Queenie Price

Queenie Price
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Aliases
Birth	Michael Price
About
Portrayed by	John Labanowski (search)
Introduced by	Julia Smith (1988)
Gender	Male
First Appearance	13 September 1988
Last Appearance	14 February 1989
Duration	1988-1989
Episode Count	37
Status	Alive
Occupation	Criminal
Classification	Former; guest
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Michael "Queenie" Price made his first appearance on 13 September 1988 and last on 14 February 1989. He was portrayed by John Labanowski.

Storylines

Queenie is a prisoner, who is serving a sentence in Dickens Hill Prison along with Den Watts. He goes by the name of Queenie because he is an effeminate homosexual. The other prisoners refer to him as "she" rather than "he", despite the fact that he is a large, butch looking man, with a moustache. Although Queenie acts in a camp manner, he is actually tough and the other prisoners know not to mess with him. Nick Cotton often gets on his wrong side due to his homophobic slurs, and he is eventually given a beating because of this.

It is revealed that Queenie is on The Firm's payroll along with another prisoner, Johnny Harris. When The Firm believe that Den is trying to frame them, Queenie and Harris seek Den out, intending to give him a severe beating. Den eludes this for a while, but Queenie and his gang eventually corner him, leaving him bruised and battered with a fractured arm.

After The Firm discover Den is not the informant, he begins to suspect that it is Queenie. Den concocts a plan to catch him out. He gives him the false name of a drug dealer and as he predicts, it isn't long before the police are questioning Den about him, confirming that Queenie is the "grass". Den stuns Queenie with his discovery, but instead of turning him in to The Firm he uses him to provide information on them.

List of appearances

1. 15 September 1988
2. 20 September 1988
3. 22 September 1988
4. 27 September 1988
5. 29 September 1988
6. 4 October 1988
7. 6 October 1988
8. 11 October 1988
9. 13 October 1988
10. 18 October 1988
11. 20 October 1988
12. 25 October 1988
13. 27 October 1988
14. 1 November 1988
15. 3 November 1988
16. 8 November 1988
17. 10 November 1988
18. 15 November 1988
19. 17 November 1988
20. 24 November 1988
21. 29 November 1988
22. 1 December 1988
23. 8 December 1988
24. 13 December 1988
25. 15 December 1988
26. 20 December 1988
27. 22 December 1988
28. 27 December 1988
29. 29 December 1988
30. 19 January 1989
31. 3 January 1989
32. 5 January 1989
33. 31 January 1989
34. 26 January 1989
35. 2 February 1989
36. 16 February 1989
37. 14 February 1989