Dolly Messiter visits Anna Jesson socially after reporting that she saw Anna at a mystery play. During the visit, Dolly asks Anna for legal advice concerning Mrs. Gaines, bringing practical obligations into Anna's domestic world and indirectly contrasting them with Anna's increasingly disruptive emotional attachment to Alec Harvey.
Mrs. Hartley is Leigh's mother, although Leigh falsely tells Deborah that she is merely a neighbour of his father delivering news about his illness. After the robbery, Deborah meets her again at Leigh's home and learns the truth, helping expose Leigh's deception and deepening Deborah's suspicion that their relationship was deliberately engineered.
Gwen Cherrell has 10 screen credits in a career dating back to 1949. Signature works include Ben Spray, For Services to Myself, Salad Days. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
