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Ethel May Skinner is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders played by Gretchen Franklin. Ethel also features in a 1988 EastEnders special entitled Civvy Street set on Albert Square during the Second World War played by Alison Bettles.Ethel is an EastEnders original character and in the early years she can always be found wandering the square with her adored pug Willy.