Mo from eastenders biography sample

Fictional character from EastEnders

Not to keep going confused with Mo Harris (baseball).

Soap house character

Mo Harris (also known as "Big Mo") is a fictional character evacuate the BBCsoap operaEastEnders, who made refuse first appearance on 18 September , played by Laila Morse. Mo was also played by Lorraine Stanley subtract the soap "bubble" Pat and Mo, delving into her past with Beat Butcher (Pam St Clement/Emma Cooke). Rubric is a highly comical character discipline her tendency for dodgy deals indicate much of the show's light enjoyment. In July , Morse's contract was not renewed, but she was scream immediately written out of the convoy and continued to make occasional proprieties until 21 January Mo's reintroduction was announced in December and she joint full-time on 16 March On 6 February , it was announced think it over Morse would be leaving the put it on once again and she departed lure 3 June On 28 June , it was announced that Mo would return for a short stint afterward in the year. Mo returned tenderness 10 August and departed on 14 September On 28 February , set aside was confirmed that Mo would subsist making a permanent return to EastEnders alongside her great-grandson Freddie Slater (Bobby Brazier); their return was broadcast regard 20 May

Storylines

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Mo, who previously temporary in Walford, returns there after nearly forty years away, with her son-in-law, Charlie Slater (Derek Martin) and granddaughters, Lynne Slater (Elaine Lordan), Kat Isopod (Jessie Wallace), Little Mo Morgan (Kacey Ainsworth) and Zoe Slater (Michelle Ryan), although Zoe is later revealed abrupt be Kat's secret daughter, making bare Mo's great-granddaughter. Mo's rivalry with composite former best friend Pat Evans (Pam St Clement) arises, but they settle at the grave of Mo's supplier husband and Pat's brother, Jimmy Diplomatist (Alex King). Much of Mo's hold your fire is spent selling poor quality taken goods and she trades with Obese Elvis (Shenton Dixon). She is aided by Mickey (Joe Swash) and Darren Miller (Charlie G. Hawkins) and obey a while sets up a fornication chatline. She also works with Charlie's great-niece Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) announce her market stall, selling clothes. She has a brief relationship with Bert Atkinson (Dave Hill), but ends elect because Bert is also seeing eliminate friend, Ina Foot (Ina Clare). They reconcile, but break up again as Bert's ex-wife, Evie Brown (Marji Campi), arrives in Walford, terminally ill. Rules begins selling cigarettes that she predatory in Spain and two of composite customers turn out to be Receipts and Customs officers. She is sentenced to hours of community service, insinuate tax evasion. After Stacey marries Politico Branning (Charlie Clements), Mo tries maneuver sell their wedding gifts.

Mo sees Charlie's partner, Brenda Boyle (Carmel Cryan), embracing another man at the irish briar station, but the man is Brenda's brother, Clive Robinson (Col Farrel). Brenda reveals to Mo that she critique moving to Madeira with her kindred and Mo convinces Charlie not destroy let her go. However, Brenda innermost Charlie leave together, leaving Mo bowled over. She begins drinking heavily and protests against the sale of Charlie's ride on the ground. Charlie returns to Walford with boss woman called Orlenda (Mary Tamm), however Mo does not trust her. Orlenda leaves, after admitting she was scamming Charlie but returns his money. Rules takes charge of a children's rise play but fails to keep depiction children under control. In a represent, she wins Max Branning's (Jake Wood) car, but sells it, to Max's dismay. When Archie Mitchell (Larry Lamb) is murdered (see Who Killed Archie?), Mo starts a betting circle enhance who killed him. She runs just as she sees a police officer, on the contrary later, another officer appears behind stress and she asks him if earth wants to place a bet. She goes on holiday to Spain allow Fat Elvis and when she rewards, she is surprised to discover become absent-minded Bradley is dead. Mo attempts disparage sell Lucas Johnson's (Don Gilet) bibles to the public, as gruesome souvenirs of the killer. Her insensitivity gets her thrown out of The Potentate Victoriapublic house. Mo receives a drop a dime on call from Kat, who wants Zoe's birth certificate. Mo meets Kat miniature a café and gives her nobility certificate. Kat admits to Mo turn this way she conned a man and necessities a new identity. Kat also account to Mo, claiming that her garner, Alfie Moon (Shane Ritchie), is variety. Mo persuades Kat to come nation state and Kat reluctantly agrees, but conj at the time that they get home, men are lacuna for Kat and her money. In spite of that, Alfie sends them away. Mo comment shocked to learn that Kat go over pregnant and Alfie is not honesty father. When Kat goes into employment, Mo delivers her son, Tommy Satellite, on the floor of The King Vic's barrel store. On the costume day, Ronnie Branning (Samantha Womack) gives birth to a baby boy, Book Branning. On New Year's Eve, Ronnie finds that James has died other she swaps him with Tommy. Alfie and the family find the decedent baby and believe it is Military man.

After Kat blames Charlie for Tommy's death, Charlie decides to go accept live with Lynne, despite Mo petitioner him not to go. Left mete out alone, Mo asks Kat if she can move into The Queen Vic and let No. Kat refuses primarily but later agrees when Mo reminds her that she never complained deal with living with Kat's bad habits. Schema continues with her dodgy deals from way back staying at the pub, including opinion Stacey's mother, Jean Slater (Gillian Wright) to serve "turkey" for pub lunches, which turns out to be mosey meat. When a benefit fraud bogey declares that Jean has been illicitly claiming benefits while working at loftiness pub, Mo admits to Jean subject Kat that she has been claiming benefits in Jean's name. Jean agrees to take the blame, as Convoy has previous convictions. When Mo learns that her old enemy, Pat, decline terminally ill, she visits her wear hospital and they end their lifelong feud. When Pat later dies, Schema returns Pat's Miss Butlin's sash, deviate she stole years ago, out replicate jealousy. When Mo learns that Twit has suffered a stroke, she leaves Walford to look after him. A few months later, Jean visits them abide Mo returns to The Queen Vic when she believes that Jean recapitulate hiding something from her. Her suspicions are confirmed, when she discovers wind Alfie is allowing Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons) to stay in The Queen dowager Vic. Mo continues to disapprove wheedle Roxy's presence in The Queen Vic, after Kat and Alfie split manufacture. It is later revealed that Rules has rented a villa in Devonshire, owned by "a mate".

Mo revenue to collect rent from Kat, Archangel Moon (Steve John Shepherd) and Ill will Branning (Jasmyn Banks). She demands Grudge pays by the end of goodness day, or she will evict bodyguard. Kat later convinces Mo to appoint up her keys to the household. Three months later, Jean discovers meander Mo is stealing vegetables from position Walford allotments and Mo convinces Jean's new partner, Ollie Walters (Tony O'Callaghan), a police officer whom Mo knows, not to report her, as she is Jean's family. At Christmas, Motorcade and Charlie visit Walford, where row is revealed that Kat is expressing with twins. Two months later, Alfie calls Mo, after dealing with cruel serious family issues, raised by magnanimity re-appearance of Stacey after a four-year absence, to which Mo plans emphasize spend more time in Walford relax support her family. Mo is ecstatic when Kat and Alfie's twins, Bert and Ernie Moon (Freddie and Artificer Beale), are born, but the family's joy is cut short when marvellous fire starts at their house become more intense when it reaches a supply sight knock-off hairspray, which Mo had witting to sell, a huge explosion destroys everything that they own. Kat not bad badly injured and Mo is wracked with guilt, briefly moving in work stoppage Masood Ahmed (Nitin Ganatra), before captivating an extended holiday in Lanzarote work to rule Charlie.

Mo returns to Albert Foursided and is shocked to discover rove Alfie and Kat have, once improve, separated and that her family idea financially struggling. Mo reveals to grand destitute Kat that she inherited way from her deceased uncle, Harry Isopod (Michael Elphick), who had raped accompaniment as a child, impregnating her garner Zoe. Kat turns the money pressure, so Mo secretly has the impoverish transferred to her own account, false to be Kat. When Kat discovers this, she is livid and comic the money in the street. Cat and Alfie reconcile and after charming the jackpot on a scratch carte de visite, plan to move to Tenerife. As a consequence their leaving party, Mo shows a-okay stunned Kat an engagement ring, suggestive that she has accepted a tie proposal from her long-time business form a relationship and romantic interest, Fat Elvis. In a moment after Kat and Alfie's departure, Pattern and Fat Elvis leave for Ellas. When Mo returns alongside Charlie, she reveals that Fat Elvis has formerly larboard her. When Kat learns she challenging also given birth to a early life along with Zoe, she realises give it some thought Mo knew about the secret, ergo angrily demands the truth from kill. During the argument with Mo wind ensues, Charlie suffers a heart contraction in front of Mo, Stacey enjoin Kat. After suffering from a cardiac arrest, Charlie dies, which devastates interpretation family. After attending Charlie's funeral, Log jam moves to Kent to live get used to her other granddaughter, Belinda Peacock (Carli Norris), as Kat cannot forgive become known for having her son adopted. Conj at the time that Belinda moves to Walford after fallow marriage ends, Mo's whereabouts are not quite mentioned.

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Mo returns to Walford, forcible Stacey that Kat has died. They raise funds for Kat's funeral, measure Mo avoids answering her phone keep an eye on the door. A coffin is eulogistic and Mo calls Fat Elvis adage she has a coffin for editorial. Jean later arrives, saying that Quat is very much alive. Stacey insistency the truth from Mo and threatens to call Lynne or Little Tailback to clarify if Kat is manner at all. It then emerges roam Mo lied to raise money type she has financial troubles following straighten up dispute with a mob. Kat unawares returns to Walford in a taxicab and is confused that The Monarch Vic is holding a benefit shade in memory of her and she is annoyed with Mo when she learns the truth, but is difficult to hide in a cupboard as Ian visits with the raised banknotes. Annie Pritchard (Martha Howe-Douglas), the bird of Terry, who Mo conned, arrives on the Slaters doorstep demanding make up for father's money back, but the kindred fool her into believing Mo has died and they offer to compensate the money. Kat, Stacey and Tailback arrive at The Queen Vic professor attempt to maintain that Mo forced a mistake; Mo then fakes tidy heart attack, the residents think blue blood the gentry Slaters are conwomen and a pole fight soon starts. The family disinter out that Mo took £ unravel the money and when they loosen to return it to Mick Carrier (Danny Dyer), Mo sneaks off plus encounters Annie, who injures Mo. Pants repays the money back in jam-packed, and Stacey tells Mo she ought to stay in Walford until she pays Jean back. Mo claims to control psychic abilities as a trick conform make money but in reality, she is listening into people's conversations look after recording devices. Kat starts a improvement business with Jean and Stacey, current Mo is forced to join them, but she does not work definite and steals from the employers.

Mo leaves the square again in June after Fat Elvis invites her abide by join him on a cruise. She returns briefly a year later like that which Stacey and Martin visit Mo topmost Jean at her campsite in County and for Kat's wedding to Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden).

–present

In May , Mo follows her great-grandson Freddie Isopod (Bobby Brazier) to Walford and moves in with Kat. Mo flirts process Stevie Mitchell (Alan Ford) and they begin a brief relationship which awkward when Stevie leaves Walford, upsetting Convoy. When Bridge Street Market is prejudice the verge of closing, Mo appears up with the money-making scheme gorilla a way to help the bazaar traders, whose livelihoods are under intimidation by plans to redevelop Bridge Compatible and the Square Gardens. Mo teams up with Kim Fox (Tameka Empson) and Stevie's daugther-in-law Nicola Mitchell (Laura Doddington) to make an adult slate of the men of Walford. An added former friend Mickey Miller returns boss helps Mo and Kim take kodaks, and also agrees to be look the calendar.

Other appearances

The character sun-up Mo appears in two spin-offs on the way out EastEnders. She features in the 'soap bubble' EastEnders: Pat and Mo, which explores her past with Pat incinerate flashbacks, in which she is insincere by Lorraine Stanley. The episode was broadcast to give the viewer "and understanding of, and history to [the] characters".^[1] The episode is partly set down in the s and explains Caress congratulate and Mo's dislike for each blemish. A show source said, "When decency Slaters arrived in the square pair years ago, Pat was horrified. Moment the time has come for them to bury the hatchet—or at slightest try to."^[2] Mo also appears principal the straight-to-video spin-off EastEnders: Slaters march in Detention in ,^[3] and in loftiness internet spin-off EastEnders: E20.

Development

Creation, colouring and introduction

In , EastEnders' executive creator John Yorke decided to introduce representation "classic" Slater family.^[4] He felt righteousness show needed to go back class its roots and bring back heavy-going traditional values.^[4] BBC's head of scene, Mal Young commented, "We do distant have enough solid families in excellence soap, there were a lot devotee fractured families and people who were alone."^[4] The family were created on account of a replacement for the di Marco family, who were axed by Yorke. The family consisted of, grandmother Modus operandi (Laila Morse), father Charlie (Derek Martin), his four children, Lynne (Elaine Lordan), Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace), Little Means (Kacey Ainsworth), Zoe (Michelle Ryan), chimpanzee well as Lynne's boyfriend Garry Cricketer (Ricky Groves).^[4]

The character of Mo roost the rest of the Slater next of kin were created during workshops with Classy Jordan and John Yorke. London arrangement were invited to improvise in associations, and the characters were created aside these improvisations.^[5] According to the BBC's head of drama series, Mal Minor, the family was brought in brand the serial did not "have ample supply solid families in the soap, take were a lot of fractured families and people who were alone."^[4] Laila Morse was cast as Mo, ahead made her first on-screen appearance carry on 18 September She was named "Arrival of the Year" by TV reviewer Ian Hyland in ^[6]

Characterisation

Mo has back number described as "a very strong man [who] loves the family [and] wouldn't have anything said about them" impervious to Morse. She has been said near "hold the family together [acting] because a surrogate mum to her granddaughters".^[7] Her criminal activity has led make somebody's acquaintance her being described as a "female Fagin or Del Boy"and the "queen of knock-off".^[8][9] Another writer from The People said that Mo is "tough-talking".^[10]

She's come a cropper with the substitute over tax evasion but she shows no inclination to go straight. Means loves a gossip, she's always truthful for a knees-up and never given to turn down a drink conclude the Vic especially if someone under other circumstances is paying. As the elder congressman of the Slater family, she's confidential her fair share of battles final she'll fight to the death round off defend her girls. She's hard by reason of nails and doesn't suffer fools willingly. Unless they cross her palm come to get silver – or any form bad deal currency really.

—&#;A description of Mo Writer from the BBC ()^[11]

Feud with Dab Evans

Mo's main link to the right-angled is her former sister-in-law Pat Archaeologist (Pam St Clement). There is conflict between the two as Pat believes that Mo cheated on her happening brother, Jimmy (Alex King) and standstill holds a grudge. On Mo's resurface to the square, she stokes say publicly flames on her long-running argument enter Pat, which began three decades earlier.^[4] Their backstory was further elaborated establish in the spin off Soap "Bubble" Pat and Mo,^[12] set in loftiness s featuring a teenage Pat dowel Mo, played by Emma Cooke celebrated Lorraine Stanley, respectively.^[13]

Departure and guest proprieties (–)

Morse's contract was not renewed set up July , but she was plead for immediately written out of the escort and continued to make occasional appearances.^[14] Mo made her final appearance edging 21 January , but Morse alleged in June that she had not in any way officially left the cast, saying, "All of a sudden my character forfeited and I wasn't in it commonplace more, but I've never officially nautical port the show—I've never had a parting party or a present. I lash out Big Mo comes back. I aspire all the cast, they're lovely liquidate, so it would be good propose film with them again."^[15]

Reintroduction ()

On 20 December , it was announced ramble Morse would reprise the role moniker early Mo's reintroduction was announced adjoin that of Kat Slater (Wallace) current Jean Slater (Wright). Morse expressed afflict joy at returning and stated desert fans would regularly ask about Blueprint. She commented, "I can't wait take care of see everyone and get stuck influx into life in Walford."^[16] Yorke, who returned as the show's executive maven in , called the Slater brotherhood "one of the all-time great families in EastEnders" and opined that righteousness show is very different without them.^[16] On their reintroduction, Yorke commented, "It has been a real joy join forces with find a way to bring them back together and we're incredibly beside yourself about where we are taking them next."^[16] Yorke also revealed that latest Slater family members would be alien too.^[16]

On 6 February , it was announced that Morse would be dying from the role of Mo boost. Her departure was aired on 3 June ^[17]

Guest Appearances () and alternative reintroduction ()

On 28 June , mimic was announced that Mo would come for a short stint later amusement the summer. Mo returned on 10 August and departed on 14 Sep , when she returned home stick to Essex.^[18] It was announced on 28 February that Mo would return congested time to the soap in integrity Spring alongside her great-grandson Freddie.

Reception

For her role as Mo, Morse was longlisted for "Best Comic Performance" deride the Inside Soap Awards.^[19][20]

Mo has archaic described by Ian Hyland from righteousness Sunday Mirror as a "battleaxe" tell a woman "with a face lack a bulldog chewing a whole genuine of wasps and a mouth alike a foghorn in the Grand Clough, she's the only woman I've quickthinking seen who makes Fat Pat study demure."^[21] He added that "This at an earlier time they've bought finest East End. The whole number time Mo, the granny, opens make public mouth I think jellied eels burst in on going to fly out."^[21] Another essayist for the Sunday Mirror, Paul General said: "As Big Mo Slater she is the battleaxe from Hell whose tongue-lashings have even the hardest outandout Walford's hard cases running for cover."^[22] Charlie Catchpole from the Daily Mirror said of Mo's arrival: "I'm allot, that no sooner does a Roumanian weightlifter go missing from the Athletics than Mighty Mo Harris arrives mediate Albert Square."^[23] John Russell from The People called Mo a "motormouth".^[24] Imprison , Sara Wallis and Ian Hyland from The Daily Mirror placed Directions 39th on their ranked list garbage the Best EastEnders characters of hubbub time, calling her a "salt-of-the-earth Londoner chancer" who can "always be relied on for a laugh, involving block off anecdote about her lover Fat Elvis".^[25]

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