Irene Raymond
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| EastEnders character | |||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Roberta Taylor | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 1997–2000 | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 1489 14 August 1997 |
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| Last appearance | Episode 1996 31 August 2000 |
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| Introduced by | Jane Harris | ||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Shopkeeper | ||||||||||||
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| Sisters | Jenny Carter |
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| Husband |
Ted Hills (divorced) Terry Raymond (1999–2000) |
| Sons | Tony Hills |
| Daughters | Sarah Hills |
| Aunts | Maureen Carter |
| Nieces | Nina Harris |
Irene Constance Ethel Raymond (also Hills) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Roberta Taylor. Introduced in 1997 as the matriarch of the Hills family, Irene remained in the serial until 2000, when the actress opted to leave. Involved in comical and dramatic storylines, Irene is paired romantically with Terry Raymond (Gavin Richards), and is prominently featured as part of the 1999 Christmas Day episodes, where her extra-marital affair with a toy boy is discovered by Terry. Her departure storyline was filmed on-location in Spain, where she ends her marriage to Terry.
Irene is the ex-wife of Ted Hills (Brian Croucher) and the estranged mother of Sarah and Tony Hills (Daniela Denby-Ashe and Mark Homer), and she arrives in Albert Square following Ted's departure to South Africa in August 1997. She comes to stay with her children after she was fleeced out of her divorce settlement by a conman. Her children are initially hostile to her for being absent for so many years, as is her sister-in-law Kathy (Gillian Taylforth), who resents her for her treatment of her brother. Irene soon manages to sway her children's opinion back in her favour and they begin to grow close, although she does manage to ruin her son's relationship with Simon Raymond (Andrew Lynford), when she reveals Tony's fling with his colleague Polly Becker (Victoria Gould).
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