terminal cancer. In 1982 until 1985 she played housemaid Rosie Andrews (later Palmer) in Sons and Daughters, before in 1985 taking on her longest and most famous regular role, as series matriarch Helen Daniels, in Neighbours a role she would appear in for the 12 years, racking up 1,162 episodes. At the time of her exit she was the longest serving actor and the only actor who had been with the show since the very first episode. Personal life and death Haddy suffered ill health for the last two decades of her life. She suffered a heart attack in 1979, leading to four bypass operations. Shortly thereafter, she fell and broke her hip, and later learned she had stomach cancer, which was reportedly discovered early and successfully treated surgically. In 1983, she had one of her four heart bypasses unclogged. Further health problems and a broken hip led to kidney trouble, which caused her to retire from acting in 1997. Haddy had remarked that she would like to have her real-life funeral screened as part of Neighbours. She died at her home in Melbourne from a kidney related illness on 6 June 1999, aged 68. In the UK, the episode of Neighbours that was broadcast on BBC One the following day ended with a dedication to her memory, accompanied by an announcement of her death. Awards and honours Her portrayal of the character Helen Daniels in Neighbours won her the Penguin Award for Sustained Performance by an Actor in a Series in 1987. In 1988, Haddy was honoured by Oxford University undergraduates who made her an honorary member of the university's Corpus Christi College. Filmography FILM TELEVISION References External links 1930 births 1999 deaths Australian film actresses Australian soap opera actresses Australian radio actresses People from Quorn, South Australia 20th-century Australian actresses Australian children's television presenters Australian women television presenters Actresses from South Australia People educated at Adelaide High School