marge green, played by pat coombs, is first seen in may 1989 as a friend of dot cotton (june brown) and ethel skinner (gretchen franklin). marge also befriends mo butcher (edna doré), who regularly bosses her about. marge is an elderly spinster who devotes her life to caring for her sickly 93-year-old mother, which is a massive strain on her. however, her mother dies towards the end of 1989. although marge is devastated, her friends helped her through it and she eventually comes to look forward to her future. however, marge's cousin arrives and cons her into becoming his invalid mother's companion on a cruise ship. she leaves in february 1990, and has not been seen since.