Shirley Carter

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EastEnders character

Shirley Carter
Portrayed by	Linda Henry
Duration	2006, 2007—
First appearance	7 December 2006
Family	Deano, Carly, James

Shirley Carter^[1] (previously Wicks) is a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. She is played by Linda Henry.^[2] She made her first on-screen appearance in December 2006, and will appear in Walford in early 2007.

1 Background
2 Storylines
3 Family
4 References

[edit] Background

Shirley is the mother of Deano and Carly Wicks and the ex-wife of their father Kevin Wicks. She also had another son, James, who died. She left home when her children were young, and they did not see her until 7 December 2006, when they hitched a lift with her, not knowing who she was.

[edit] Storylines

Shirley was first seen when Kevin took Carly and Deano, and the Fox and Trueman families (Denise, Chelsea and Libby Fox and Patrick and Yolande Trueman) on holiday to a village called Kingston in Dorset. Kevin's old friend Dylan, who lives in Kingston, tipped Shirley off about Kevin's being there, and they planned to introduce Shirley to Carly and Deano.

Shirley broke into Kevin's rented minibus, and found the rental deed, also discovering that he lived at 31 Albert Square, Walford, E20.

She watched the house the families were staying in, and when Deano and Carly left to walk to the village, she offered them a lift. She was pleased when Carly, a mechanic, fixed the fuse in her car's cigarette lighter. As a thank you gesture, she offered to take Carly and Deano for breakfast, but when they declined, she offered to take them to lunch. They said they would meet her, though they both said to each other that they did not want to.

Dylan was later seen chasing Shirley in his car, as she was speeding up to the holiday house. She knocked on the door, and Kevin was surprised to see her. Kevin told her to leave Carly and Deano alone, but she said she had never stopped thinking about them. Dylan took her back to the village.

Carly and Deano later decided to take her up on her offer of lunch. She took photographs of them, saying that she was just testing her new camera. As they were about to go to lunch, Dylan took them back to the house, as Dylan had called Kevin to tell him they were with her, and Kevin told Dylan to get them away from her.

As Kevin drove through the village to go back to Walford with Carly, Deano, the Foxes and Truemans, Shirley called him on his mobile, withholding her own number. She asked Kevin to tell Carly and Deano that she was thinking about them, and hung up. She was then shown to be looking at the rental deed of the minibus, showing Kevin's address and mobile number.