Maxine Roberts
| Maxine Roberts | |||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Ella Wilder | ||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 415 26 January 1989 |
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| Last appearance | Episode 425 2 March 1989 |
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| Classification | Former; guest | ||||||||
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| Occupation | Nurse | ||||||||
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| Brothers | Darren Roberts |
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| Sisters | Carmel Jackson |
| Nephews | Junior Roberts |
| Nieces | Aisha Roberts |
| Clare Butcher | |||||||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Lucy Foxell (1989) Caroline O'Neill (2002) |
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| Duration | 1989, 2002 | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 457 22 June 1989 |
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| Last appearance | Episode 2316 31 May 2002 |
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| Classification | Former; guest | ||||||||||||||
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| Father | Frank Butcher |
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| Mother | June Butcher |
| Brothers | Ricky Butcher |
| Sisters |
Diane Butcher Janine Butcher |
| Half-brothers | Danny Butcher |
| Grandmothers | Mo Butcher |
| Aunts | Joan Garwood |
| Danny Whiting | |||||
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| Portrayed by | Saul Jephcott | ||||
| Duration | 1989–90 | ||||
| First appearance | Episode 449 3 August 1989 |
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| Last appearance | Episode 527 22 February 1990 |
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| Classification | Former; regular | ||||
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| Wife | Mandy Whiting |
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| Daughters | Lauren Whiting |
| Vince Johnson | |
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| EastEnders character | |
| Portrayed by | Hepburn Graham |
| Duration | 1989–90 |
| First appearance | Episode 469 3 August 1989 |
| Last appearance | Episode 533 15 March 1990 |
| Introduced by | Mike Gibbon |
| Classification | Former; regular |
| Reggie Thompson | |
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| EastEnders character | |
| Portrayed by | John Rutland |
| First appearance | Episode 477 31 August 1989 |
| Last appearance | Episode 507 14 December 1989 |
| Classification | Former; regular |
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| Occupation | Retired |
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera EastEnders in 1989, by order of first appearance.
Maxine Roberts, played by Ella Wilder, is the selfish sister of Carmel Roberts (Judith Jacob), who first appears at Carmel's wedding to Matthew Jackson (Steven Hartley) in January 1989.
Maxine is a health care worker and she is highly ambitious. When her elderly parents can no longer cope with the responsibility of caring for her brother's two children, Maxine refuses to take over. She lives in a single room at the hospital where she works and makes it clear that her career is more important. She tries to persuade Carmel to take the children in and when she initially refuses, Maxine threatens to put them into care. Carmel believes that her niece and nephew should live with her, despite her husband's opposition and it causes many arguments. When Carmel's father has a stroke, Maxine brings the children, Junior Roberts (Aaron Carrington) and Aisha Roberts (Aisha Jacob) to the Jacksons, insisting that they take them immediately. Matthew is furious but he eventually relents.
Paul Priestly, played by Mark Thrippleton, is a builder, who came to London with a building firm he worked for, then decided to go it alone. He finds work around the Square – the money isn't great but there are benefits – for instance, Julie Cooper (Louise Plowright) discusses his building estimates while sharing a bed with him. He is a ladies man and a heart-breaker, as sixteen-year-old Diane Butcher (Sophie Lawrence) discovers. When their relationship grows too serious, he flees and a devastated Diane runs away from home shortly afterwards.
Marge Green, played by Pat Coombs, is first seen in May 1989 as a friend of Dot Cotton (June Brown) and Ethel Skinner (Gretchen Franklin). Marge also befriends Mo Butcher (Edna Doré), who regularly bosses her about. Marge is an elderly spinster who devotes her life to caring for her sickly 93-year-old mother, which is a massive strain on her. However, her mother dies towards the end of 1989. Although Marge is devastated, her friends helped her through it and she eventually comes to look forward to her future. However, Marge's cousin arrives and cons her into becoming his invalid mother's companion on a cruise ship. She leaves in February 1990, and has not been seen since.
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