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Lily Butterfield (née Burrows) is a fictional character from the ITV soap opera Emmerdale played by Anne Charleston. She made her first appearance on 3 November 2006. Lily is Edna Birch’s estranged sister and the biological mother to Edna’s son Peter Birch. Charleston quit her role in April 2009 and the character departed on 3 August 2009. She might return but Charleston has to agree.