Alice Dingle

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Emmerdale character
Alice Dingle
Played by	Ursula Holden-Gill
Duration	2004-2006 (with gaps)
Date of birth	10th May 1977
Date of death	31 July 2006
Marital status	Deceased
Occupation	Chicken farmer
Family	Sam, Samson

Alice Edith Rose Dingle (née Wilson) was a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. She was played by Ursula Holden-Gill.

[edit] About Alice

The death of her father left Alice Wilson alone on the family farm, trying to make ends meet.

When vet Paddy Kirk was called to see to her chickens, he and wife Emily were horrified by the way she was living and befriended her – soon she had temporarily moved in with them.

Through Emily, Alice became friends with Sam Dingle, who shared her love of chickens and was equally socially-excluded.

Feelings between Alice and Sam ran deep and when she decided to sell her farm to relocate to Norfolk, he was in turmoil.

In fact, he was so distraught at the prospect of losing Alice that he threatened to kill himself, leaving Eric Pollard to talk him out of it.

However, what had been the worst day of his life, became the best when Alice returned from auctioning her property and they kissed.

However, falling in love with Alice meant Sam had some big decisions to make.

While she prepared to leave, Alice offered Sam the chance to join her and live together as a proper couple.

Horrified at the prospect of leaving Emmerdale and his beloved family, Sam said no and Alice prepared to move to Norfolk alone.

But, realising this was his son’s chance at real happiness, protective Zak gave Sam some sage advice and then drove him to the station in time to catch the train with Alice.

For months the couple lived happily on their chicken farm, keeping the Dingles updated on how they were.

So it seemed strange when Sam arrived home behaving strangely, without Alice with him.

A couple of weeks later, Alice appeared – explaining that Sam had upped and left her after she fell pregnant.

Although his family were shocked that Sam could be so callous, Alice understood that he was just freaked out about the prospect of being a dad and soon the couple were back on track.

However, Sam had missed home and wanted to remain in Emmerdale with their family around them to help with the baby.

For a while everything seemed fine, until Alice fell ill.

Tests confirmed that she had cancer but, in an effort to protect Sam from the horrible truth, she lied and said she’d received the all clear.

But the truth couldn’t stay buried for long and after a few weeks Dr. Adam Forsythe forced her to come clean, devastating Sam.

To make matters worse, Alice was advised to terminate her pregnancy so she could start an immediate course of chemotherapy to help her beat the disease.

However, Alice had no intention of getting rid of her precious baby. Against all advice she carried on and gave birth to baby Samson prematurely in January 2006.

The birth left Alice very depressed as Samson was rushed to intensive care before she got a chance to bond with him.

It was at this point that Sam showed he was made of stronger stuff than people credited him for.

Supporting his fiancé and his baby, Sam held the family together and the future seemed brighter all round.

Alice did a wing walk to raise money for charity. She shaved her head prior to starting chemotherapy so that she was in control of when she lost her hair.

Alice was told by her doctor that the chemotherapy was helping so Alice decided to stop.

Several weeks of pain later, on July 31, 2006 Sam helped Alice to die by giving her an overdose of morphine, she had suffered from cancer for months.

Alice was originally intended to be a short-term character, but was supposedly popular enough with viewers to be kept on as a regular character.

[edit] Family

• Husband: Sam Dingle
• Son: Samson Dingle

[edit] See also

• Emmerdale Cast List