Helen Daniels
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| Portrayed by | Anne Haddy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1985–1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 18 March 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 17 October 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Created by | Reg Watson | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Reg Watson | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Artist Home James Director |
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| Mother | Gloria Simpson |
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| Sisters | Laura Dennison Gwen Simpson |
| Husband | Bill Daniels (1939–1969) Michael Daniels (1991) Reuben White (1995) |
| Daughters | Anne Robinson |
| Adoptive daughters | Rosemary Daniels |
| Grandsons |
Paul Robinson Scott Robinson |
| Granddaughters |
Julie Martin Lucy Robinson |
| Nieces | Nikki Dennison |
| First cousins | Thelma Duncan |
| Other relatives |
Wayne Duncan Troy Duncan Amy Williams Andrew Robinson Hannah Martin |
Helen Daniels (also Simpson and White) is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, portrayed by Anne Haddy. Following the death of Jim Robinson in 1993, she remained the only original character left in the series until her own death in 1997, making her the second longest-serving original character after her grandson Paul. She appeared in 1545 episodes. She was also the most featured female character in the show during the 1980s and 1990s.
In 1985, Haddy was invited by Neighbours creator Reg Watson to play Helen Daniels in a bid to portray a mother-in-law out of conjunction with the battleaxe stereotype. In 1997, Haddy was forced to quit the serial due to her own ill health.
Helen is a caring woman, often being portrayed as "a shoulder to cry on" for her friends and family, Helen has a sympathetic nature and offers motherly advice to anyone who needs it. Helen's storylines have sometimes been tragic, but she always remains the voice of reason and helps those around her.
In the Neighbours twentieth anniversary book she is described as being the serial's matriarch for over 12 years. Also described as "having a heart of gold" and "not only being the linchpin of the Ramsay Street community, but she opened her heart and home to anyone in need of care and attention."
She married her first husband Bill Daniels at age seventeen and remained married to him for over thirty years until his death in 1969. Years after she was devastated to find out he had an affair with her best friend Grace. The couple had a biological daughter, Anne, and an adopted daughter, Rosemary (Joy Chambers). Anne married Jim Robinson (Alan Dale) and had three children with him – Paul (Stefan Dennis), Scott (Darius Perkins / Jason Donovan) and Julie (Julie Mullins) – before dying whilst giving birth to Lucy. After Anne's death, Helen moved into the Robinsons' home at 26 Ramsay Street, to help Jim with the family.
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