Madge Bishop
Fictional character from an Australian soap opera / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Madge Bishop?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Madge Bishop (also Ramsay and Mitchell) is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Anne Charleston. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 20 January 1986. Madge was introduced as the sister of original character Max Ramsay (Francis Bell). She soon becomes the main matriarch of the Ramsay family. Madge arrives with her marriage in tatters, following a brief but passionate affair with Raymond Philips, her son in prison, and her daughter a runaway teen; she rolled up her sleeves and got a job in The Waterhole to support the family as a single mother. She departed on 27 November 1992, before making a return on 7 November 1996. Madge died on 6 April 2001 from terminal pancreatic cancer. Charleston reprised the role for the show's 30th anniversary celebrations from 4–20 March 2015, and for the intended finale on 28 July 2022.
Madge Bishop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neighbours character | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portrayed by | Anne Charleston | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duration | 1986–1992, 1996–2001, 2015, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First appearance | 20 January 1986 (1986-01-20) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last appearance | 28 July 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Created by | Reg Watson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Introduced by |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|