Here's everything you need to know. Lou Beale was the matriarch of the Beale family - and allegedly the first character ever created for the needs of the BBC One soap. A long-time resident of ...

From what I heard and read about her character, and from the few clips I’ve seen of her on EastEnders, she was a lot like Lou Beale, and nothing like her at all. Like Lou, she was the centre of ...

The Loose Women star played Lou Beale's sister FloCredit: YouTube @EastEnders Linda played Lou Beale's sister Flo in a 60 minute episode, which was a flashback to ...

Within the first five minutes of the episode, Lou Beale (Anna Wing) and Ethel Skinner (Gretchen Franklin) are standing outside The Queen Vic with grocer Saeed Jeffery (Andrew Johnson), watching as ...

When asked about Kathy’s fiery matriarchal side showing shades of her old mother-in-law and original EastEnders matriarch Lou Beale (Anna Wing), Taylforth said of the comparison: "I think very ...

Anna Wing portrayed the outspoken Beale and Fowler family matriarch, Lou Beale, for three years, with Gretchen Franklin playing her best friend Ethel Skinner. Anna passed away in July 2013 at the ...

Here's everything you need to know. Lou Beale was reportedly the first character created for the show Lou Beale was the matriarch of the Beale family - and allegedly the first character ever ...

Before there was Peggy Mitchell, there was Lou Beale. The originalEastEnders matriarch, she lit up the soap with her acerbic tongue and formidable presence when it launched in 1985. Within months ...