cindy Beale (EE) 4 Michelle Fowler (EE) 5 Mandy Richardson (H/oaks) 6 Mel Burton (H/oaks) 7 Sophie Burton (H/oaks) 8 Clare Cunningham (H/oaks) 9 Tiffany Mitchell (EE) 10 Pauline Fowler (EE) 11 Dot Cotton (EE) 12 Ethel Skinner (EE) 13 Mandy Salter (EE) 14 Janine Butcher (EE) 15 Stacey Slater (EE) 16 Ruby Allen (EE) 17 Kathy Hills (EE) 18 Lisa shaw (EE) 19 Bianca Jackson (EE) 20 Courtney Mitchell (EE)
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LOL, you obviously mean the big 2 for ITV.
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In No Order
1. Kim Tate 2. Kathy Glover 3. Annie Sugden 4. Mandy Dingle 5. Elsie Tanner 6. Hilda Ogden 7. Bet Lynch 8. Emily Bishop 9. Vera Duckworth 10. Linda Baldwin 11. Rita Sullivan 12. Raquel Watts 13. Sharon Watts 14. Pauline Fowler 15. Ethel Skinner 16. Dot Cotton 17. Michelle Fowler 18. Lisa Shaw 19. Sadie King 20. Blanche Hunt |
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In no particular order:
1) Meg Mortimer (Crossroads) 2) Jill Richardson 3) Judy Bryant (PCBH) 4) Lizzie Birdsworth 5) Vera Bennett 6) Ada Simmonds (Young Doctors) 7) Patricia Dunne-Hamilton-Palmer-Morrell/Alison Carr (S&D) 8) Shirely Dean-Gilroy (A Country Practice) 9) Jackie Corkhill (Brookside) 10) Sheila Grant 11) Annie Walker (Corrie) 12) Ena Sharples 13) Elsie Tanner 14) Rita Littlewood-Fairclough-Sullivan 15) Pat Butcher (EE) 16) Dot Cotton-Branning 17) Peggy Mitchell 18) Ethel Skinner 19) Diane Blackstock-Sugden (Emmerdale) 20) Zoe Tate |
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1. Frankie Baldwin
2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. |
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1. Frankie Baldwin - Corrie
2. Sally Webster - Corrie 3. Michelle Connor - Corrie 4. Claire Peacock -Corrie 5. Mandy - Hollyoaks 6.Susan Kennedy - Neighbours 7. Little Mo - EE 8. Louise Aplleton - Emmerdale 9. Helen Worth - Corrie 10. Judy Mallet - Corrie 11. Sam Nixon - The Bill 12. Tricia Dingle - Emmerdale 13. Maxine Peacock - Corrie 14. Steph Hoyland - Neighbours 15. Rita Sullivan - Corrie 16. Emily Bishop - Corrie 17. Raquel Watts - Corrie 18. Emma Watts - Corrie 19. Tricia Williams - Holby 20. Sadie King - Emmerdale |
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(1) Julie Martin (Neigh.)
(2) Angie Watts (EE) (3) Kim Tate (Emmer.) (4) Pauline Fowler (EE) (5) Helen Daniels (Neigh.) (6) Blanche Hunt (Corrie) (7) Gail Hillman (Corrie) (8) Pat Evans (EE) (9) Cheryl Stark (Neigh.) (10) Kathy Mitchell (EE) (11) Peggy Mitchell (EE) (12) Zoe Tate (Emmer.) (13) Rita Sullivan (Corrie) (14) Cindy Beale (EE) (15) Sharon Watts (EE) (16) Steph Stokes (Emmer.) (17) Audrey Roberts (Corrie) (18) Kat Slater (EE) (19) Emily Bishop (Corrie) (20) Betty Turpin (Corrie) |
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Can't believe i forgot Blanche!
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