alison mulvaney was playing alf's wife martha in the tv series home and away in 1989.
who is playing alf's wife martha in the tv series home and away in 1989?
alison mulvaney
penn apologises to nicole on the beach and hides a syringe in the sand which pierces nicole's foot when she steps on it. penn takes her to the hospital to get checked out and comforts her. nicole takes a hiv test and gets some anti-viral medication. while out at dinner, penn admits to planting the needle but refuses to confirm whether it was infected or not. nicole then finishes with penn. shortly after penn is beaten up and hospitalised. alf stewart (ray meagher) is a prime suspect after a heated argument but is exonerated when penn admits it wasn't him but some guys who wanted a ride. it emerges that penn is the son of tulip o'hare (kimberley hews), a woman who alf had an affair with in 1987, two years after the death of his wife martha (alison mulvaney). tulip was in love with alf, but after penn saw them together, he ended the affair and tulip committed suicide by overdosing on diazepam. penn blames alf for his mother's death and he begins taunting him. he later disappears and blood is found in his hotel room, but no body.
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decades later, when he thinks he is going to die following an explosion, alf tells roo that martha did not drown in 1985, as roo had been led to believe, and is still alive. martha comes to summer bay house and meets ryder jackson, who asks if she wants to rent a caravan from alf. she leaves, but later returns and comes face-to-face with alf and then roo. martha explains that a friend informed her roo had come looking for her. roo and martha talk, but when roo asks why martha left her all those years ago, martha tells her she is tired and leaves. martha later reveals that she has borderline personality disorder. she struggled to connect with roo and could not face up to her condition, so she left. after seeking help and treatment, the guilt and fear stopped her from coming back, but she knew roo would have a good life. roo tells martha that she gave alf a hard time and had a daughter when she was sixteen, who she named after martha. roo asks martha to have dinner with alf, but she fails to show up. the following day, martha comes to summer bay house to leave her contact details for roo and she apologises to alf, before explaining why she left. roo tells martha that she needs to leave, as her presence is hurting alf, but she will visit her.
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