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Anne Haddy
Anne Haddy
Born	Patricia Anne Haddy; 5 October 1930; Quorn, South Australia, Australia
Died	6 June 1999 (aged 68); Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation(s)	Actress, TV presenter, voice artist
Years active	1948–1997
Spouse(s)	Maxwell Dimmitt (1955-1972; divorced); James Condon (1977–1999; her death)
Children	2

Patricia Anne Haddy (5 October 1930 – 6 June 1999), credited also as Anne Hardy, was an 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 1,661 episodes.

Haddy was also a 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,^[2] in Quorn, South Australia, the only child of to Allan Ross Haddy and Mona Lowas (nee Graham).^[3] She attended Adelaide High School. By 1949 she was a member of Theatres Associated, playing Ah, Wilderness! under Margery Irving at Stow Hall.^[4] through to 1953 with Cocteau's The Typewriter.^[5] She acted in radio plays and school broadcasts while she was working in the University of Adelaide's book room. She later attended the Sydney Theatre Company.^[3]

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,^[6] 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.^[7] They acted alongside each other twice, both during Haddy's tenure on Neighbours.^[3]

Career

Haddy became one of the first presenters of Play School, a show that has launched the career of many Australian soap actors. She appeared in numerous made-for-television movies in the 1960s, as well as 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 terminal cancer. In 1982 until 1985 she played housemaid Rosie Andrews (later Palmer) in Sons and Daughters, before in 1985 taking on her longest and most famous regular role, as series matriarch Helen Daniels, in Neighbours a role she would appear in for the 12 years in 1,162 episodes. At the time of her exit she was the longest serving actor and the only actor who had been with the show since the very first episode.

Personal life and death

Haddy suffered ill health for the last two decades of her life. She suffered a heart attack in 1979, leading to four bypass operations.^[7] Shortly thereafter, she fell and broke her hip, and later learned she had stomach cancer, which was reportedly discovered early and successfully treated surgically. In 1983, she had one of her four heart bypasses unclogged. Further health problems and a broken hip led to kidney trouble, which caused her to retire from acting in 1997.^[7] Haddy had remarked that she would like to have her real-life funeral screened as part of Neighbours.^[7]

She died at her home in Melbourne from a kidney related illness on 6 June 1999, aged 68.^[3] In the UK, the episode of Neighbours that was broadcast on BBC One the following day ended with a dedication to her memory, accompanied by an announcement of her death.

Awards and honours

Her portrayal of the character Helen Daniels in Neighbours won her the Penguin Award for Sustained Performance by an Actor in a Series in 1987.

In 1988, Haddy was honoured by Oxford University undergraduates who made her an honorary member of the university's Corpus Christi College.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Type
1961	In Writing		TV film
1965	Facing Facts		Film short
1966	They're a Weird Mob	Barmaid	Feature film
1971	Where Dead Men Lie	Mary	Film short
1976	The Fourth Wish	Dr. Kirk	Feature film
1976	The Alternative	Helen (uncredited)	TV film
1977	Dot and the Kangaroo	Voice	Animated feature film
1977	No Room to Run	Julie Deakin	TV film
1977	Say You Want Me		TV film
1978	Cass		TV film
1978	Newsfront	A.G's Wife	Feature film
1979	Boos And Cheers		Film short
1979	The Little Convict	Lady Augusta Lightfoot (voice)	Animated Feature film
1981	Around the World with Dot	Dozeyface / Angry Mum / Natasha (voices)	Animated feature film
1982	Fighting Back	Magistrate	Feature film
1982	A Christmas Carol	Voice	Animated TV film
1983	World War II - The Eastern Front	Narrator	Film documentary
1983	Dot and the Bunny	Voice	Animated Feature film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Type
1961	Waters of the Moon		Teleplay
1962	Consider Your Verdict	Frances Naughton	TV series, 1 episode
1964	The Four-Poster	Agnes	Teleplay
1964	I Have Been Here Before	Janet Ormund	Teleplay
1964	The Late Edwina Black	Linda Graham	Teleplay
1964	A Season in Hell	Mathilde Verlaine	Teleplay
1965	The Affair	Laura Howard	ABC Teleplay
1966-1970	Play School	Presenter	TV series, 25 episodes
1967	Wandjina!	Dr. Smith	TV series, 2 episodes
1967	Divorce Court		TV series, 1 episode
1968	Hunter	Jane Wilding	TV series, 1 episode
1968	Skippy		TV series, 1 episode
1970-1971	Dynasty	Kathy Mason	TV series, 23 episodes
1970-1973	Homicide	Rita Thomas Mrs Spencer Joan Mason	TV series, episodes: "The Jackson File" "From the Top" "Death in the Family"
1972	Behind the Legend	Caroline Chisholm	TV series, 1 episode
1972	Over There		TV series, 4 episodes
1972	The Lady and the Law		TV pilot
1972	Crisis		TV pilot
1972; 1974	Matlock Police	Daphne Mitchell Kitty Hughes	TV series, episodes: "Margaret Styles" "Woman Wanted"
1973	Boney	Mary Parker Mrs. Cosgrove	TV series, 2 episodes
1973	Division 4	Maggie Henderson	TV series, 1 episode
1973	The Evil Touch	Ellen Randall	TV series, 1 episode
1973	Seven Little Australians	Mrs. Bryant	TV miniseries, 1 episode
1974	Three Men of the City	Margaret Styles	TV series, 3 episodes
1974	Silent Number	Claire Armstrong	TV series, 1 episode
1974-1975	Certain Women	Barbara	TV series, 18 episodes
1975	Ben Hall	Eileen	TV series, 1 episode
1975	The Company Men (series 2 of Three Men of the City)^[8]	Margaret Styles	TV miniseries, 7 episodes
1976	Divisions in Space	Narrator	TV documentary
1976	King's Men		TV series, episode: "The Assassins"
1978	Glenview High	Mrs. O'Brien	TV series, 1 episode
1978	Chopper Squad	Iris Grey	TV series, 1 episode
1978	Case for the Defence	Mary	TV series, 1 episode
1978	Micro Macro	Herself	TV series, 1 episode
1979	A Place in the World		TV series, 1 episode
1979	The Restless Years		TV series
1979	Skyways		TV series, 1 episode
1979	Prisoner	Alice Hemmings	TV series, 5 episodes
1980	Cop Shop	Louise Francis	TV series, 8 episodes
1980	Spring & Fall	Margaret	TV series, episode "The Silent Cry"
1980	Australian Wildlife - Echidna	Narrator	TV documentary
1981	A Town Like Alice	Aggie Topp	TV miniseries, 1 episode
1981	Punishment	Alice Wells	TV series, 1 episode
1982-84; 1985	Sons and Daughters	Rosie Andrews / Rosie Palmer	TV series, 273 episodes
1982	1915	Mrs. Gillen	TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1985-1997	Neighbours	Helen Daniels	TV series, 1189 episodes
1988	Going Live!	Guest	TV series, 1 episode
1988	Wogan	Guest	TV series, 1 episode
1988	Royal Variety Performance	Herself (with Neighbours cast)	TV special
1988	The Satellite Show	Guest	TV series, 1 episode
1989	In Melbourne Today	Guest - Herself	TV series, 1 episode
1989	A Tribute To Neighbours: Celebrating 1000 Episodes	Herself / Helen Daniels	TV special
1990	The Private War of Lucinda Smith	Mrs. Spencer Grant	TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1990	Happy Birthday, Coronation Street	Herself	TV special
1993-1997	Good Morning Australia	Herself (with husband James Condon)	TV series, 6 episodes
1995	Neighbours: A 10th Anniversary Celebration	Herself / Helen Daniels	TV special
1997	In Melbourne Tonight	Herself (with husband James Condon)	TV series, 1 episode

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Type
1949	Ah, Wilderness!		Stow Hall with Theatres Associated^[4]
1953	The Typewriter		Stow Hall with Theatres Associated^[5]
1967	Hostile Witness	Sheila Larkin	Tivoli Theatre, Sydney, Princess Theatre, Melbourne^[9]

References

^ Arrow, Michelle. Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023 – via Australian Dictionary of Biography.
^ "Family Notices". The Register News-pictorial. Vol. XCV, no. 27, 814. South Australia. 7 October 1930. p. 7. Retrieved 28 July 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Owen, Emma (8 June 1999). "Anne Haddy". The Guardian. UK: Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b ""Ah, Wilderness" At Stow Hall". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 28 March 1949. p. 7. Retrieved 2 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ ^a ^b "Cocteau Play at Stow Hall". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 96, no. 29, 559. South Australia. 9 July 1953. p. 4. Retrieved 2 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "London Wedding for a W.A. Man". The Daily News (Perth). Vol. LXXIII, no. 24, 416. Western Australia. 24 February 1955. p. 3. Archived from the original on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Hayward, Anthony (8 June 1999). "Obituary: Anne Haddy". The Independent. UK: Independent Print Limited. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
^ Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series. p. 454. This ref has 7 episodes not 5
^ "Theatre Heritage Australia Digital Collection". digital.theatreheritage.org.au. Archived from the original on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2023.