Most iconic Easties character ever?

[CAEF]

I say Den Watts.

[Holey]

My favourite of all time was Pauline, but the most iconic has to be without a doubt Dorothy Cotton/Branning.

[AaronSilver]

Mar 7, 2018 16:50:29 GMT CAEF said:

I say Den Watts.

I agree, then Dot then Pauline for me. My personal favourite character was Angie but she wasn't on the show long enough to be truly iconic. I was always a Watts and Fowlers fan the units of Den, Angie and Sharon Watts and Pauline, Arthur, Michelle, Mark and Martin were always the ones I missed if they weren't in episodes. I warmed to the Beale unit but not really until the Fowlers were gone. 

[Zeus89]

Den Watts, everyone else is inferior to him

[Deleted]

Oh I say - I went with Dot Cotton as most iconic character.
Dot was iconic enough to have her own catchphrase - and that`s good enough reason for me to vote for her.

[CAEF]

Mar 7, 2018 23:53:21 GMT AaronSilver said:

Mar 7, 2018 16:50:29 GMT CAEF said:

I say Den Watts.

I agree, then Dot then Pauline for me. My personal favourite character was Angie but she wasn't on the show long enough to be truly iconic. I was always a Watts and Fowlers fan the units of Den, Angie and Sharon Watts and Pauline, Arthur, Michelle, Mark and Martin were always the ones I missed of they weren't in episodes. I warmed to the Beale unit but not really until the Fowlers were gone. 

It is good that you know the difference between iconic and favourite in the fact Angie was your fave but she was not a truly iconic character. Some fans think their fave character is the most iconic.

[kitkat1971]

I think Dot although.

Iconic is a very particular thing. It's not the best character, the longest serving, most.popular or anything like that. It goes beyond that.

It's something or somebody that is instantly recognisable, even to people that don't really know or are interested in the show or genre it.originated in. There is usually also something very distinctive and unchanging about them visually.

It seeps into the public consciousness.

People that have never watched Doctor Who would recognise a Dalek and probably the TARDIS as they have become iconic.

Likewise I think people not interested in soaps would recognise Dot, Bet Lynch or Hilda Ogden in a way they wouldn't less distinctive characters like Angie, Pauline or even Ian Beale or Ken Barlow.

Similarly because Kylie Minogue became iconic, so is Charlene. Especially Charlene in her wedding dress with that song playing in the background..

[CAEF]

Den liked wanking over younger women as well as shagging them. Michelle and Zoe.

[CAEF]

Seems Den and Dot are neck and neck.

[nostalgianerd]

Angie Watts for me

[Holey]

Jul 5, 2019 12:12:13 GMT nostalgianerd said:

Angie Watts for me

Good Choice, Anita Dobson was amazing. 

[CAEF]

Glad Squeal Beale has not got any votes.

[roverman]

My ‘other’ vote goes to Kathy Beale. One of the original cast, married in to two of the iconic families, and has 2 sons representing the future of those families. Her third marriage to Sharon’s biological father further enhances the history even it does mean Ben’s stepmother is also his half step-sister 😂

I’m really pleased they brought her back and given her storylines beyond being Ian and Ben’s mother.

[Lotty27]

If I think of EE in general I think 'Den Watts' very, VERY closely followed by Angie Watts who is also my personal favourite. I'd actually forgotten how good she was until I watched the repeats on Drama earlier in the year.

[CAEF]

Shame that Den never stayed long term after his 2003 return due to the actors off screen antics. When Phil returned in late 2005 for good I could see him and Den's feud continuing. Den probably would have stayed around had Leslie not got caught in his dressing room doing naughties on a webcam.