Tracey the barmaid off eastenders

[Andy008]

how long has this actress been on the show, and why is she never in it for more than a few seconds?

[bernardo]

(1) Ages, but not sure exactly
(2) Because she is only an extra

[spainlads]

Tracy (Actress Jane Slaughter) has been in it since 1986 - one year after it started.

[ermintrude35]

..other main extras included "big ron" (rip the actor who played him) winston, and jonathon and paul ross' mum , who I all believe to have stalls on the market...

[bernardo]

[I'm going off on a tangent here] apart from Adam Woodyatt (Ian Beale) and Wendy Richard (Pauline Fowler), the only other cast member who has been in it since the beginning (1985) is the postman.  This is odd, because almost every time he appears, he breaks the law by giving people their mail in the street whenever they ask him for it, or near their houses, instead of putting it through the letterbox like normal postal workers.  It's a wonder he hasn't been sacked by now.