| Rose Chapman | |||||
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| EastEnders character | |||||
| Portrayed by | Petra Markham | ||||
| Duration | 1993 | ||||
| First appearance | 7 January 1993 | ||||
| Last appearance | 13 May 1993 | ||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||
| Profile | |||||
| Date of death | 9 December 1993 | ||||
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Rose Chapman (née Hickey), played by Petra Markham, is an old friend of Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard) from school. Pete Beale (Peter Dean) and Rose get on well, particularly when Rose reveals that she once had a crush on him while they were at school together. Over the weeks a romance develops. Despite professing to be very happy with Pete, Rose frequently lets him down, standing him up on dates and disappearing for days without word. Eventually Pete confronts her and she reveals that not only is she married, but she was married to a local gangster named Alfie Chapman, who had a reputation for extreme violence. Although Alfie is in prison, his family are not and they make it clear that they do not approve of Rose seeing Pete. Pete mulls over what to do but eventually decides to brave the Chapmans and remain with Rose.
Alfie's sister Annie warns Rose to finish with Pete, or face severe repercussions from his two brothers. Rose remains defiant and went to visit Alfie in prison, demanding a divorce. This was curtailed when she discovers that Alfie was suffering with terminal cancer and after a period of contemplation she decides to stop seeing Pete so she can nurse Alfie through his remaining months. However, Rose cannot keep away from Pete and in May, she re-enters his life, telling him that she misses him. When Alfie's brothers discovers she was seeing Pete again, they beat her badly, causing her to be hospitalised. Pete went and visited Rose in hospital and they make plans to go into hiding in order to escape the wrath of the Chapmans. The following day, Pete smuggles Rose out of hospital with Frank Butcher's (Mike Reid) help and they then make their get away to start a new life.
In December, news of Alfie Chapman's death reaches Walford. Pauline places an advert in a newspaper, pleading for Pete and Rose's return. They reply, and the residents of Walford plan a party to celebrate their homecoming. However on the day they are due back, Pauline is contacted by the police with the news that Pete and Rose have been killed by a car accident arranged by the Chapman family.
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