EastEnders icon Pat Butcher for 25 years before hanging up her earrings.The actress, who turns 80 today (May 11), last appeared in the BBC soap for a few minutes in an episode back in 2016.Pat went on to become one of the soap's most iconic and longest-serving characters, first appearing in June 1986 until the character was killed off in January 2012.She returned to the show as ghost four years later for Barbara Windsor's final scenes as Peggy Mitchell.Since leaving Albert Square, Pam has made a number of television appearances and has done a lot of charity.
As the soap legend celebrates her milestone birthday, Daily Star has taken a look inside Pam's life.Pam has worked extensively on the stage, in films and on television for almost 50 years.Shortly after her birth in 1942.