And so here we are at last, with the first half of the Top 10. And a right mix of characters they are.
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6. Morag Bellingham (53 points) ▲1
Played by Cornelia Frances
The mother of Bobby and one-time employer of Marilyn spent less than a year as a regular, living in the big house and dispensing sardonic put-downs, but it was her frequent returns during the 2000s which saw her turn from city snob to the Bay’s resident legal expert (although her exact success rate was notoriously poor). Last returned for Roo and Harvey’s wedding but didn’t say much. |
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7. Marilyn Chambers (50 points) ▲4
Played by Emily Symons
Marilyn is now in her fourth stint as a regular, having gone from Lance’s ditzy girlfriend to principal Don Fisher’s younger wife. She returned in 2010 but after a year of predicting her own death and trying to get custody of Nicole’s baby, she was mainly left hanging around in the background of the caravan park and Diner until another marriage to an older man brought her to the forefront again. |
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8. Casey Braxton (40 points) ▲13
Played by Lincoln Younes
The youngest Braxton (or is it middle Barrett these days?) had a tendency to be on the receiving end when it came to being hospitalised, kidnapped and jailed, so we probably should have predicted that if any of them was going to get a bullet in the wrong place it was him. There’s a kind of immortality involved in that which has seen him shoot up the poll. |
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9. Bobby Simpson/Morgan/Marshall (38 points) ▲7
Played by Nicolle Dickson
Another original character making her first appearance in the Top 10. Bobby was kind of Sally in a quarter of the time, moving from messed up foster child to pillar of the community and foster mother. Her partnership with Ailsa behind the Diner counter took up much of the early years until she was killed in a boating accident. |
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10. Pippa Fletcher/Ross (36 points) ▲11
Played by Vanessa Downing & Debra Lawrance
Two polls ago, Pippa, a character who pretty much was Home and Away for its first ten years, was languishing in 62nd place. It’s probably a combination of older fans realising they need to vote for her and Pippa’s long term exposure on 7Two, where original actress Vanessa Downing has long since given way to more familiar Debra Lawrance, that has seen her rise up to make it into the Top 10 for the first time. |
So, what about the top five? Well…you’ll get some of them next time…
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