Australian actor Anne Phelan, best known for her role in long-running television series Prisoner – known as Prisoner Cell Block H in the UK – has died at the age of 75.
She also won two best actress awards from the Television Society of Australia for her work on Prisoner.
After a role in 70s rural soap opera Bellbird, Phelan got her big break in as Myra Desmond in Prisoner in 1979.
Phelan won a Green Room award for best supporting actress for her turn as Rachael in Melbourne Theatre Company’s production of Season’s Greetings.