Character ages for characters whose ages have not been said.

[CAEF]

I love to guesstimate soap characters ages and here is one for the EastEnders characters whose age was never revealed to my knowledge.

Sue Osman, I guess she was about 35 or 36 in 1985 so born c1949/1950. Her hubby was born in 1956 but she was older than Ali.
Mehmet Osman, in 1985 I say he was about 30.
Was Johnny Allen's age ever explicitly stated? I read 1943. That sounds right, as he was the same era as Pat and Peggy born 1942.
Richard Cole. In 1992 when he arrived I guess he was 35.
Tony Carpenter. I guess he was 40 in 1985.

Most EE characters ages have been said but even in the early years where a DOB usually was given for most characters, some did slip the net. Maybe there is a massive archive in the EE script offices with a fact file on every character with such details given. Corrie had this.

[roverman]

I think they tried to make Sue look younger because they’d already had one 40 year old pregnant character with Pauline so didn’t need to repeat all the same issues again.

One character whose age was a mess was Lou. She was 70 in 1985 and 78 by the time she died 3 years later.

Interestingly I found out recently that Sally Sagoe ( Hannah Carpenter ) was barely old enough to be a mother to Kelvin and Cassie as the actress was 32 at the time. But a big 80s hair style and dowdy business clothes helped make her look like the Mum of teenagers!

[CAEF]

Apr 28, 2019 13:52:39 GMT roverman said:

I think they tried to make Sue look younger because they’d already had one 40 year old pregnant character with Pauline so didn’t need to repeat all the same issues again.

One character whose age was a mess was Lou. She was 70 in 1985 and 78 by the time she died 3 years later.

Interestingly I found out recently that Sally Sagoe ( Hannah Carpenter ) was barely old enough to be a mother to Kelvin and Cassie as the actress was 32 at the time. But a big 80s hair style and dowdy business clothes helped make her look like the Mum of teenagers!

So Sue Osman may have been only about 30 in 1985 then? Sandy Ratcliff was born in Oct 1948 (previously thought to be Oct 1950 according to Wikipedia).

[roverman]

Yeah I’d have placed her between 30 and 33 in 1985, Sandy didn’t look her age anyway back then, brush the hair the right way, light make up and trendy clothes would help a lot.

[CAEF]

Ethel's age always fluctuated. Born inbetween Feb 1914 and 1920. On her deathbed in 2000 she said she is 86 and lied about her age and always did. But to add to the confusion, her grave said she was born 1919 making her 81 when she died. Surely when she died, her birth cert would have been produced and other documents.

Sally Sagoe was 32 in 1986 but as said her character must have been at least 37 as Kelvin was born in 1969.