Rose (Keeping Up Appearances)

Rose
First appearance	Series one, episode one: Daddy's Accident
Last appearance	Christmas Special 1995: The Pageant
Created by	Roy Clarke
Portrayed by	Shirley Stelfox Mary Millar
Information
Gender	Female
Occupation	Selling custom-made jewellery in series four.
Title	Miss
Relatives	Hyacinth Bucket (sister) Daisy (sister) Violet (sister) Father Stephanie (niece) Kylie (great-niece) Sheridan Bucket (nephew) Kevin (nephew)

Rose is a fictional character in the British sitcom Keeping Up Appearances. She is portrayed by two actresses: Shirley Stelfox in Series One, and the late Mary Millar from Series Two onwards. Rose is the more attractive, albeit aging, sister to social-climbing snob Hyacinth Bucket, and as Emmet describes her, "the one with the friendly legs." She lives in a run-down council house with sister Daisy, Daisy's slobbish husband Onslow and her senile father, always referred to as 'Daddy' by Hyacinth. Rose usually refers to him as "Father" not "Daddy." She is the youngest of the four sisters.

Rose is a promiscuous character, always wearing revealing outfits and short skirts and forever getting involved with men, usually married. It appears she too has formerly been married, as she contemplates in one episode getting married again. Such attributes give the impression she's tarty, cheap, common, and another down-market relative designed to embarrass Hyacinth. As with all her poorer relatives, Hyacinth is ashamed of Rose and fears she will jeopardize her chances of progressing up the social ladder; thus, Hyacinth does her best to keep Rose hidden. Nevertheless, whenever Rose becomes either distraught or suicidal, due to another unfortunate encounter with a boyfriend, Hyacinth never fails to rush to her aid and clearly cares about her. Additionally, in the Series One episode "Charity Shop," Hyacinth kisses Rose on the cheek.

Nevertheless, the short-skirted man-eater is always too keen to involve herself in Hyacinth's life, often to chase her male associates such as the (married) Vicar or Hyacinth's neighbour Emmet, both of whom, like most men, are somewhat attracted to her. The Vicar's jealous wife calls Rose the "vampire sister."

Richard describes Rose in the Series Three episode "Iron Age Remains", as "a gentle soul who’s just a bit mixed up."

Like Hyacinth, appearance is everything to Rose, despite her social aims being very different. Her provocative lifestyle provides some of the show's humour and prompts sarcastic remarks from Onslow.