page_title: List of EastEnders characters (2000)
section_title: Barbara Owen
hierarchical_section_title: List of EastEnders characters (2000) / Barbara Owen
caption_attribution_description: English: Sheila Hancock at a book signing in October 2014
context_page_description: The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera EastEnders in 2000, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by Matthew Robinson, or his successor, John Yorke. The first character to be introduced was Sandra di Marco, the estranged wife of Beppe di Marco. Laura Beale, a love interest for Ian Beale, and Sophie Braddock, a new teenage character, were introduced in February, whereas Maureen Carter, the aunt of Irene Raymond, and Rod Morris, the tutor of Nicky di Marco, were introduced for guest stints in May. Barbara Owen, Steve Owen and Jackie Owen's mother, and Fiona Morris, Rod's wife, made their first appearance in July, and Jack Robbins, Sandra's former lover, debuted in August.
  The Slater family — Charlie Slater, Mo Harris, Lynne Slater, Garry Hobbs, Kat Slater, Little Mo Morgan and Zoe Slater — as well as Danny Harrison, a building contractor, Eddie Skinner, the nephew of Ethel Skinner, and Kevin, Kat's former boyfriend, were introduced in September. Kerry Skinner, the daughter of Eddie, Bex Fowler, the newborn daughter of Sonia Jackson and Martin Fowler, Ameena Badawi, a social worker, made their first appearance in October.
context_section_description: Barbara Owen, played by Sheila Hancock, is introduced as the mother of Steve Owen (Martin Kemp) and Jackie Owen (Race Davies). She first appears in July 2000 and appears again in March 2001, before making her final appearance in July 2001.
  Barbara first appears when Steve, who is going through a drugs problem, visits her after discovering that she has terminal heart disease. Barbara is obsessed with the British royal family, though not so caring about her own children. Eight months later, Barbara attends Steve's wedding to Mel Healy (Tamzin Outhwaite), taking a shine to his nemesis Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden), to the point of putting his photograph on her fireplace mantel.
  Four months later, Steve visits Barbara when she is in a critical condition and confronts her about the abuse she'd showered on him when he was a child. She tries to defend her actions by saying her husband left her to bring up two children with no money. She refuses to let Steve call an ambulance and asks him to kiss her. He gives her a peck on the forehead but she asks for a kiss on the lips. When he leans forward, she grabs him and gives him an extremely passionate kiss, telling him he is an attractive man. Steve is disgusted and leaves. Barbara dies soon after. Mel is the only person in attendance at Barbara's funeral, while Steve is having sex with another woman.
  When Steve dies in a car explosion eight months after Barbara's death, his ashes are dumped on Barbara's grave by Phil. Seventeen years after Barbara's death, Mel returns to Walford with her and Steve's son, Hunter Owen (Charlie Winter), who learns that Steve was a villain. Mel finds Hunter at Barbara's grave and she blames Barbara for the way Steve was, describing her as an "evil witch".
caption: Actress Sheila Hancock (pictured in 2014) appeared across three guest stints as Barbara Owen.
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