Fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
Soap opera character
Lou Beale
EastEnders character
Anna Wing as Lou Beale
Portrayed by
Anna Wing Karen Meagher (flashback)
Duration
1985–1988
First appearance
Episode 1 "Poor Old Reg" 19 February 1985 (1985-02-19)
Last appearance
Episode 362 26 July 1988 (1988-07-26)
Classification
Former; regular
Created by
Tony Holland
Introduced by
Julia Smith
Book appearances
Home Fires Burning
Swings and Roundabouts
Good Intentions
The Flower of Albert Square
Spin-off appearances
CivvyStreet (1988)
Lou as she appeared in CivvyStreet, played by Karen Meagher
In-universe information
Other names
Louise Ada Beale
Occupation
Housewife
Family
Beale
Brothers
Terence
Sisters
Flo
Doris Miller
Liz
Elsie
Queenie
Husband
Albert Beale (backstory)
Sons
Harry Beale
Ronnie Beale
Kenny Beale
Pete Beale
Daughters
Maggie Flaherty
Pauline Fowler
Dora Beale
Norma Beale
Grandsons
David Wicks
Ian Beale
Mark Fowler
Martin Fowler
Granddaughters
Michelle Fowler Elizabeth Beale
Other relatives
Vicki Fowler
Lou Beale is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Anna Wing. Her first appearance is in the first episode, which was broadcast on 19 February 1985, and her last is in episode 362, first shown on 26 July 1988, after which the character was killed off. The character is played by Karen Meagher in the 1988 EastEnders special, CivvyStreet, set during the Second World War. She appears in 232 episodes.[1]
Lou Beale was the first EastEnders character to be created by series co-creator Tony Holland, taking the inspiration for some of the series' earliest characters from his own London family and background.
Lou is the archetypal East End matriarch throughout EastEnders' first three years. An intimidating force within the local community, she is the dowager of Albert Square's central family, the Beales and Fowlers. Never afraid to speak her mind, and woe betide anyone who manages to get on her wrong side, Lou has the respect of her friends and family, even if they do find her a bit of a nuisance at times.
^Wyatt, Daisy (12 July 2013). "Anna Wing, famous as EastEnders' Lou Beale, dies aged 98". The Independent. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
LouBeale is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Anna Wing. Her first appearance is in the first episode, which was broadcast...
sister, Lou, had married a man named Albert Beale and had two children, named Peter and Pauline. These family members were the basis for LouBeale, Pete...
the show's longest serving family. The original Beale/Fowler family consisted of matriarch LouBeale (Anna Wing) and her children Pete (Peter Dean) and...
in television and theatre, known for portraying the role of Beale family matriarch LouBeale in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Wing was born in Hackney...
(Peter Dean) over his desire to become a caterer but his grandmother LouBeale (Anna Wing) encourages him. He starts several businesses and buys a local...
sister, Pauline (Wendy Richard), were born to Albert (Gary Olsen) and LouBeale (Anna Wing). They were born and raised in number 45 Albert Square. Albert...
BBC 1980s children's programme Jonny Briggs. She also played a young LouBeale in the EastEnders special CivvyStreet, a spin-off that was filmed in 1988...
The episode was watched by 7 million viewers. LouBeale (Karen Meagher) and her husband Albert Beale (Gary Olsen) are celebrating their marriage in Walford...
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is on George Street, which first appeared on screen in late 1985 when LouBeale (Anna Wing) collapses outside it. On maps seen inside the station it replaces...
friends with original characters Ethel Skinner (Gretchen Franklin) and LouBeale (Anna Wing). Dot moved away with her son and his family in 1993. In reality...
long suffering and battered wife (Kathy Beale) and Lou, Shirl's fearsome old-school East End mother (LouBeale). Wanker "10 Funniest Londoners". Time Out...
Flaherty (Olivia Shanley). In the storyline, Pauline's now-deceased mother LouBeale had given Maggie up for adoption shortly after her birth, as she was born...
specifically his aunt Lou and her children, Holland's cousins, fraternal twins Pete and Pauline. This family setup of a woman named LouBeale, with twin children...
storylines involved being bossed to the brink of insanity by his mother-in-law LouBeale (Anna Wing), an affair with Christine Hewitt (Elizabeth Power), suffering...
Peter Beale is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders and he is played by Thomas Law. Peter makes his first appearance in episode 926...
actually his biological father. Following Lou's death, Pat forms a close friendship with Pete's second wife Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth). The pair were formerly...
the final moments of a gentle scene between Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) and his grandmother LouBeale (Anna Wing). The first full-length version of the...
presented to Brown by another EastEnders actress Anna Wing, who played LouBeale. Wing mentioned Franklin in her speech. Franklin died at her home in Barnes...
clan the Beales and the Fowlers. In creating the stories and characters, Holland delved into family stories, past and present. His aunt LouBeale came to...
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