<P> Stan Carter (Timothy West) worked as a fishmongster at the Billingsgate Fish Market . With his wife Sylvie Carter (Linda Marlowe) he had two daughters: Shirley Carter (Linda Henry) and Tina Carter (Luisa Bradshaw - White). Stan neglected his family, whereas Sylvie abused Shirley when she was young . Shirley fell pregnant at 14 by Buster Briggs (Karl Howman) and Sylvie pushed Shirley down the stairs to try to kill the unborn baby; however, she was unsuccessful . Deciding to keep the news from Stan, Sylvie took Shirley to a caravan site with her sister, Babe Smith (Annette Badland), where Shirley gave birth to Mick (Danny Dyer). Seeing an opportunity to revive her failing marriage, Sylvie pretended that Mick was her and Stan's son, and he was raised as Shirley and Tina's brother . Sylvie left the family soon afterwards, and Shirley struggled with bringing up her son and her younger sister alone, so she tried to drown Mick in the bathroom . Stan saved him, but after they took Mick to the hospital, social services took Mick and Tina into care . Shirley grew distant from her father and married Kevin Wicks (Phil Daniels). They had one child, Jimbo Wicks, while Shirley had two further children, Carly Wicks (Kellie Shirley) and Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo). Carly was the result of a one - night stand named Daniel, but she and Buster reconnected and he also fathered Dean . Kevin raised both children as his own . Shirley disowned Stan after an argument and did not speak to him for 25 years . Shirley walked out on her children when she divorced Kevin . She did not attend Jimbo's funeral, who died of cystic fibrosis at the age of 21 . </P> <P> Tina gave birth to Zsa Zsa Carter (Emer Kenny) at the age of 19 with a man named Mark Reynolds, who was six years her senior, but could not cope with bringing up a child at a young age . She often indulged in alcohol and drugs, leaving Zsa Zsa to bring herself up . Zsa Zsa's father later died . Tina also married a man named Andy, but left him for a man named Miguel and went to Spain . She later began a lesbian relationship with firefighter Fiona "Tosh" Mackintosh (Rebecca Scroggs). They shared a volatile relationship; Tosh was violent towards Tina . </P> <P> Tina remained close to Mick (without knowing that he is really her nephew, rather than her brother). Mick met a local girl called Linda Peacock (Kellie Bright) when he was six years old and they went to school together . When they were 15, Linda fell pregnant by Mick, three months after the death of her father, and gave birth to their son Lee Carter (Danny - Boy Hatchard). Two years later, they had a daughter, Nancy Carter (Maddy Hill), followed by the premature birth of their youngest son, Johnny Carter (Sam Strike / Ted Reilly). Shirley burnt down their first pub, which led to Mick being estranged from Shirley and they lived with Linda's mother, Elaine Peacock (Maria Friedman). </P> <P> Shirley is the first Carter to be introduced, in 2006, as the ex-wife of pre-established character Kevin Wicks and mother of his two children, Carly and Deano . Shirley fails to reunite with her family due to her abandonment of them and Jimbo especially . She clashes with many Walford residents, including Denise Fox (Diane Parish) and Pat Butcher (Pam St. Clement), but has support in her best friend Heather Trott (Cheryl Fergison). She continues to try to win over Carly and Deano, but both leave Walford on bad terms with their mother . Shirley eventually begins a relationship with Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden), over their mutual tendency to drink too much . </P>

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