Pearl Ladderbanks
| Pearl Ladderbanks | |||||||||
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| Emmerdale character | |||||||||
| Portrayed by | Meg Johnson | ||||||||
| Duration | 2003– | ||||||||
| First appearance | 30 July 2003 | ||||||||
| Introduced by | Steve Frost | ||||||||
| Classification | Present; regular | ||||||||
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| Occupation | Receptionist | ||||||||
| Home | Smithy Cottage | ||||||||
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| Husband | Ted Ladderbanks (1959–1996) |
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| Sons | Frank Bernard Hartbourne |
| Grandsons | Owen Hartbourne |
| Granddaughters | Nadine Hartbourne |
Pearl Ladderbanks (also Hartbourne) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, Emmerdale, played by Meg Johnson. She first appeared on the show during the episode airing on 30 July 2003.
Pearl's storylines include defending her rapist son Frank Bernard Hartbourne (Rob Parry), being trapped in a fire during the Sugden house explosion, developing a gambling addiction, committing embezzlement in order to feed her gambling and faking Alzheimer's disease to prevent her addiction from being revealed.
Pearl arrived in Emmerdale village and caught Len Reynolds (Peter Martin) and Jarvis Skelton (Richard Moore)'s attention and was branded a trollop by prim Edna Birch (Shirley Stelfox). Pearl soon set her cap at Len but he took a while to see she was the woman for him. Eventually they got together and Len proposed in church one day. She accepted and the couple settled down together. It looked like they were heading for a happy-ever-after but Len and Pearl’s relationship was tested to its limit by Pearl's terrible secret. Her son Frank Bernard Hartbourne, who she claimed was a financial advisor, was released from prison in 2004 after completing a sentence for rape. Len was horrified when he found out and nearly ended things with Pearl but realised the awful pain she had suffered and agreed to stand by her.
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