List of East Enders Characters (1989) - Clare Butcher

Clare Butcher, played by Lucy Foxell in 1989 and then Caroline O'Neill in 2002, is the eldest child of Frank Butcher (Mike Reid). She is only seen twice in Walford. She is married and has children but neither her husband or her children have been seen.

She first appears for her father's wedding to Pat Wicks (Pam St. Clement) in 1989 and leaves her sister Janine Butcher (Rebecca Michael) with Frank. She has been looking after Janine for most of Janine's childhood until she got promoted at work and moved to Manchester, deciding to leave Janine with Frank as he has settled with Pat. After Frank abandons Janine and leaves Walford in 1996, Janine starts to become hostile towards Pat so she is sent to Manchester with Clare off-screen. Clare also looks after her other sister Diane's (Sophie Lawrence) son Jacques (Jack Snell), also off-screen, when he is abandoned by Diane in 1997. Janine returns to Walford in 1999 and over the years she starts growing out of control, getting involved with drugs and prostitution. Clare returns to Walford briefly in 2002 and is shocked that Janine has stooped so low. Clare leaves again a few days later, after giving Janine some money to get back on her feet. On 1 April 2008, shortly before the funeral of her father Frank, Dot Branning (June Brown) asks Clare's sister Diane of her whereabouts, and Diane says that Clare has already said goodbye to her father after visiting him whilst he was ill, and is now living in Australia with her family.