Pat Butcher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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EastEnders character | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portrayed by | Pam St Clement Emma Cooke (2004 flashbacks) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duration | 1986–2012, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First appearance | Episode 138 12 June 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last appearance | Episode 5286 17 May 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Created by | Tony Holland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Introduced by | Julia Smith (1986) Dominic Treadwell-Collins (2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Book appearances | Swings and Roundabouts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pat Evans (also Harris, Beale, Wicks and Butcher[1][2]) 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. Pat was also portrayed by Emma Cooke in a soap 'bubble', Pat and Mo: Ashes to Ashes, delving into her past with sister-in-law Mo Harris (Laila Morse), which aired in 2004. The character was killed-off on 1 January 2012, shortly after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Her funeral was on 13 January 2012. Pat was one of the longest serving characters on the show, appearing for 25 years and six months. She returned, along with other women from Ian Beale's (Adam Woodyatt) past, in a concussion-related dream sequence for a Children in Need special on 14 November 2014. She also made a return as a hallucination for Peggy Mitchell's (Barbara Windsor) death on 17 May 2016.