Anne Haddy

Anne Haddy
Haddy as Helen Daniels in Neighbours
Born	(1930-10-05)5 October 1930 Quorn, South Australia, Australia
Died	6 June 1999(1999-06-06) (aged 68) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1948–1997
Spouse(s)	Max Dimmitt (divorced) James Condon (1977–1999; her death)
Children	2

Anne Haddy (5 October 1930 – 6 June 1999), was an Australian actress, who worked in all facets of the industry including radio, stage, television and film, she was best known for her television soap roles as Rosie Andrews on Sons and Daughters and matriarch Helen Daniels in the long-running Australian soap opera, Neighbours.

Haddy was born an only child in Quorn, South Australia, she attended Adelaide High School. She acted in radio plays and school broadcasts while she was working in Adelaide University's book room. She later attended the Sydney Theatre Company.

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, before returning to Australia, where she gave birth to two children. In 1960, Haddy and her family moved to Sydney. Haddy later married actor James Condon after her marriage to Dimmitt was dissolved. They acted alongside each other twice, both during Haddy's tenure on Neighbours.

Anne Haddy became one of the first presenters of Play School, a show that has launched the career of many Australian soap stars. Other programmes in which Haddy appeared include Wandjina! (1966 Australian Television series), Dynasty (the 1970–71 Australian television series), Prisoner and Punishment .She then took on her longest regular role, prior to Neighbours, as Rosie Andrews in Sons and Daughters between 1982 and 1985. She had also appeared in the film They're a Weird Mob (1966).