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The Australian actor, best known for long-running appearances in Australian TV dramas as well as her many stage performances, has died aged 72.

2 Aug 2024 15:17

Richard Watts

Actor Janet Andrewartha smiles for the camera in a publicity photo. She is an Anglo-Australian woman with carefully styled brown hair and wearing a white jacket.

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The late Janet Andrewartha. Photo: ‘Neighbours’ official account, X.

Australian screen and stage actor Janet Andrewartha has died aged 72.

Well-known for long-running roles on Australian TV programs including Prisoner between 1984 and 1986 and Neighbours from 2009 to 2019, Andrewartha appeared more recently in the streaming drama Fake (currently showing on Paramount+) and SBS’s 2023 series, Safe Home.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts