Gloria Knight was the adoptive mother of George Knight and the late wife of Eddie Knight. She made her first appearance on 1 January 2024 and last on 11 April 2024. She was portrayed by Elizabeth Counsell.
Backstory[]
Gloria suffered multiple miscarriages during her younger years, which led to her adopting George Knight in the 1960s from an African couple. She married Eddie Knight in 1963.
Storylines[]
2024: Reuniting with George Knight, Eddie Knight's trial and passing away[]
On New Year's Day, George's adoptive parents Eddie and Gloria Knight arrive in Walford and George's ex-wife, Cindy Beale, flees when she sees Eddie, George later discovers that Gloria and Eddie were paid to adopt him by his birth parents. George is devastated and this leads to an argument with fiancée, Elaine Peacock, when he refuses to open up to her. George seeks out Cindy to talk and she helps George do some research into his background. Cindy discovers articles of white British families in the 1960s that would buy African children. George then realises that he is likely African and not Jamaican as he had always thought, George later tells Elaine about his problems and him and Elaine make up. George asks Eddie if he is African and Eddie tells him that he didn't organise the adoption and that Gloria did, Gloria admits that George's family were African. Gloria says that she only met George's father and they paid them for six months before disappearing, Gloria later asks Eddie if they should tell George the rest of what happened but Eddie says no.
Eddie invites George and his family to a party with his friends. During the party, one of Eddie's friend's tells George that Eddie murdered a black man and needs George to be his character witness. George begins to do his research and discovers Eddie's murder victim was called Henry Asare and he was beaten to death by Eddie and his mates in 1984 and put in a suitcase but his body was found in a canal by a dog walker. George confronts Eddie and tells Eddie that he witnessed him killing Henry. George accuses Eddie of killing Henry because he's a racist but Gloria tells George the truth - Henry was George's dad and wanted to take George back. Gloria reveals that she begged Eddie to do what ever it took to keep George and this resulted in Henry's murder. The next day, Gloria begs George for forgiveness but George refuses to forgive her.
On 11 April, Gloria suffered a severe heart attack that affected her heart and was incurable. She later died with George by her side, after finding out that Eddie was sentenced.
Kill count[]
Murders/manslaughter victims[]
- Henry Asare (1984) (unintentionally instigated) - When George Knight's biological father wanted to take George back from Gloria and Eddie. Gloria begged Eddie to "do whatever it took", as a result Eddie murdered Henry.
List of appearances[]
Note:
(d) denotes a doof-doof.
2024[]
- 1 January
- 2 January
- 4 January (d)
- 12 February
- 13 February
- 14 February
- 15 February
- 11 March
- 12 March
- 14 March
- 18 March
- 4 April
- 8 April
- 10 April (d)
- 11 April (d)
Gallery[]
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