Mo Butcher
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| EastEnders character | |||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Edna Doré | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1988–1990 | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 373 1 September 1988 |
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| Last appearance | Episode 607 29 November 1990 |
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| Introduced by | Julia Smith | ||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||
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| Brothers | Sidney Herbert |
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| Sisters | Edie |
| Husband | Chike Butcher |
| Sons | Frank Butcher |
| Daughters | Joan Garwood |
| Grandsons |
Ricky Butcher Danny Butcher |
| Granddaughters |
Clare Butcher Diane Butcher Janine Butcher |
Maureen "Mo" Butcher is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Edna Doré between 1988 and 1990. She is introduced as the matriarch figure of the Butcher family, Frank Butcher's (Mike Reid) elderly mother. She is portrayed as a battle-axe, tough and interfering. Her most notable storyline first aired in 1990, when the character is used to portray descent into Alzheimer's disease. Doré opted to leave the serial that same year; Mo was written out of the soap making her last appearance in November. Mo was killed-off in 1992, but her death was not screened.
Mo was born in Walthamstow in 1910. During her teenage years she married Chike Butcher who worked for London Transport. Chike got promoted to transport inspector at the age of forty-five, and Mo felt she had achieved status. They had two children, Frank (Mike Reid) and Joan (Mary Millar). Following Chike's death, Mo never remarried; she busied herself with caring for Frank's children, particularly when their mother June died in 1987.
Mo moves to Albert Square in September 1988 to be near Frank and his family. She disapproves of the way Frank is raising his teenage children Ricky (Sid Owen) and Diane (Sophie Lawrence) and immediately clashes with his fiancée Pat Wicks (Pam St. Clement), bringing up her past reputation as a prostitute and threatening to put a halt to their impending marriage. During her time in Walford Mo has an array of jobs; she first works in the kitchens of The Queen Victoria, then on Arthur Fowler's (Bill Treacher) fruit and veg stall and then in Ali Osman's (Nejdet Salih) café. However all her jobs come to an end due to her interference, causing her employers no end of grief.
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