ITV viewers stunned as late soap legend spotted on TV – eight months after she passed away
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ITV viewers were completely stunned as a late soap legend was spotted on TV, eight months after she passed away.
The actress sadly died in her sleep at the age of 72 last year in her home city of Melbourne, Australia.
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Janet Andrewartha was best known for her role as Lyn Scully in Neighbours
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Viewers were shocked to see her appear in the ITV drama, Fake
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Janet Andrewartha was best known for her role as Lyn Scully in the hit soap, Neighbours.
She first made her debut on the former Channel 5 serial drama back in 1999.
She had a number of on and off stints on Ramsay Street, before departing for the final time in 2019.
But less than three months after she received a cancer diagnosis, the star passed away in July of last year.
At the time, her friend - and Neighbours co-star - Jackie Woodburne paid a heartfelt tribute to her pal.
She said: "[Janet] was one of the finest actors of a generation. I will miss her every day."
However, viewers were shocked to see her appear on-screen once again in the ITV drama, Fake.
The show focuses on a smart magazine writer named Birdie (Asher Keddie) who seems to have found her ideal match.
On a dating app, she meets a successful farmer, but she later discovers that all is not as it seems.
Viewers were pleasantly surprised to see that Janet popped up on screen in scenes that were filmed before her death.
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She starred in the gritty series as, Kath Tovey, which is a supporting role.
Her Neighbours co-star Anne Charleston, 82, is known for playing the beloved Madge Bishop on the soap for decades from 1986.
She also appears in Fake in a supporting role as the character, Shirley Burt alongside Janet.
Anne recently made her return to Neighbours in a new role as part of Harold's departure storyline.
This was after Ian Smith revealed that he was diagnosed with "a very aggressive non-fixable cancer."
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The star filmed scenes for the drama in 2023, just months before she passed away
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The drama focusses on a magazine writer who meets her ideal man
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However, the farmer is not exactly who he has led her to believe
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