Annie Smith

**Annie Smith** is the daughter of troublesome punk teenager Mary Smith, who would often leave Annie in the care of others whilst she would carry out reckless activities with her punk friends.

Annie is three months old when she arrives, along with Mary, on 5 March 1985 and initially resides with her mother at 23b Albert Square. Mary is an incredibly irresponsible mother and Annie is always getting lumbered on neighbours when Mary gets tired of looking after her. Dot Cotton and Sue Osman are the usual victims, but almost everyone on the Square has a turn of looking after Annie. Sue Osman, in particular, grows extremely fond of Annie following the death of her son, Hassan. After bottling up her grief for months, she is forced to hold little Annie, which finally allows her to acknowledge her pent-up sadness.

Annie is once left alone in the launderette by accident while Mary goes drinking in The Queen Vic. Debbie Wilkins finds her and returns her to her mother, along with a few choice words for Mary. Mary also has a tendency to leave Annie home alone whilst she goes out to prostitute herself at night. On one such occasion, Annie throws her blanket at the electric fan heater, causing a fire. Luckily, Arthur Fowler manages to rescue her but as a result, Annie is removed from Mary's care and given to her grandparents, Chris Smith and Edie Smith, who live in Stockport. With the help of Mary's boyfriend Rod Norman and Carmel Jackson, Annie is eventually reunited with her mother, although it takes a lot of persuading to make Edie return her, who feels that Mary is not capable of caring for a young child. Annie spends Christmas Day 1987 in hospital after her intoxicated grandfather, Chris, abducts her and crashes his car into a wall in an attempt to take her back to Stockport. Luckily, Annie is unharmed. Eventually, Mary decides to leave Albert Square for good with Annie. They left in May 1988 and have only returned for one day in 2019, to attend Dr Legg's funeral.

## List of appearances

Annie has appeared in **116** episodes.

**1985**

* 7 March 1985
* 12 March 1985
* 14 March 1985
* 19 March 1985
* 28 March 1985
* 2 April 1985
* 4 April 1985
* 11 April 1985
* 16 April 1985
* 18 April 1985
* 30 April 1985
* 2 May 1985
* 14 May 1985
* 11 June 1985
* 2 July 1985
* 9 July 1985
* 11 July 1985
* 18 July 1985
* 25 July 1985
* 30 July 1985
* 1 August 1985
* 12 September 1985
* 17 September 1985
* 15 October 1985
* 24 October 1985
* 21 November 1985
* 26 November 1985
* 10 December 1985
* 17 December 1985

**1986**

* 28 January 1986
* 25 February 1986
* 27 February 1986
* 11 March 1986
* 13 March 1986
* 25 March 1986
* 27 March 1986
* 3 April 1986
* 24 April 1986
* 6 May 1986
* 8 May 1986
* 13 May 1986
* 15 May 1986
* 20 May 1986
* 29 May 1986
* 5 June 1986
* 26 June 1986
* 1 July 1986
* 22 July 1986
* 5 August 1986
* 12 August 1986
* 14 August 1986
* 26 August 1986
* 28th August 1986
* 4 September 1986
* 11 September 1986
* 18 September 1986
* 7 October 1986
* 9 October 1986
* 21 October 1986
* 23 October 1986
* 2 December 1986
* 11 December 1986
* 23 December 1986
* 25 December 1986 Part 1
* 30 December 1986

**1987**

* 8 January 1987
* 13 January 1987
* 20 January 1987
* 22 January 1987
* 27 January 1987
* 29 January 1987
* 3 February 1987
* 19 February 1987
* 26 February 1987
* 3 March 1987
* 5 March 1987
* 10 March 1987
* 12 March 1987
* 19 March 1987
* 26 March 1987
* 9 April 1987
* 14 April 1987
* 16 April 1987
* 21 April 1987
* 28 April 1987
* 30 April 1987
* 5 May 1987
* 14 May 1987
* 26 November 1987
* 1 December 1987
* 3 December 1987
* 8 December 1987
* 24 December 1987
* 25 December 1987

**1988**

* 28 January 1988
* 2 February 1988
* 7 April 1988
* 19 April 1988
* 12 May 1988
* 26 May 1988

**2019**