<Tr> <Th> Stepsons </Th> <Td> Haydn Ross </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Granddaughters </Th> <Td> Pippa Saunders </Td> </Tr> <P> Phillipa "Pippa" Ross OAM (fictitious recipient) (also King and Fletcher) is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera Home and Away . Actress Vanessa Downing originated the role and made her debut during the pilot episode broadcast on 17 January 1988 . Downing quit the role in 1990, and Debra Lawrance was then cast . Pippa departed on 18 March 1998, but Lawrance has reprised the role for numerous returns between 2000 and 2009 . </P> <P> Carol Willesee was initially hired for the "pivotal role of foster mother, and earth mother" Pippa Fletcher . In his book Super Aussie Soaps, Andrew Mercado opined that casting the then wife of current affairs show host, Mike Willesee, was a publicity dream . Of Willesee's casting, producer John Holmes said "She had just started acting and was pretty raw, but she had a warmth about her ." When filming began, the Seven Network became worried because Willesee had not signed a contract . The actress later revealed she had a verbal agreement that she could have time off during the school holidays, as well as later starts and early finishes, so she could spend time with her family . The network realised that that situation would not work for a show scheduled to film five episodes per week and they decided to recast the character and reshoot the footage Willesee had already filmed . Holmes explained that it would have been "irresponsible" to allow an unsigned actress to keep filming when she could walk out at any time . </P>

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