| Angie Watts | |||||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Anita Dobson | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 1985–1988 | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 1 "Poor Old Reg" 19 February 1985 | ||||||||||||
| Last appearance | Episode 343 19 May 1988 | ||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||
| Created by | Tony Holland and Julia Smith | ||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Julia Smith (producer) | ||||||||||||
| Book appearances | Swings and Roundabouts Blind Spots | ||||||||||||
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Angie Watts (also Shaw) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Anita Dobson from the first episode of the series until 1988, when Dobson decided to leave, and the character was written out.
Angie is well known for her cheeky banter, her perm and turning to alcohol during her stormy marriage to cheating Den Watts (Leslie Grantham), which ended when he handed her divorce papers on Christmas Day 1986, in an episode watched by a record-breaking 30.1 million viewers.
Despite being the loud and feisty lady of Walford, and having a close relationship with her beloved adoptive daughter Sharon (Letitia Dean), she does not have much real happiness during her time in Albert Square. Alcoholism claimed her life in April 2002 when she died off-screen from cirrhosis of the liver, 14 years after her last appearance.