belinda giblin played roo stewarts mom in home and away in 1989.
who played roo stewarts mom in home and away in 1989?
belinda giblin
roo begins to resent her father's relationship with ailsa hogan (judy nunn) out of loyalty to her late mother, martha (alison mulvaney). roo begins dating frank morgan (alex papps) and they start a band with lance smart (peter vroom) and martin dibble (craig thompson). roo's continued obsession with ailsa drives a rift between her and frank, despite nearly sleeping with him as an act of rebellion over ailsa staying over. roo contacts her aunt, morag bellingham (cornelia frances), who is a judge and asks her to do a background check on ailsa. at alf and ailsa's engagement party, roo reveals ailsa went to prison for killing her abusive father. however, ailsa's friends and frank, side with her. roo begins a feud with bobby simpson (nicolle dickson), ailsa's friend. tired of her behaviour, alf sends roo to boarding school in sydney.
roo stewart
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.
list of home and away characters (1989)