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Maxine Roberts
EastEnders character
Portrayed by Ella Wilder
First appearance Episode 415
26 January 1989
Last appearance Episode 425
2 March 1989
Classification Former; guest
Profile
Occupation Nurse
Clare Butcher
EastEnders character
Portrayed by Lucy Foxell (1989)
Caroline O'Neill (2002)
Duration 1989, 2002
First appearance Episode 457
22 June 1989
Last appearance Episode 2316
31 May 2002
Introduced by Mike Gibbon (1989)
John Yorke (2002)
Classification Former; guest
Danny Whiting
EastEnders character
Portrayed by Saul Jephcott
Duration 1989–90
First appearance Episode 449
3 August 1989
Last appearance Episode 527
22 February 1990
Classification Former; regular
Vince Johnson
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
EastEnders character
Portrayed by John Rutland
First appearance Episode 477
31 August 1989
Last appearance Episode 507
14 December 1989
Classification Former; regular
Profile
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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