Anne Haddy (5 October 1930 – 6 June 1999), credited also as Anne Hardy, was a retired Australian actress, television presenter and voice artist, who worked in various facets of the industry including radio, stage and television. She was married to actor and scriptwriter James Condon. Haddy appeared in numerous television films early in her career, but was better known for her television soap opera/serials roles, starting with numerous roles in Crawford Production serials, she had a stint in cult series Prisoner, as Alice Hemmings and a permanent role in Sons and Daughters as Rosie Andrews. She was best known however for her long-running role in the soap Neighbours as matriarch Helen Daniels, spanning twelve years and some 1,661 episodes. Anne was also a renowned children's entertainer: she was an original presenter on Play School and also a voice artist, having provided her voice in some films from the animated Dot series. Early life Haddy was born on 5 October 1930 in Quorn, South Australia. She attended Adelaide High School. By 1949 she was a member of Theatres Associated, playing Ah, Wilderness! under Margery Irving at Stow Hall. through to 1953 with Cocteau's The Typewriter. She acted in radio plays and school broadcasts while she was working in Adelaide University's book room. She later attended the Sydney Theatre Company. She relocated to the United Kingdom in the 1950s to find acting work, but ended up working as a secretary for Kellogg's. She married her first husband, Max Dimmitt, before returning to Australia, where she gave birth to two children. In 1960, Haddy and her family moved to Sydney. In 1977 Haddy married actor and scriptwriter James Condon, her marriage to Dimmitt having been dissolved. They acted alongside each other twice, both during Haddy's tenure on Neighbours. Career Haddy became one of the first presenters of Play School, a show that has launched the career of many Australian soap stars. She appeared in numerous made-for-television movies in the 1960s, as well as taking guest roles in serials throughout the 1960s and early 1970s including Wandjina! (1966 Australian Television series), Dynasty (the 1970–71 Australian television series), and Punishment. From the late 1970s onwards her roles in TV soaps where more prominent, with her first major permanent role was in the series Prisoner, where she played Doreen Anderson's mother, who having abandoned Doreen as a youngster, returns to visit her revealing she has