Celia Stewart
| Celia Stewart | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Home and Away character | |||||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by |
Fiona Spence Gilda Ferguson (flashback) Tatham Lennox (flashback) Annie Buckley (flashback) |
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| Duration | 1988–1990, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2012–2013, | ||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 26 January 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 5 March 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Alan Bateman (1988) John Holmes (2000) Julie McGauran (2002, 2005) Lucy Addario (2012) |
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| Classification | Former, regular | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Shopkeeper Missionary |
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| Home | Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Father | Gordon Stewart |
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| Mother | Sarah-Jane Stewart |
| Brothers | Alf Stewart |
| Sisters |
Morag Bellingham Barbara Stewart Debra Stewart |
| Half-sisters | Colleen Smart |
| Grandfathers | Angus Stewart |
| Nephews | Owen Dalby Duncan Stewart Alan Fisher Lance Smart |
| Nieces |
Quinn Jackson Roo Stewart Maureen Evans Rebecca Nash Bobby Marshall |
| Other relatives |
Martha MacKenzie (great-niece) Ric Dalby (great-nephew) Bryce Stewart (great-nephew) |
Martha MacKenzie (great-niece)
Sam Marshall (great nephew through adoption)
Seb Miller (great-
Celia Stewart is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away played by Fiona Spence. She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 26 January 1988. The character is portrayed as a gossiping busybody and spinster who occupies her time with the Presbyterian church. In her early appearances, she formed an alliance with Donald Fisher (Norman Coburn) and, though she has conservative views, she is not malicious. After one year as Celia, Spence hoped that she would find romance and change her attire. Producers decided to implement change and added smart outfits to the character's wardrobe. Spence decided to leave the series in 1990 and Celia departed the same year. She has since reprised the role on four occasions. After carrying out missionary work in Africa she returned to Summer Bay in 2000, 2002 and 2005. In 2012, it was announced that Spence had agreed to return once again. Originally heralded as the chance for Celia to reconnect with her on-screen brother, Alf Stewart (Ray Meagher), it was later revealed that she was hiding a shameful secret.
In the Home and Away Annual, Melanie J. Clayden wrote that Celia "loves to gossip and can be a real busybody". Celia "must be regarded" with sympathy because she is a "lonely spinster with nothing but the Presbyterian church to occupy her time". In the Annual written by Kesta Desmond, she was described as the youngest sister of Alf Stewart, but "unlike him she has never married" which turned her into the "stereotypical spinster" and "keen church goer" with a "bitter life". In the book Home and Away Special Celia and her older sister Morag Bellingham (Cornelia Frances) are described as being "two sides of a coin". Celia is "quiet and conservative", which contrasts with the "ruthless" Morag. Andrew Mercado wrote in his book, Super Aussie Soaps, that she was a "prudish" character. She has also been described as a "bitter spinster" and the "town gossip".
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