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Debbie Webster is the property tycoon sister of Kevin Webster.

Debbie originally moved to Coronation Street as a fifteen-year-old in 1984. At her young age, Debbie was more interested in seeing her boyfriend Dazz Isherwood than doing her school work, which led to her underachieving in her exams. After leaving school, she was taken on at Jim's Cafe and not long afterwards, her father Bill Webster married Elaine Prior and the family (minus Kevin) moved to Southampton.

Debbie had a long absence from Weatherfield, during which time she knuckled down and found success as a property developer. In 2020, she schemed with her ex-partner Ray Crosby to redevelop the street, successfully buying up many of the properties. They got as far as evicting the tenants before the planning application was rescinded due to Ray bribing the committee chairperson. Turning against Ray when his sexual assault of Faye Windass was revealed, Debbie made him sign over his business empire, including the Viaduct Bistro and the Chariot Square Hotel, before betraying him to the police.

Emerging from her dealings with Ray as a very wealthy woman, Debbie ran into financial trouble in 2022 and sold the bistro to her business partners Leanne Battersby and Nick Tilsley. She remains close to Kevin and her nephew Jack and tries to look out for them, and is currently in a relationship with Ronnie Bailey.

Biography[]

1968-1984: Childhood[]

Born on 7th September 1968, Debbie grew up in Weatherfield with her parents Bill and Alison and older brother Kevin. Following her mother's death from colon cancer when she was eleven years old, Debbie grew into a headstrong and independent young woman.

1984-1985: Life in Weatherfield[]

In June 1984, Elsie Tanner decided to sell her home of 11 Coronation Street and, as the house neighboured the Builder's yard where he had set up his joinery business, Bill was keen to buy it. Enthusiastic about the move, Debbie turned up to have a look at the house weeks before they were due to move in and her pushy attitude put her on the wrong side of Elsie's daughter Linda Cheveski who chucked her out.

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1984: Following her mother's death Debbie found herself swamped with responsibility to care for Bill and Kevin

On the day that the Webster trio officially moved in, the Pub Olympics was being held between the Rovers Return and The Flying Horse, and Debbie insisted on watching Kevin's band perform at the Rovers despite the fact that she was underage.

Bill hoped that his daughter's feistiness would translate into ambition but Debbie didn't like school and she ended up failing her exams with two CSE 4's and two 5's and one unclassified. Debbie intended to leave school without any qualifications but Bill insisted that she stay and resit her exams. When Debbie made Bill see that he heaped too many responsibilities on her at home and that she never had time to commit to her studies he agreed to let her leave school if she found a job and she was taken on at Jim's Cafe almost straight away.

Bill's protective side surfaced again when Debbie met up with Dazz Isherwood, her old neighbour, who Bill had barred from seeing Debbie as he let Debbie on his motorbike. Bill gave Debbie an ultimatum to drop Dazz or return to school but Debbie ignored him and hung out with Dazz and his biker friends. When Dazz crashed his motorbike while riding with Debbie and Debbie escaped with a bruised leg, Bill threatened Dazz with violence, trying to scare him off Debbie, but while this didn't work they split up anyway as Dazz got fed up with Debbie being a pain and dumped her for the older Denise Edgeley.

When Bill became friendly with Elaine Prior at the end of the year, Debbie helped them get time alone together by getting Kevin out of the house. Kevin didn't like Elaine muscling in on the cosy family atmosphere but Debbie liked them together and was pleased when they decided to marry and move to Southampton, particularly when Elaine offered her a job at her new salon. The wedding took place in January 1985 and Bill, Elaine and Debbie moved immediately to Southampton, while Kevin put his roots down in Coronation Street and stayed behind.

1985-2019: Missing years[]

Debbie kept in contact with Kevin and she let him stay with her when he was reeling from the news that Sally was marrying Danny Hargreaves in 2001. When Sophie went missing in 2010, Kevin rang Debbie to find out if she'd turned up there, but she hadn't.

In September 2011, Debbie phoned the Websters to inform them that she had just purchased a villa in Turkey. It was Kevin's plan to take baby Jack over to visit, but then realised he would have to apply for parental responsibility in order to change Jack's name from "Dobbs" to "Webster" for the child's passport.

2019 to present: Return[]

In October 2019, Debbie returned to Weatherfield after her Auntie Vi died and she had to attend the will reading. Though her first moments back on the cobbles she had to face down Abi Franklin, who mistook her for Kevin's date. Abi decided with her trademark tact that Debbie needed scaring off and warned her about hurting Kevin which brought out Debbie's feisty side. 

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Background information[]

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Kevin's rarely-mentioned sister was introduced along with Bill in 1984 with the intention that the Websters would be staying with the programme for at least five years, but she was written out less than a year later, in January 1985, so that she would leave with Bill as Peter Armitage quit the series at the end of his initial contract. While executive producer Bill Podmore managed to keep Kevin in the show, he felt it would be unrealistic for Bill to move away without either of his children.

In 2020, it was reported that Devaney would be reintroduced after a brief return in 2019. This was confirmed in August that year. The story details were given that Debbie would be back to support her brother, Kevin. The character's return was broadcast on 26th August 2020.

Appendices[]

List of addresses[]

Address Duration
11 Coronation Street 9th July 1984 to 9th January 1985
Southampton January 1985 to unknown date
Turkey September 2011 to August 2020
13 Coronation Street August 2020 to December 2020

Employment history[]

Role Institution Duration
Owner Chariot Square Hotel February 2021 to present
Owner Drawbridge Hotel February 2021 to present
Owner Riverlands Hotel February 2021 to present
Owner The Lancastrian Hotel February 2021 to present
Owner The Roundwell February 2021 to present
Owner The Waterway February 2021 to present
Owner The Welton February 2021 to present
Owner Viaduct Bistro February 2021 to present
Owner Furniture Shop February 2021 to present
Owner Audrey's February 2021 to present
Owner Street Cars February 2021 to present

First and last lines[]

"In here." (First line, to Ivy Tilsley)

See also[]

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Current characters
Ken Barlow | Rita Tanner | Gail Rodwell | Tracy McDonald | Audrey Roberts | Nick Tilsley | Kevin Webster | Debbie Webster | Jenny Connor | Sally Metcalfe | Sarah Barlow | Steve McDonald | David Platt | Daniel Osbourne | Roy Cropper | Leanne Battersby | Toyah Habeeb | Tyrone Dobbs | Dev Alahan | Eileen Grimshaw | Maria Connor | Kirk Sutherland | Bethany Platt | Adam Barlow | Todd Grimshaw | Fiz Dobbs | Simon Barlow | Sean Tully | Chesney Winter-Brown | Amy Barlow | Aadi Alahan | Asha Alahan | Ryan Connor | Carla Barlow | Dylan Wilson | Gary Windass | Mary Taylor | Liam Connor | Brian Packham | Izzy Armstrong | Max Turner | Jack Webster | Hope Dobbs | Beth Sutherland | Craig Tinker | Joseph Brown | Ruby Dobbs | Tim Metcalfe | Jake Windass | Lily Platt | Alya Nazir | Yasmeen Metcalfe | Gemma Winter-Brown | Billy Mayhew | Alex Warner | Harry Platt | Shona Platt | Summer Spellman | Abi Webster | Paul Foreman | Evelyn Plummer | Bertie Osbourne | Ed Bailey | Michael Bailey | Aggie Bailey | Bernie Winter | Aled Winter-Brown | Bryn Winter-Brown | Carys Winter-Brown | Llio Winter-Brown | Nina Lucas | Elaine Jones | George Shuttleworth | Sam Blakeman | Daisy Midgeley | Ronnie Bailey | Glory Bailey | Stu Carpenter | Alfie Franklin | Eliza Woodrow | Glenda Shuttleworth | Dee-Dee Bailey | Lauren Bolton | Cassie Plummer
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