Ethel Skinner
Ethel May Skinner (née Lewis) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by the late Gretchen Franklin. Ethel also features in a 1988 EastEnders special, entitled Civvy Street, set on Albert Square during the Second World War, played by Alison Bettles.
Ethel is an EastEnders original character and in the early years she can always be found wandering the square with her adored pug Willy. She and Dot Cotton (June Brown) are lifelong friends, and although they wind each other up, they are completely dependent on each other. In fact Ethel trusts Dot so much that she even asks her to help her die in 2000, after she is diagnosed with inoperable cancer.
Read more about Ethel Skinner: Creation and Development, Age, Reception
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