Debra Dean | |||||||||
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EastEnders character | |||||||||
Portrayed by | Ruth Gemmell | ||||||||
First appearance | Episode 3714 5 January 2009 |
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Last appearance | Episode 3829 24 July 2009 |
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Introduced by | Diederick Santer | ||||||||
Classification | Former; recurring | ||||||||
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Occupation | Waitress | ||||||||
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Husband | Nathan Dean (backstory) |
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Sons | Ryan Malloy |
Daughters | Whitney Dean |
Granddaughters | Lily Branning |
Marissa Moore | |
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EastEnders character | |
Portrayed by | Finn Atkins |
First appearance | Episode 3719 13 January 2009 |
Last appearance | Episode 3728 29 January 2009 |
Introduced by | Diederick Santer |
Classification | Former; guest |
Profile | |
Occupation | Prostitute |
Andy Jones | |||||||
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EastEnders character | |||||||
Portrayed by | Aneirin Hughes | ||||||
Duration | 2009, 2016 | ||||||
First appearance | Episode 3721 16 January 2009 |
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Last appearance | Episode 5326 2 August 2016 |
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Introduced by |
Diederick Santer (2009) Dominic Treadwell-Collins (2016) |
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Classification | Former; recurring | ||||||
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Wife | Lizzie Jones (backstory) |
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Sons | Gareth Jones (aka Andy Flynn) |
Adoptive daughters | Danielle Jones |
Theo Kelly | |
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EastEnders character | |
Portrayed by | Rolan Bell |
First appearance | Episode 3726 26 January 2009 |
Last appearance | Episode 3806 15 June 2009 |
Classification | Former; regular |
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Occupation |
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Roger Clarke | |||||||
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EastEnders character | |||||||
Portrayed by | Geoffrey Hutchings | ||||||
First appearance | Episode 3731 3 February 2009 |
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Last appearance | Episode 3733 6 February 2009 |
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Classification | Former; guest | ||||||
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Wife | Linda Clarke |
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Sons | Christian Clarke |
Daughters | Jane Beale |
Syd Chambers | |||
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EastEnders character | |||
Portrayed by | Nina Toussaint-White | ||
First appearance | Episode 3733 6 February 2009 |
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Last appearance | Episode 3909 11 December 2009 |
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Introduced by | Diederick Santer | ||
Classification | Former; regular | ||
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Occupation | Nurse | ||
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Sons | Noah Chambers |
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EastEnders is a long-running BBC soap opera from the United Kingdom. This is a list of characters who first appeared on the programme during 2009, listed in order of their first appearance. They were all introduced by the show's executive producer, Diederick Santer.
Debra Dean, played by actress Ruth Gemmell, first appears on 5 January 2009. She is the mother of established character Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty), who she left along with Whitney's father, Nathan Dean, when Whitney was very young. Debra kept in touch with Nathan and his partner Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer) so Nathan and Bianca could keep her informed about Whitney. Debra is known to have worn a crucifix, which she gave to Whitney before she left. She also gave Whitney a porcelain doll that was broken by Whitney's sister, Tiffany (Maisie Smith).
Debra is first mentioned in late December 2008 when Whitney decides to get in touch, only to discover Debra has not received the letter as Bianca gave her the wrong address. She claims not to have the right address when Whitney asks for it, wanting to protect her, but Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks) discovers Bianca is lying and steals it from Bianca's address book, and gives it to Whitney.
Debra and Whitney meet on 5 January at a café where Debra works. Whitney tries to discuss when they had lived together but Debra is not interested. She shows no interest in Whitney, coldly rejecting her, upsetting Whitney so much that she breaks down in tears just after she leaves the café. She goes home and tells Bianca that she is her mother as Whitney felt visiting her birth mother was the biggest mistake she has made.
Whitney does not have any further contact with Debra until 5 June when she arrives unexpectedly. Bianca sends her away but Debra returns a few days later, insisting she wants to get to know her daughter. Bianca tells Ricky Butcher that Debra is not to be trusted and on Whitney's first birthday, she went on holiday with friends instead of being there for her daughter. Debra takes Whitney out for lunch at The Queen Victoria public house, where they start to bond, and Debra confesses that she is homeless. As a result, Whitney asks Bianca to let her stay with them. Whitney helps her sell some counterfeit DVDs. Their bond grows stronger and she surprises Whitney with her plan to move to Greece and asks if she will come. Whitney delightedly accepts, only to realise that Debra is using her when she leaves suddenly, passing her a sealed envelope and saying she will be back for it, and warning her not to open it or she would be "sorry".