Beloved actress Janet Andrewartha, greatest recognized for taking part in well-liked Neighbours character Lyn Scully, has died.
Neighbours introduced the information in a submit on Fb, saying everybody was “deeply saddened” by her loss of life.
“Our ideas are with Janet’s household and family members right now,” the present mentioned on social media.
Followers and former forged members have paid tribute to the performer.
Fellow actress Jackie Woodburne, who performs instructor Susan Kennedy on Neighbours, described Andrewartha as “one of many best actors of her technology” and “a unprecedented girl”.
“Passionate, political, curious, delightfully eccentric, beneficiant and enjoyable,” she mentioned.
“To me she was a steadfast buddy for over 45 years. I’ll miss her day by day.”
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The previous music instructor from Melbourne additionally performed Rebecca “Reb” Kean in hit Aussie traditional, Prisoner.
Andrewartha began her profession as a music instructor earlier than she rose to prominence in her tv roles.
Exterior of the small display screen, she pursued a theatre profession within the early Nineteen Eighties and labored on quite a few productions with the Melbourne Theatre Firm and Playbox Theatre Firm.
