Rosie Miller
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Rosie Miller
| Rosie Miller | |||||||||||||||
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| EastEnders character | |||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Gerry Cowper | ||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Louise Berridge | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2004–06 | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 9 September 2004 | ||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 7 July 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 10 September 1965 | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Cleaner | ||||||||||||||
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Rosemary "Rosie" Miller (previously Swann) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Gerry Cowper. Her first appearance was 9 September 2004 and she was axed in 2006, with her final scenes airing July 2006.
Rosie is the mother of Mickey Miller (Joe Swash), Dawn Swann (Kara Tointon), Demi Miller (Shana Swash) and Darren Miller (Charlie G. Hawkins). Described as "hardworking", she is heavily protective over her family and makes enemies such as Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard).
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Backstory
Rosie's mother committed suicide when she was young, leaving her with her brother, Clint, and other siblings. Rosie was married to Mike Swann (Mark Wingett), and they had two children, Mickey and Dawn. While they were still very young, Mike left Rosie and wasn't seen for many years.
Rosie later met Keith Miller (David Spinx), who took on her children as his own before having twins, Darren and Demi. He cannot read and is work-shy, tending to sit around watching television all day, making excuses to Rosie as to why he doesn't go and find employment.
2004–06
Since arriving on the show in 2004, Rosie works to support her family with a number of cleaning jobs, and takes care of her granddaughter, Aleesha, while Demi and Darren go to school.
In December 2005, Rosie's ex-husband, Mike, was homeless and stayed with the Millers'. Rosie and Mike had an affair, and she planned to leave Keith for Mike, taking Darren, Demi and Aleesha with them. Mickey and Dawn found out about this, and Mickey tried to convince her not to leave. Eventually, she decided she couldn't take the twins away from their father, and chose to stay with Keith. Rosie told Keith about her affair, but did not mention she had planned to leave. Keith forgave her until Dawn let slip that Rosie had planned to leave. Keith left Rosie and stayed with Garry Hobbs (Ricky Groves) and Minty Peterson (Cliff Parisi).
Keith moved back in when he proposed to Rosie, but didn't really want to get married so he kept putting off the wedding. Rosie, however, didn't want to wait and the ceremony took place on 4 July 2006 at Walford Register Office. Unfortunately Keith arrived late and with mud on his suit. Annoyed, Rosie jilted Keith during through the ceremony and told Keith the next day that she no longer loved him and planned to take a job in the Cotswolds. She also wanted to take Darren, Demi and Aleesha. They left the Square the next day but Darren did not want to go. Rosie convinced Keith to make sure Darren went with them so Keith told Darren he didn't care about him. Upset, Darren left with his mum, sister and niece. However, Rosie could see how upset he was, and decided to tell him that Keith made it all up, allowing Darren to stay in Walford.
In July 2008, Rosie had sent a letter to Keith about a job. After reading the letter, Keith and Mickey went to join her, Demi and Aleesha in the Cotswolds, leaving only Dawn, Darren and Summer behind.
Prior to her aborted wedding to Jase Dyer (Stephen Lord), Dawn told Darren that Rosie and Keith were in the middle of a reconciliation. It was later confirmed when Dawn returned to the Square after visiting the family in the Costwolds for a month following Jase's death, that Rosie and Keith had reconciled.
Creation and development
In August 2004, it was announced that a new family was to be introduced to EastEnders. Louise Berridge, the execuive producer, commented: "I'm delighted to introduce the Miller family, who will be joining Mickey on Albert Square in September, but I warn you - this lot are trouble". She added: "Even the dog is dodgy. They're set to cause havoc all over the Square, and by the end of their first week the sparks will be flying - literally".[1]
It was announced in February 2006 that Cowper and co-star Shana Swash had been axed from EastEnders by John Yorke. "Gerry and Shana have been enormous assets and go with our best wishes," said a spokesman, adding that there is a "massive" storyline had been planned for their exit.[2]
References
- ^ Green, Kris. "New family heads for 'EastEnders'". Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi UK. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/news/a15308/new-family-heads-for-eastenders.html. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ Wilkes, Neil. "Axe falls on two 'EastEnders' characters". Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi UK. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/news/a28770/axe-falls-on-two-eastenders-characters.html. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
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