Mary Smith (EastEnders)
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| Portrayed by | Linda Davidson | ||||||||||
| Duration | 1985–1988 | ||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 5 5 March 1985 |
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| Last appearance | Episode 345 26 May 1988 |
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| Book appearances | EastEnders: Growing Wild | ||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||
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| Occupation | Stripper Launderette assistant |
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| Father | Chris Smith |
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| Mother | Edie Smith |
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Brendan Smith Gary Smith |
| Sisters | Bridey Smith |
| Daughters | Annie Smith |
Theresa "Mary" Smith is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Linda Davidson, from 5 March 1985 to 26 May 1988.
Punk Mary is Walford's original . She often makes life difficult for herself due to her stubborn, defensive nature and she tends to feel that everyone around her is out to get her. In fact, Mary is her own worst enemy and most of her misfortune is down to her irresponsible behaviour and her inability to heed good advice.
Mary arrives in Walford in March 1985 when she is housed in Reg Cox's (Johnnie Clayton) old council flat (23b Albert Square), following his death. Before her arrival, Mary had been touring with a punk group. She had been sleeping with one of the members of the band, but was forced to quit when she became pregnant. Mary was originally from Stockport, but she moved to London when she became pregnant, as she wanted to escape her overbearing family who viewed Mary's choice of lifestyle with contempt.
Mary is the young, single mother of baby Annie, and she finds bringing her daughter up extremely difficult. She has little money and virtually no experience, and her inability to listen to anyone's advice means that she often makes mistakes with her daughter's welfare. This is compounded by the fact that Mary cannot read; Annie is nearly harmed when Mary gives her the wrong dosage of medication.
Mary is an incredibly irresponsible mother and almost everyone on the Square has a turn at looking after Annie at one time or another. Most take pity on Mary and are willing to help her out, which she regularly uses to her advantage. Mary makes an unlikely friendship with local busybody Dot Cotton (June Brown), who will regularly be put upon to babysit for baby Annie whilst Mary goes out to party or earns cash. Although Dot likes to preach to Mary, she is one of the few people that Mary listens to on Albert Square. Strapped for cash, Mary finds it difficult to provide for Annie, so her friend Sheena Menell (Dulice Liecier) talks her into becoming a stripper to earn some money, and she regularly dances for married shopkeeper Saeed Jeffery (Andrew Johnson). One night when Mary is out stripping, she leaves Annie in the care of Sheena. Sheena then leaves Annie alone while she goes out with a client. Mary's neighbour, Sue Osman (Sandy Ratcliff), finds Annie before any harm can come to her, but Mary subsequently cuts all ties with Sheena.
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