Alice Bates
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| Emmerdale character | |||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Kimberly Hewitt (1991–1993) Rachel Tolboys (1993–2001) |
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| Duration | 1991–1999, 2001 | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | 14 February 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 12 December 2001 | ||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Stuart Doughty (1991) Steve Frost (2001) |
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| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||
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| Home | Australia | ||||||||||||
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| Father | Nick Bates |
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| Mother | Elsa Chappell |
| Grandfathers | Malcolm Bates |
| Grandmothers |
Caroline Bates Elizabeth Pollard |
| Uncles |
William Bates Michael Feldmann |
| Aunts | Kathy Brookman |
Alice Rose Bates is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, Emmerdale, appearing from 1991 to 1999, before returning in 2001. She was played by two actresses: Kimberley Hewitt from 1991–1993 and by Rachel Tolboys from 1993–2001.
Alice was born in February 1991 to Nick Bates and Elsa Feldmann. Nick and Elsa were due to get married but Elsa went into premature labour and Zoe Tate delivered the baby at Mill Cottage. Elsa struggled to adapt to life as a mother and so on Christmas Eve 1991, she left Nick, taking Alice with her but struggling to cope, she gave Alice to Nick, saying that Alice prevented her from having a social life.
In December 1993, a plane crashed in the village. Alice's dad Nick was out with his friend, Archie Brooks, and Alice's live-in childminder. That night, Nick and Archie got a babysitter, Ruth Jameson, who left Alice alone just before the plane came down. Archie was killed but Nick survived. Alice was feared dead but was pulled out of the rubble of what had been her home a few days later. Nick spent several weeks in hospital and Alice went to stay with Elsa, who tried to make the arrangement permanent, claiming that Nick and Archie were lovers and that they neglected Alice, putting her in danger. The court didn't agree and Nick was awarded custody and Elsa left the area.
In 1996, Nick, was sent to prison for accidentally shooting a poacher. Alice went to live with Nick's sister, Kathy, who desperately tried to contact Elsa but was shocked to discover she'd moved to Australia without telling anyone. Realising she was all Alice had left and just how selfish and uncaring Elsa was, Kathy took custody of Alice. However, later that year, Kathy and Alice started getting threats from the family of the man Nick had killed. Nick and Kathy's mother, Caroline, came to Emmerdale and wanted to take Alice to Scarborough. However, Kathy was determined to fulfill Nick's wish of having Alice with her. Despite Kathy's best efforts to protect Alice from what Nick had done, she was forced to tell Alice the truth when Sarah Sugden told her that Alice had been telling people that Nick was in Australia, leading to Robert Sugden attempting to tell her that Nick was in prison.
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