Pauline Fowler

Pauline Fowler (née Beale) and her fraternal twin brother Pete were born to Albert and Lou Beale in 1945. They were born and raised in number 45 Albert Square. She went to Walford High - the school her entire family went to - in 1956 where she met Arthur Fowler a local boy. She started dating Arthur in 1964, but he proposed to her later on when she was upset that she could not be a bridesmaid to her older sister Dora because she was ill. They married in 1965, the same year of the death of her father - Albert Beale. They had three children, Mark (born 1968), Michelle (born 1969) and Martin (born 1985).

The original EastEnder, the show initially revolved around the Beale/Fowler clan, comprising Pauline and Arthur Fowler and their three children, and Pauline's twin brother Pete, his wife Kathy and their son Ian. Ruling over this clan was the first of EastEnders' great matriarchs, Lou Beale.

Since the first episode, Pauline lived in the house she grew up in, first taking care of her ailing mother Lou, then with Mark and his wives Ruth and Lisa, and later with Dot Cotton and her friend Ethel Skinner.

Arthur's death in 1996 left Pauline bereft. The last lodger to live with Pauline was her long-suffering gay best mate, Derek Harkinson. Pauline had hoped their relationship would progress to a romance, but it was not to be.

Pauline has always worked at the local launderette with occasional forays into factory and cleaning work as well. For a while, Pauline was quite bitter, despite attempts by Eddie Skinner and Jeff Healy to woo her, but Derek was, temporarily at least, a good influence on her. Given Martin's incarceration, Mark's recent death from AIDS, and having to say farewell to granddaughter Chloe (now Rebecca Miller), with whom she was temporarily reunited, Pauline's bitterness was understandable. She and daughter-in-law Sonia had reached a peace of sorts, and Pauline became more involved in building friendships with the other middle-aged women around the Square and even mended fences with former sister-in-law Pat Evans.

Pauline and Joe Macer tied the knot for EE's 21st anniversary, but even failed failed to stop Pauline from giving frequent vent to her vituperative side when she encountered Sonia or Naomi Julien. She and Joe briefly separated when she learned about his past, but he worked his way back into her good graces with few problems. She took part in the deception of Margaret Wilson in an effort to have Martin and Sonia named as Rebecca's guardians in Margaret's will. Although the original plot blew up in her face, later, upon Margaret's death, Rebecca was sent to live with Martin - a situation which Pauline never failed to use in her persecution of her daughter-in-law.

More recently, Pauline became depressed upon overhearing Joe, Martin, Sonia and Dot talking about her - to such an extent that she sat in her room as her house smouldered beneath her. She then seized the opportunity, whilst in hospital to deceive her loved ones, and eventually the rest of the square, that she had a brain tumour. When she was found out by her family, they all left her side, and cut all ties - and Pauline gladly obliged to do similarly - she divorced Joe, sold the veg stall, and planned to leave for Florida. However, at the last moment, she saw sense and decided to remain in the square to be with her family. Tragically, before she was able to make amends, she died, suddenly, on Christmas night, next to Her Arthur's bench. It later turned out that husband Joe Macer had injured her in a row which led to her death.

Profile
Alias: Pauline Beale (maiden name)

Date Of Birth: 11 March 1945

Date Of Death: 25 December 2006

Cause Of Death: Murdered - Brain Hemorrhage

Occupation: Launderette Assistant

Martial Status: Widowed

Family
Family: Beale Family, Fowler Family

Father: Albert Beale

Mother: Lou Beale

Brothers: Harry Beale, Ronnie Beale, Kenny Beale, Pete Beale

Sisters: Maggie Flaherty, Dora Beale

Sons: Mark Fowler, Martin Fowler

Daughters: Michelle Fowler

Grandsons: Mark Fowler Jr

Granddaughters: Vicki Fowler, Rebecca Miller

Uncles: Terrence Medeemey

Aunts: Liz Medeemey, Flo Medeemey, Elsie Medeemey, Queenie Medeemey, Doris Miller, Betty Beale

Nephews: Eamonn Flaherty, David Wicks, Conor Flaherty, John Flaherty, Ian Beale, Tommy Flaherty

Nieces: Elizabeth Beale

Great Nephews: Joe Wicks, Eamonn Flaherty Jr, Steven Beale (adoptive), Declan Flaherty, Peter Beale, Carl Flaherty, Bobby Beale

Great Nieces: Bianca Butcher, Mary Flaherty, Colette Flaherty, Lucy Beale, Kylie Flaherty

Great Great Nephews: Liam Butcher, Morgan Butcher

Great Great Nieces: Whitney Dean (adoptive), Natasha Butcher, Tiffany Butcher

Second Cousins Once Removed: Nellie Ellis

Love Life
Widower: Joe Macer

Deceased Husbands: Arthur Fowler

Ex-Boyfriends: Eddie Skinner, Jeff Healy