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For Mike Baldwin's father see Frankie Baldwin (Sam Kydd).

Francesca Elizabeth "Frankie" Baldwin was the Essex-born wife of Danny Baldwin who moved to Weatherfield in 2004 when Danny bought half of Underworld, staying for two years.

Frankie met Danny when she baby-sat his son Jamie as a teenager. Danny later left his first wife Carol for her, and they had their own son together, Warren. Living in Chingford, Frankie became accustomed to a flash lifestyle and continually forgave Danny for all the times he cheated on her. When in 2004 Danny used all of their money to pay off Frankie's boyfriend Vinny Evans who Jamie had assaulted with a baseball bat, the family took on the tenancy of 7 Coronation Street with Frankie pulling her weight by gaining employment at Roy's Rolls.

In 2005, Danny had an affair with Jamie's girlfriend Leanne Battersby, and Frankie finally kicked him out for good. Having always been close to Jamie, Frankie began a romantic relationship with her stepson, but when they made plans to move to Spain together to get away from people who knew them Frankie got cold feet and broke it off, returning to Essex. By 2009, she was living in Romania with her husband Dean Fraser, a footballer.

Biography[]

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Upon arriving in Weatherfield, Frankie appeared stuck-up and prissy, eager for Danny to sell the house they shared in Essex so they could move into somewhere more suitable. Frankie exploded when she discovered Danny had slept with Sunita Parekh, and declared war on her. This perhaps is what drew her to Sunita's nemesis Maya Sharma. However, after learning of Maya's true nature, she apologised to Sunita and forgave her.

After a while, Frankie began to settle into the Street - especially after striking up a bond with Vera Duckworth. When Vera was ill, Frankie took care of her by doing her chores for her, filling in her job for her and advised her husband Jack to be more sensitive and attentive to Vera's needs. This led to Frankie securing a permanent position at Roy's Rolls, where she worked with Leanne.

Frankie saw Leanne as being beneath Jamie, and became suspicious of her cheating on him. Frankie discovered Leanne's affair with her husband Danny when Leanne lost her phone. The pair had arranged to meet at a hotel in Manchester but Leanne cancelled at the last minute. Annoyed, Danny rang her phone and spoke of all the things he wanted to do to Leanne - unaware that Frankie was on the other end of the line. Frankie threw Danny out and from then on she lived with Jamie, and his biological mother Carol, but after Carol accused Frankie and Jamie of sleeping with each other, Frankie kicked Carol out, and Carol returned to her home in Birmingham.

Danny, regretting losing her and scared at the thought of spending the rest of his life with Leanne, begged Frankie to take him back. Frankie remained strong and moved boyfriend Nathan Cooper into No.7 just days before the divorce went ahead. She celebrated her divorce by jetting off alone for a holiday in her newly acquired villa in Spain.

In October 2006, Frankie's former stepson Jamie declared his love for her at Fred Elliott's funeral and they kissed but the revelation shocked her and drove her back into the arms of ex-husband Danny. However she couldn't resist Jamie's advances and they embarked on a relationship, much to the disgust of the other residents of the Street. The news also led to Danny's disappearance.

Frankie and Jamie decided to head to Spain to start afresh, but at the last minute on New Year's Eve, Frankie got cold feet. She ended it with a devastated Jamie, and left to stay with a friend in Essex. As she departed in a taxi, Jamie was consoled by friend Sean Tully. However the misery wasn't over - at midnight Jamie received a call from father, Danny, telling him that he had sold Mike's flat and he was "sorry" to hear about his break up with Frankie.

In October 2009, Roy and Hayley Cropper were invited to Romania to attend Frankie's wedding to footballer Dean Fraser, however due to an electrical storm their plane was late arriving and therefore missed the ceremony. The Croppers house-sat for a week while the newly-weds went on their honeymoon.

Personality[]

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Background information[]

Frankie Baldwin appeared briefly during a flashback in the direct-to-DVD spin-off Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday, however she was not played by Debra Stephenson. It was released in 2009, a little under three years after she made her final appearance in the main programme in Episode 6458 broadcast on 31st December 2006.

First and last lines[]

"Now that's what I call a welcome. Not your usual class of gaff Danny... nice wine though!" (First line)

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"Like you said Jamie, I'm not your mum, so I can." (Final line)

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List of addresses[]

Address Duration
7 Coronation Street June 2004 to October 2006
No. 4 Montreal House, Weatherfield Quays October to November 2006
7 Coronation Street November to 31st December 2006
Romania 2009

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