| Louise Raymond | |||||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Carol Harrison | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 1998–1999 | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 1613 12 May 1998 | ||||||||||||
| Last appearance | Episode 1769 27 April 1999 | ||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Mike Hudson | ||||||||||||
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Louise Raymond is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Carol Harrison from May 1998 to April 1999. Louise is the estranged mother of the characters Tiffany and Simon Raymond (Martine McCutcheon and Andrew Lynford). She is featured most prominently in a high-profile storyline about adultery, when she has sex with her daughter's husband Grant (Ross Kemp). The plot is the catalyst for the eventual death of Tiffany, who dies in the aftermath upon discovering the affair. Harrison left the role in 1999; scriptwriters allegedly felt that the character had nowhere left to go following Tiffany's departure.