Eileen Grimshaw

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Eileen Grimshaw
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Eileen Grimshaw in 2007
Coronation Street
Portrayed by Sue Cleaver
First appearance 3 May 2000-
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Gender Female
Date of birth 7 October 1961
Occupation Works at taxi firm
Residence 11 Coronation Street


Eileen Grimshaw, played by Sue Cleaver, is a fictional character appearing on the soap opera Coronation Street. She works for Street Cars as radio controller.

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[edit] About Eileen

Eileen first appeared in 2000 when she successfully applied for a vacancy at Street Cars, the new cab company opened by Steve McDonald and Vikram Desai. She later moved into Steve's house as a tenant with her two sons, Jason and Todd, who were conceived by different fathers. Some years later, her son Todd opened up to being gay.She now shares her house with lodgers Sean and Rovers Return barmaid Violet.

[edit] Relationships

One of Eileen's characteristics is her loneliness, since she finds it difficult to find a partner. Her promising relationship with Dennis Stringer failed when he left her for Janice Battersby. She dated Ernest Bishop's killer, Ed Jackson, even after disapproval from most of the street. It was during this relationship with Ed, a Christian, that Eileen came to the conclusion that she is agnostic.In 2007 she met Pat (Sean Hughes) who she assumed was married and had an "affair" Pat in fact turned out not to be married and had six other women at the time. More recently she was dating kebab shop owner Jerry Morton, but dumped him after he began taking more of an interest in his children rather than her.

[edit] Feud with Gail Platt

Eileen's sworn enemy is Gail Platt and their infamous feud has peaked in several brawls in the street. The pair constantly spar whenever they cross paths in Weatherfield. Their rivalry resulted in Eileen being the prime suspect when Gail was stalked by someone claiming to be serial killer Richard Hillman in 2006. Eileen was eventually revealed to be an innocent party, with David Platt exposed as the hoaxer.Gail and Eileen are now related after Sarah and Jason married in October 2007.

[edit] 'Holly'

On Christmas Day 2006, Eileen got a surprise when an unknown woman dropped a baby off, claiming Jason was the father. Eileen took responsibility to look after the baby, who they called Holly due to first meeting her around Christmas period.

Jason initially didn't approve of the child and tried to convince Eileen that the baby wasn't his, but Eileen disagreed and Jason eventually called Social Services in desperation. He later admitted to calling Social Services, but admitted he had grown fond of baby Holly.

However, Eileen was due for yet another shock on 9th April 2007 when Holly's mother returned, claiming that Jason's deceased workboss, Charlie Stubbs, was in fact the father, after she found his picture in the paper. She claimed that when she met Charlie, he told her that his name was Jason Grimshaw. Holly's mother, Emma, asked Eileen for the baby back but Eileen refused and threw her out of the house, threatening to call the police. Social Services became involved in the situation, and a desperate Eileen decided the best thing to do was to "run away" with the baby. Eileen's arch-nemesis Gail Platt discovered her plan and talked to her, finally getting her to realise that the best place for Holly was with her real mother. A tearful Eileen handed Holly over on 25 April 2007.

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[edit] Friends

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