Hilary Robinson

Hilary Robinson is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Anne Scott-Pendlebury.
 The character first appeared on-screen during the episode broadcast on 
25 June 1987. The character departed the show on 28 February 1990 
following her decision to quit in 1989. Scott-Pendlebury reprised her 
role in 2005 for the serial's 20th anniversary episode, and again in 
February 2015 ahead of the 30th anniversary. She is characterised as a 
bossy and meddling woman who lacks romance and seeks comfort interfering
 with her Neighbours' personal lives. Hilary's main storyline was 
mothering an illegitimate child Matt Robinson (Ashley Paske).
 He arrives in Erinsborough to forge a relationship with his birth 
mother. The character's "hard-edged approach to life" mellowed during 
the storyline.
== Development ==
“	Hilary
 Robinson was like an older Julie - on the surface, a very nice person 
who genuinely wanted to help others. But those very do-gooder qualities 
were what drove everyone up the wall. Hilary was an organiser of other 
people's lives. She liked to take over and manipulate, always for the 
other person's "good". Her intentions were the best, but the way she 
carried them out was often infuriating.	”
 		
Hilary is characterised as a "stuffy and proper" woman and not an ideal mother figure.[8]
 Her bossy manner and liking to organise everyones lives angers other 
characters. This surprises Hilary because she never sets out to offend 
others and is not vindictive. She is an honest person which is important
 to her, though others perceive it as tactlessness.[7]
 Hilary enjoys meddling in other people's personal lives. She does so 
because she lacks romance in her own life and does not have male 
friends. But the character does have a neat and attractive dress style 
but men become alarmed by her bossy tendencies. Hilary also believes 
that men only want sex and is wary of any attention.[7]
Hilary was introduced into the show as the cousin of Jim Robinson (Alan Dale).[9] She arrives in Ramsay Street to attend Scott Robinson (Jason Donovan) and Charlene Mitchell's (Kylie Minogue) wedding. Her first storyline saw her nearly exposing the secret that relative Paul Robinson (Stefan Dennis) has married Gail Lewis (Fiona Corke) for business reasons after spying on them.[9] Dennis later recalled the storyline as one of his favourites because "it was just silly, fun stuff to play."[10]
The show later invested in a backstory for the character. They played a storyline in which she had an illegitimate child.[8] Matt Williams (Ashley Paske)
 was introduced into the show when he tracks Hilary down. She had become
 pregnant with Matt following a short romance when she was aged twenty. 
Hilary rejects Matt because she feels ashamed and fears a negative 
reaction from her Neighbours. But he decides to stay and convinces 
Hilary to tell the Robinson family the truth. They go onto create a 
strong relationship.[8]
 A writer from Neighbours.com assessed that "her slightly 'hard-edged' 
approach to life was softened slightly" through her relationship with 
Matt.[7]
== Storylines ==
Hilary
 arrives in Ramsay Street to attend Scott and Charlene's wedding. While 
staying at Number 22, she discovers Paul has married Gail for business 
reasons and nearly exposes their secret. Hilary interferes with Jim's 
love life, match-making him with her friend Beverly Marshall
 (Lisa Armytage), whom he eventually marries. She is thrown out of the 
Robinson household for telling Nick Page (Mark Stevens) he is not part 
of the Robinson family. She moves in with Sharon Davies (Jessica Muschamp) while Edith Chubb (Irene Inescort) is away. She then begins feuding with Joe Mangel (Mark Little) and Kerry Bishop (Linda Hartley-Clark).
 Kerry becomes enraged by Hilary after she sets up an aviary; Kerry, an 
animal rights activist, releases the birds and Hilary argues with her. 
She attempts to save some of the birds, but falls from a ladder. Bronwyn Davies (Rachel Friend) finds her and saves her life.
Matt is revealed to be Hilary's son. She initially tries to keep it a
 secret until he blackmails her, telling her he will walk out on her for
 good, in turn making Hilary publicly reveal him as her son. Hilary 
begins a relationship with Kenneth Muir (Roger Boyce); they later split 
up when he finds out Hilary has been tax evading. Hilary decides to 
leave Ramsay Street permanently; this angers Paul, after Hilary 
withdraws her funding of the Robinson Corporation. Hilary suggests Matt 
come back to Adelaide with her but he decides to stay and she leaves 
alone. Hilary later makes a cameo appearance in Annalise Hartman's (Kimberley Davies) documentary. She credits her time living in the street as helping her rebuild her relationship with Matt.
In 2015, Hilary and her friend Janice Stedler (Helen Noonan) go to the Erinsborough community centre for their flu shots, and Hilary complains about the waiting times to Karl Kennedy (Alan Fletcher).
 She later apologises and explains that she is unhappy about the mayor 
cutting community services to help fund the Erinsborough Festival. When 
the mayor, Paul, turns up to talk about the festival with a journalist, 
Hilary interrupts to say she is a victim of his budget cuts. Paul takes 
Hilary back to his apartment and berates for her actions. While waiting 
for her bus, Hilary meets Daniel Robinson (Tim Phillipps),
 Scott and Charlene's son. She admits to Paul that she moved back to 
Erinsborough after a falling out with Matt's wife. Hilary threatens to 
stay at Paul's apartment for the night, so he gives her money to start 
up some of the community services again. Harold Bishop (Ian Smith) drives Hilary home.
A couple of months later, Hilary returns to give Paul his daughter Amy Williams's (Zoe Cramond) last known address. When Naomi Canning (Morgana O'Reilly)
 tells Hilary that Paul no longer wants to find Amy, Hilary says she 
will track her down instead, unless she can have Paul's dog B2 to keep 
her company. Paul agrees and Hilary tells him he can visit B2 anytime. 
After learning that Paul wants to close Erinsborough High to build a 
housing development, Hilary returns on behalf of the pensions 
association to voice their opposition. Hilary also makes it clear that 
she is displeased about Paul keeping Amy's return from her, especially 
after she helped to find her. Paul hosts a family lunch for Hilary and 
invites Daniel, Amy and her son Jimmy (Darcy Tadich). Hilary then promises to take Paul's arguments back to the pensions association.
Hilary invests fifty dollars in Paul and Amy's gazeebo business. But 
Amy decides not to go ahead with the business because of Paul's deceit. Imogen Willis
 (Ariel Kaplan) offers legal advise to Hilary and she demands her money 
back from Paul. Daniel manages to diffuse the legal proceedings by 
taking her out for dinner. A few weeks later, Hilary is introduced to Doug Willis (Terence Donovan)
 and his family, who are looking for a care home for him as he is 
suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Hilary tells them about the home 
where she is living, but Doug becomes irritated by the conversation and 
insults Hilary. She later informs Doug's son, Brad (Kip Gamblin), that Doug has been blacklisted from the home. Hilary informs mayor Sonya Mitchell (Eve Morey)
 that the pensioners association has received too much funding. They 
relocate the funds to the Erinsborough High after school study programme
 on the condition that Hilary becomes the administrator of the 
programme.
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