Holly Valance pays tribute to late Neighbours co-star and on-screen mother Janet Andrewartha in touching post: ‘Deeply sad’

Holly Valance has supplied a heartfelt tribute to her late on-screen mom Janet Andrewartha.

The previous cleaning soap opera star, 41, took to X on Monday to mourn the lack of her Neighbours co-star who died in Melbourne final Friday on the age of 72.

Holly, who performed Felicity Scully on Neighbours, posted a selfie with Janet, who performed her mom Lyn on the long-running present.

‘Deeply unhappy shedding Janet Andrewartha. She was an outstanding human being who taught me a lot from the age of 15,’ Holly wrote within the caption to the picture. 

‘I will treasure her final journey to the UK without end. Treasured reminiscences I am so grateful for. A good looking, proficient, hilarious & sort lady. 

‘I am so glad it was you who performed my Mum. You had been the actual deal. Made us really feel protected. And taken care of us after we had been all so younger within the trade. It was an honour to work beside you and name you a buddy. X,’ Valance concluded.

Jane handed away peacefully on Friday in Melbourne together with her daughters Eloise and Sarah by her aspect. 

Her loss of life was introduced on Sunday, with the cleaning soap sequence sharing a touching tribute to Instagram.   

‘Everybody at Neighbours is deeply saddened by the passing of Janet Andrewartha,’ the submit learn.

‘Beloved by viewers for her position as Ramsay Road’s Lyn Scully, Janet might be remembered for her broad physique of labor, which incorporates her memorable flip as Reb Keane in Prisoner: Cell Block H.’

The submit went on to share some heartbreaking phrases by certainly one of Janet’s closest buddies and Neighbours co-star Jackie Woodburne, who performs Susan Kennedy.

‘I am so glad it was you who performed my Mum. You had been the actual deal. Made us really feel protected. And taken care of us after we had been all so younger within the trade. It was an honour to work beside you and name you a buddy. X,’ Valance wrote. Pictured: Valance as Felicity Scully

‘Janet was one of many most interesting actors of her era, however greater than that, she was a rare lady,’ she wrote.

‘Passionate, political, curious, delightfully eccentric, beneficiant and enjoyable. To me she was a steadfast buddy for over 45 years. I’ll miss her daily.’

Janet starred within the Channel Ten present from 1999 till 2006, and reprised her iconic position a number of occasions proper up till 2019. 

All up she starred in over 699 episodes of the long-running beloved sequence.

The actress appeared in a number of different tv reveals all through her decades-long profession, together with transient appearances in Blue Heelers and A Nation Follow.