Beth Hunter
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| Home and Away character | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Clarissa House | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2003–2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 17 April 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 30 January 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Julie McGuaran | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Book appearances | Dani on Trial | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former, regular | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Surf club worker school secretary caravan park owner Bar owner |
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| Father | Graham Walters |
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| Stepmother | Amanda Vale |
| Brothers | Ryan Baker (step) |
| Sisters | Belle Taylor (step) |
| Husband |
Jack Hunter (until 2002) Rhys Sutherland (2004–2005) |
| Sons |
Scott Hunter Robbie Hunter Henry Hunter |
| Daughters |
Kit Hunter Matilda Hunter |
| Stepdaughters |
Dani Sutherland Kirsty Sutherland Laura DeGroot Jade Sutherland |
| Grandsons |
Noah Smith Archie Hunter Hyde |
| Granddaughters | Ella Hunter |
Elizabeth Ann "Beth" Hunter (née Walters, previously Sutherland) is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Clarissa House. She made her first on-screen appearance on 17 April 2003 and departed on 30 January 2007. The character died from injuries sustained in a car crash on 23 April 2007.
The serial's official website described Beth as an "open-minded" female who holds a "strong sense of personal morality and integrity". When characters get to know Beth she shows a "delicious sense of humour". Beth is portrayed as a country girl who did not see herself as "anything but a farmer's wife" whilst married to Jack Hunter (Ian Lind). Marriage and family mean everything to Beth and she also ignored her husband's affair to keep her family together. They also said that Beth's "world fell apart" when Jack died.
One of Beth's main romances is with Tony Holden (Jon Sivewright). Sivewright said that both Beth and Tony have got "very good attitudes towards their kids" and are supportive to them and the community. Beth and Tony support each other when making parental decisions, even if they did not personally agree with the other's actions. Sivewright said that "even though Tony would question what Beth was doing, he was still supporting her. That’s what Beth does with Tony as well."
Beth features in many emotional storylines. House has said that after she had filmed an emotional scene, she exercised to forget about her character's feelings.
Beth is the mother of Scott (Kip Gamblin), Kit (Amy Mizzi), Robbie (Jason Smith), Henry (Tobi Atkins) and Matilda (Indiana Evans). Beth was married to Jack, the father of her five children until his death in 2002. Beth had known about Jack's ongoing affair with Valerie Squires (Denise Roberts) and did not tell the children, thinking it would hurt their family. It later emerges Scott knew secretly and kept it to himself for the same reason as Beth.
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