| Cassie Carpenter | |||||||||
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| EastEnders character | |||||||||
| Portrayed by | Delanie Forbes | ||||||||
| Duration | 1985–86 | ||||||||
| First appearance | 14 November 1985 | ||||||||
| Last appearance | 25 December 1986 | ||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||
| Profile | |||||||||
| Occupation | Student | ||||||||
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Cassie Carpenter, played by Delanie Forbes, appears from 1985 to 1986. In an early episode, before Cassie appears, her brother refers to his sister as being seven years old, but when the character was actually seen later in the year, it was decided to increase her age to eleven, so a young actress who would be capable of handling the part.
Cassie is the daughter of Hannah (Sally Sagoe) and Tony Carpenter (Oscar James) and the little sister of Kelvin (Paul J. Medford). Cassie's parents are separated and she initially resides with her mother and her mother's new boyfriend, a corporate lawyer named Neville Agard (Gordon Case). Cassie first appears in November 1985 when she comes to visit her father in Albert Square. Cassie loves her father and finds her parents' separation difficult, particularly as she doesn't get on with her mother's boyfriend.
In April 1986 Hannah and Cassie arrive on Tony's doorstep with the disturbing news that Neville has been beating Cassie with a riding whip. Both Hannah and Cassie then come to live in Walford with Tony and Kelvin, and Cassie is delighted when her parents decided to give their marriage another chance.
Cassie is a mischievous youngster who, like her brother, is bright. In May 1986 she gets into trouble with her school for bullying another girl, and is in even more trouble with her parents for trying to hide it from them. Tony later catches her smoking cannabis with Mark Fowler (David Scarboro). He is furious and the Carpenters refuse to speak to any of the Fowler family because of it. After a subsequent meeting with Cassie's headmaster, Hannah decides that the only solution is to send Cassie away to boarding school. Cassie is against the idea but nevertheless, she is sent away in September that year. A few weeks later the Carpenters hear news that Cassie has run away from school and is nowhere to be found. She is discovered the following day, stealing food from Michelle (Susan Tully) and Lofty Holloway's (Tom Watt) kitchen in Albert Square, and returns to the school.
Cassie appears infrequently after this, although she does play a Herald Angel in the Walford Nativity play in December 1986. This is her last appearance, but after her parents attempt at a reconciliation fails, Hannah leaves Walford and Cassie goes to live with her. Tony visits her occasionally, before leaving Walford too in 1987.
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