herself to Angie. She said "[Angie] could be on the floor, drunk, weeping buckets, mascara everywhere, then drag herself up the next morning in that old blue dressing gown, tidy herself up and be in the bar that night telling jokes and looking a million dollars." Kellie Bright has said that she has based her portrayal of Linda Carter on Angie. Reception Angie became one of the most iconic and popular characters in EastEnders history. The character was said to become such a "phenomenon" that when Anita Dobson announced she would be leaving in 1988, her departure was reported on the BBC Six O'Clock News. She was voted the number one television barmaid, the fifth most popular Queen of soaps and the 75th greatest television character of all time in separate Channel 4 polls. The moment that Den served Angie divorce papers was voted the number one soap moment of all time in a 2004 poll. See also List of EastEnders characters (1985) List of soap opera villains References External links Fictional bartenders Television characters introduced in 1985 Fictional alcohol abusers Female characters in television Watts family Female villains Fictional attempted suicides