When this goes wrong and a homeless boy dies, Frank has a breakdown and in April 1994, he abandons Pat and his children, leaving Pat destitute and heartbroken. A desperate Pat turns to Janine and asks for money. Despite family and marital problems, Frank and Pat are happy until 1992 when they begin to struggle financially, forcing them to sell the B&B. [9] However, she was persuaded to continue by producer Julia Smith, who said: "'We've only seen one layer of the onion skin—the defensiveness—now we'll start to peel away more and get to the vulnerability that lies behind it'. He is later cleared when the real culprit, the Walford Attacker, is caught. They develop a rapport and when Andy is murdered by Johnny Allen (Billy Murray) in 2005, Pat is stunned to discover that he has left her his house in his will. The others just watched. In August 2007, Pat discovers her mother lied about the date of her sister Joan's death. Includes photos, videos, and causes of death. Who is next in the age line? She also made a return as a hallucination for Peggy Mitchell's (Barbara Windsor) death on 17 May 2016. She was played by Pam St Clement from 12 June 1986, just over a year after the show first aired, until her departure on 1 January 2012. Pat and Frank would meet up from time to time, and on each occasion the affair would be rekindled, but Frank would not leave June. However, in March 2003, Roy discovers that Pat knew that Barry's wife, Natalie Evans (Lucy Speed), was having an affair with Frank's son, Ricky Butcher (Sid Owen). Even about myself leaving - people in the cast would come up and say, 'How do you feel?' [23], fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson, SPOILER ALERT EastEnders' Pat Evans left fighting for her life, "This Morning - (EastEnders) Pam St Clement Interview - 3/1/2012", "Tomorrow some 20 million people will tune in to EastEnders", "Take that, Pat! "We have used it for Michelle and Lofty and also for Dot Cotton and Lou Beale. They find they had a common bond, with the dominance of Lou and Pete in their lives. Pat suffers a heart attack in January 2010 amidst increasing animosity with Janine. [20] An EastEnders insider commented: "Pat is EastEnders - she was the heart and soul of the show and bosses have pulled out all the stops for her funeral. No she has a really posh accent in real life ... 1 decade ago. I'd love to have done a late-night episode - you'd have heard proper language then! But actually Pam is a real loss up there. Kid sympathizers branded Garrett a coward for shooting down Billy in the dark and claimed the Kid was unarmed to boot. Pam adds: “But the most bizarre homage was a fan with a tattoo of Pat’s face on her forearm. While Pat, Roy, Frank, Peggy, Terry Raymond (Gavin Richards) and Irene Raymond (Roberta Taylor) are holidaying in Spain, Frank seduces Pat. She has 4 grandchildren: Bianca, Joe, Karen and Steven. Janine arrives to evict the family after Pat is unable to pay all her debts back but soon realises that Pat is not faking her illness and is devastated. Diana and I settled into a happy and stable ­relationship. Visiting her sick stepmother, Janine confesses to Pat that she is pregnant and Pat convinces her to keep the baby, before they finally reconcile. JOIN OUR SERVER!! Pam was an original committee member. Pat, played by actress Pam St Clement, was initially introduced on a three-episode trial basis. She is devastated and despite initial feuding, she and Peggy support each other through Frank's funeral. Pete eventually left her and they divorced. Eventually, Frank's daughter Diane Butcher (Sophie Lawrence) brings news that Frank is alive, and so Pat begins getting on with her life.[6]. Roy later asks Pat for a divorce and in February 2001, Pat decides to join Simon in New Zealand, but Roy follows her to the airport and tells her that he wants to be with her, despite Barry's objections. Pat Butcher died of pancreatic cancer January 2012 Pat Butcher was played by Pam St Clement (Image: Todd Anthony/BBC)7 of 24 Jim Branning died of a heart attack in April 2015 (although the character was last seen on-screen in 2011) Car dealer Roy Evans (Tony Caunter) arrives in Albert Square and is attracted to Pat, but early attempts to woo her get him nothing but refusals. In her sensational new autobiography, Pam, 72, also tells how an axe-wielding maniac launched a terrifying homophobic attack on her and a group of friends outside a well-known gay club. Leaving the EastEnders 'family' will be akin to a bereavement. Peggy throws Frank out and he leaves Walford alone. PAT Butcher is reportedly set to re-appear in EastEnders, four years after her death in the soap. I wanted to woo and be wooed and felt no guilt. However, June became pregnant with Frank's child, so Frank married her, breaking Pat's heart. And as far as I can say, I read the script and I thought, 'Oh, this is fantastic - it's every actor's dream'. Speaking on Daybreak, St. Clement explained: "I wasn't going to watch [the final episode] with anybody - I was going to record it and then watch it in a darkened room somewhere, where I could be terribly critical and jump about saying, 'Stupid woman - why did you play it like that?' But at home things were increasingly unhappy. [14] Pat was killed off in the special New Year's Day episode. Pam made a surprise reappearance in Albert Square recently as Pat Butcher's ghost but her next character is still very much alive and kicking "[13] Pat will leave later in the year and executive producer Bryan Kirkwood said her departure would be a "fitting" storyline. Pat struggles as stepmother to Frank's children, particularly his youngest daughter, Janine Butcher (Rebecca Michael). "He expected me to follow him but I didn’t. Pat lives up to her promiscuous reputation and, with encouragement from Mehmet Osman (Haluk Bilginer), ends the year, prostituting herself. When Laura accidentally falls down the stairs and dies, Janine is arrested on suspicion of murder. And I have to say, it also challenged me in a way that I hadn't been challenged. Something went wrong, please try again later. Pat tries to turn their fortunes around by starting a cab firm, PatCabs. Also, St. Clement explained the experience of filming her final episode. A Minnesota woman who died at the age of 80 last week will not be missed by her family, who let the public know in a biting obituary. [21] She told This Morning: "They were really difficult scenes to play, because we didn't want Pam to leave," Coulson explained. Jo Cooke and her friend Alison were on This Morning today to talk about their plus size wedding dress shop. [citation needed] Comedian Lee Evans had once used Pat as one of his jokes in his tour Live at the O2 Arena. 1 decade ago. Life after the criminal characters was bound to be quieter for Billy, but he has kept up the working pace with roles in several British films including Doghouse, Rise of the Footsoldier and Dead Cert. Ghosts is a 2019 BBC One comedy horror sitcom written by and starring the original cast of Horrible Histories (Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond). When Janine's boyfriend Michael Moon (Steve John Shepherd) spots Derek and Liam together, he forms an allegiance with Pat over their hatred of him and they proceed to call his probation officer to check up on him, infuriating Derek. But the Albert Square legend appears to have come back from the dead. Shortly after, Janine goes to see Pat, telling her she is moving the repayment deadline to the following day after an argument with Bianca. Pat Butcher (Ok they changed her name to Evans, but it never stuck) died in January 2012. He’d become a Customs and Excise officer and applied for a transfer to Scotland. “I’ve never been a rabid party-political person, but striving for justice and fairness for all seems logical. “But our life together was not destined to last. In addition, she was an old friend of Angie Watts (Anita Dobson), a former lover of Angie's husband Den (Leslie Grantham) and, as a supposed former resident of Walford, she was known to many of the other regular characters such as Dot Cotton (June Brown) and Ethel Skinner (Gretchen Franklin). Pat is admitted to hospital having suffered a pulmonary embolus and the doctors run some tests but she discharges herself secretly, telling Ricky she has been allowed to go. Harvey secretly woos them both, causing various rows between the women when they find out. 0 … Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) sees them together and tells Patrick's wife, Yolande (Angela Wynter), which ends the affair and ignites a feud between Pat and Yolande. Pat refuses, but Frank assures her that he will always love her. By the end of 1989, the Butchers have moved from The Queen Vic to the B&B across the Square, which Pat runs while Frank opens a used car lot. "I was positive that I was going to go up in a load of flames with The Vic - I thought that was going to happen, but of course it didn't. Everything else is an extra around it. “That month in Sydney went all too quickly and we were soon saying our farewells at the airport with promises of reunions back in the UK. There isn't anyone. Meanwhile, Pam got more and more involved in gay rights with her EastEnders colleague Michael Cashman and other well-known stars against a change in the law which then barred local authorities from promoting homosexuality. Janine persuades Pat to have the pacemaker fitted and she makes a full recovery. St. Clement said she was pleased for a dramatic exit. "You don't see everybody all the time [at EastEnders] at all, and sometimes you can go for months without seeing somebody. Pat Butcher (2012) This content is imported from YouTube. She had flings with Den Watts (Leslie Grantham) and Kenny Beale (Michael Attwell)—both restless men, unwilling to settle down with her. She definitely wanted to leave, but I don't know if she wanted to be killed off - that's the chance you have to take," Windsor continued. For the two days it was being filmed, staff on the lot talked about nothing else. I think she's making the right move, it's nice to spread your wings a bit. Her carnal abstinence is a blessing for Roy, as he later admits he is impotent and can offer nothing more than platonic love. I had a feeling he saw me as ambitious. Pat, who is Janine's alibi, lies to the police and so Janine is implicated as revenge for Barry's death. 0 0. itgirl23. In May 2016, Peggy returns to Walford with terminal cancer that has spread to her brain. Pat finally convinces Roy that it was him she wants, although she finds it hard to let go of Frank completely. But as soon as I started working on it, I think everybody did start getting quite emotional - but I couldn't. They were too young, rushing into a difficult life for all the wrong reasons, and truthfully, [Pat] was a vicious shrew...[Pete] divorced [Pat] and married Kathy when he was 24...His two sons by his first marriage are nineteen and twenty and he hardly sees them..."[7], Pat was first seen on-screen in June 1986, over a year after the show debuted. WrestlerDeaths.com is the #1 Dead Wrestlers and WWE Deaths tribute site! When Lydia dies in the night, Pat comforts Janine but later turns on her, believing that she killed Lydia to get her money, despite the fact Janine had already seen the will and knew that Lydia was donating her money to charity. Thank you, though.” It seemed that if the Captain had never lived a life in the army, he would have been well suited as a wedding planner. St Clement is known to be an intensely private person who seldom speaks about her personal life. They are due to depart on Guy Fawkes Night in November 2000, when Pat has second thoughts. Simon turns up after the funeral has ended with flowers and lays them down at her grave. When I saw the programme I couldn't believe how good it was. She told The Sun: "They didn't just want me to say ta-ta and get on the No 30 bus because that wouldn't do me justice. Imagine the killing she could make New Years Eve. After this you never get mentioned again. When the police take Janine in for questioning over Lydia's death, Janine believes Pat phoned them, although it is later revealed that it was Ryan Malloy (Neil McDermott). And in Garrett’s later years many viewed him as a violence-prone relic from an unseemly past. It was 1969 before Pam wed. And as much as she tried to make things work with her merchant seaman husband Louis, it wasn’t to be. When Ricky returns from Dubai, he reveals that he has lost all his money, so Pat explains that they will lose the house by the end of the week if a payment is not made. During a meeting with scriptwriters, the programme makers decided to try to recapture some of the soap's "original grittiness that seemed to be getting lost in its own success". Everybody on the Square mourns for Pat the next day, and Norman comes back with a bunch of flowers for her, not knowing that she has already died. Pat Evans (also Beale, Harris, Wicks and Butcher) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders.She was played by Pam St Clement from 12 June 1986, just over a year after the show first aired, until her departure on 1 January 2012. [12], On 7 July 2011, it was announced that St. Clement had quit EastEnders. David then tells Pat that he forgives her for all the times she let him down when he was a child. There, she is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, which has metastasised to her lungs, bones and abdomen. Then she fell in love with Diana, who was to become a major part of her life. David tells Pat that he is sorry for the mess he has made of things over the years. With Pam, I was very, very surprised, because she could always go back. When Pat discovered that Mo, now Jimmy's wife, had slept with Tony, she informed her brother; Mo denied it, and Jimmy subsequently disowned Pat. Pat is touched to discover that Joan often spoke of how much she loved her. EastEnders and death go hand in hand and Walford is by far the most dangerous place in the WHOLE of London (well, fictionally anyway.) In desperation, Frank pays Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) to torch the car lot in an insurance scam. Pat rings Simon to find out whether he can pay her the money but is left horrified when he tells her his brother David slept with his wife. Derek arrives in Walford and recognises Pat. We are hoping that everyone dons their biggest and tackiest earrings to mark one of the saddest days in the history of Walford. [5] Following Lou's death, Pat forms a close friendship with her former foe, Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth), Pete's second wife. Pat is summoned as a witness for the prosecution at Janine's trial in December 2005, where she meets Frank again. And she reveals she had to drive her car straight at him to save them all. They left Walford due to David's feud with fellow schoolboy Derek Branning (Terence Beesley; Jamie Foreman) who terrorised the entire family because David got his sister Carol (Lindsey Coulson) pregnant. "[16], Barbara Windsor who played Peggy Mitchell predicted that Pat would be "sorely missed" by fans. Ever since the much-loved soap was catapulted onto our screens back in 1985, there have been a whopping 123 deaths on the square, with Joyce Murray being the most recent. Opening up for the first time about her early years concealing her bisexuality, Pam says flying out to Australia gave her the breathing space she needed. “Not all the local residents were tolerant of the club’s existence. Did you know we have a dedicated TV and Film page on Facebook? Tags. Not only is the episode extra long, with plenty of nods to the iconic lady, it really is the end of the earring. [8] Pat immediately "threw a spanner in the works" by telling Pete that he was not Simon's biological father, as she had previously claimed. In February 2006, missing male company, Pat begins flirting with Patrick Trueman (Rudolph Walker), who is married but unable to resist the chance at a casual fling with Pat. Although not one of the serial's original protagonists, Pat is referred to in the character outline of Pete Beale, who appeared on-screen in EastEnders' first episode, as written by Smith and Holland in their book, EastEnders: The Inside Story: "[Pete] married very young to Pat—it turned out to be a total disaster. 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She also says that Den is a possibility but later rules Den out and demands that he has sex with her, or she will tell people that he is the father. She says she “ignored the seeds of doubt”. She says: “I fell for an attractive woman who was intelligent, witty and fun to be with. EastEnders legend Pam St Clement has confessed she had a life-changing lesbian fling behind her husband’s back as their marriage was ending.. Pat moves into a bedsit. He initially agrees, but after Janine agrees to share the money with Ricky, Pat convinces him to change his mind. The impressionist who provides the voice is Jan Ravens, who has not only provided the voice of Pat, but also acted the part on-screen in several episodes of the BBC's Big Impression, which devoted a regular sketch to various EastEnders characters, and she also played Pat in the other impressionist series Dead Ringers. 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