Where is betty eagleton

The actor Paula Tilbrook, who has died aged 89, topped a long career of playing forthright women on television with a year run in the Yorkshire soap Emmerdale as the village gossip Betty Eagleton, who walked back into the life of her wartime sweetheart, Seth Armstrong, in Both Betty and Seth were widowed when they reunited, although she had left her scrap-dealer husband Wally before his death.

After almost 40 years of marriage, she told Wally to choose between her and his old rag-and-bone horse; he chose the horse. Following Wally's death in , Betty returns to Beckindale village. She soon becomes known as one of the village gossips.

Betty also looks for her former partner Seth Armstrong Stan Richards. Betty settles in with Seth and the pair host a s theme night at Christmas. Betty regularly stands up for what she believes in, and even tries to call off Zoe Tate 's Leah Bracknell lesbian wedding. Betty's former boyfriend Reggie arrives in the village. On the day she went to tell him she was expecting their baby, she found him in bed with another woman and had an abortion.

This left her unable to have any children of her own, which she kept a secret. Knowing this, Reggie tries to blackmail Betty by threatening to tell Seth. Instead, Betty tells him herself and Seth drives Reggie out of the village.

Betty decides to visit her friend Kathy Glover Malandra Burrows in Australia and goes on an extended holiday. Seth joins her, but she gets homesick and returns to Emmerdale alone several months later. On his way home, Seth dies on the aeroplane. Etched on the tree was "SA 4 BP ". Betty was picked up by Reuben who looked like Seth and she said goodbye to everyone.

The car drove away as Betty left the village forever. In February , a friend of Betty's, Maisie , came to the village to look for Sandy. She introduced herself as being a mutual friend of Betty Eagleton. As of , Betty will be 87 Or a bit more, a woman's prerogative is to lie about her age and lives happily in Australia. She'd be better off in Erinsborough or Summer Bay lol. Accoring to the 30 Years Of Emmerdale Book, published in Betty's full first name is Bettina, whether this was revealed in the show is unknown.

Siblings Margaret Prendegast. Spouse Wally Eagleton Popular pages. Recent blog posts Help. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Prendegast family. Eagleton family. Emmerdale gossips. Woolpack cleaners. Residents of Keepers Cottage. Betty Eagleton. Edit source History Talk 0. Betty Eagleton in She died in December with the family making the heartbreaking news public today with a touching obituary in The Stage.

In the cafe he promises Lydia Dingle that he will make a cake worthy of Betty for the charity morning. Fans were left in tears by the serendipitous moment and took to Twitter to share their emotional response.