Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Anne "Annie" Brearly (née Pearson; previously Sugden and Kempinski) is a long running fictional character in the popular soap opera Emmerdale. She is played by Sheila Mercier as a regular character between 1972 and 1994, while making occasional guest appearances in the show since her original departure. Mercier cut back on location filming during the late 1980s and eventually left the serial in 1994 due to the gruelling schedule. Annie was one of Emmerdale's original characters, appearing in its first episode on 16 October 1972. She was the soap's "first matriarch", the maternal force behind the Sugden family, who were collectively one of Emmerdale's main focal points.Sheila Mercier as Annie Sugden and Frazer Hines as Joe Sugden were the only two original cast members to take the show into its 20th year. Though the character left the serial in 1994, she has made occasional appearances since this time and last appeared on-screen in February 2009, in a special tribute episode to mark the death of Clive Hornby who played her on-screen son, Jack Sugden. This episode mirrored the first ever episode of Emmerdale Farm. in that they both featured warring brothers over their father's graveside - one of whom had returned to the village from time spent away.Sheila Mercier has previously made guest appearances in 1996 and in 2000 for a special web broadcast in which Annie talked to her troubled screen son Jack. The broadcast was available for viewers to download on the official Emmerdale website. Despite having married Amos offscreen in late 1995, she was credited upon her return in 2009 by her most famous name, Annie Sugden. She is the longest serving female character in the series' history, having appeared continuously for 22 years from 1972 to 1994 and also currently serves as the fifth longest running character in the history of the show.. }
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- Annie_Sugden abstract "Anne "Annie" Brearly (née Pearson; previously Sugden and Kempinski) is a long running fictional character in the popular soap opera Emmerdale. She is played by Sheila Mercier as a regular character between 1972 and 1994, while making occasional guest appearances in the show since her original departure. Mercier cut back on location filming during the late 1980s and eventually left the serial in 1994 due to the gruelling schedule. Annie was one of Emmerdale's original characters, appearing in its first episode on 16 October 1972. She was the soap's "first matriarch", the maternal force behind the Sugden family, who were collectively one of Emmerdale's main focal points.Sheila Mercier as Annie Sugden and Frazer Hines as Joe Sugden were the only two original cast members to take the show into its 20th year. Though the character left the serial in 1994, she has made occasional appearances since this time and last appeared on-screen in February 2009, in a special tribute episode to mark the death of Clive Hornby who played her on-screen son, Jack Sugden. This episode mirrored the first ever episode of Emmerdale Farm. in that they both featured warring brothers over their father's graveside - one of whom had returned to the village from time spent away.Sheila Mercier has previously made guest appearances in 1996 and in 2000 for a special web broadcast in which Annie talked to her troubled screen son Jack. The broadcast was available for viewers to download on the official Emmerdale website. Despite having married Amos offscreen in late 1995, she was credited upon her return in 2009 by her most famous name, Annie Sugden. She is the longest serving female character in the series' history, having appeared continuously for 22 years from 1972 to 1994 and also currently serves as the fifth longest running character in the history of the show.".