Australian actress Valerie ‘Val’ Jellay has died of pneumonia at age 89.
The iconic actress was best known for her role as Nancy Buckley on The Flying Doctors which she played for six years.
Val was born in 1927 and began performing in vaudeville comedies before moving to television where she stayed for the rest of her career. As well as her role on The Flying Doctors, Val also starred in iconic Australian dramas such as Neighbours, Blue Heelers, Homicide and Division 4.
She married to Maurie Fields in 1960 and he later died in 1995 after their 35th wedding anniversary.
Val’s comedian son Marty Fields shared a post to Twitter one week ago to say that his mother was in intensive care battling pneumonia.
A day later he updated his followers and said she was on life support and fully sedated.
On Sunday, he broke the news to his followers that his mother had died.
Source: Actress Val Jellay dies of pneumonia at age 89 | Daily Mail Online
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