Neighbours to pay tribute to late actress Joy Chambers-Grundy following her death by killing off her character on the show
Neighbors will pay tribute to the late actress Joy Chambers-Grundy.
The fan favorite, who passed away last September at the age of 76, played the character of Rosemary Daniels on the long-running soap for more than a decade.
Producers have announced that viewers can look forward to a storyline about the impact Rosemary’s death has on the residents of Ramsay Street.
Paul Robinson, the character played by Stefan Dennis, will break the sad news in an episode airing this week Herald Sun on Saturday.
“With the sad passing of actress Joy Chmabers-Grundy, we felt it was fitting that her character, Rosemary Daniels, would also pass on the show,” Neighbors executive producer Jason Herbison told the publication.
Neighbors will pay tribute to the late actress Joy Chambers-Grundy. The fan favorite, who passed away last September at the age of 76, played the character of Rosemary Daniels on the long-running soap for more than a decade (pictured in 2010).
Joy made her debut in Neighbors in 1986 as Rosemary. The character left Ramsay Street for the US. She was last seen on the show in 2010.
“Stefan Dennis, who plays Paul, had this great idea that this could be the reason why his character goes to New York, which was already in our plans,” Herbison explained.
Logie award winner Joy Chambers-Grundy died in her sleep in September 2023 at the age of 76.
Joy was the second wife of the late multi-millionaire television mogul Reg Grundy, who created Neighbours. Grundy died in 2016 at the age of 92.
Producers have announced that viewers can look forward to a storyline about the impact Rosemary’s death has on the residents of Ramsay Street, the Herald Sun reported on Saturday. Pictured: Joy in a scene from Neighbors
Joy made her debut in Neighbors in 1986 as Rosemary. The character left Ramsay Street for the US. She was last seen on the show in 2010
She was born Carolyn Joy Chambers in 1947 in Ipswich, Queensland.
Joy is best known for her roles in various soap operas and played Rita in The Restless Years, Dr. Robyn Porter in The Young Doctors and Rosemary in Neighbours.
Joy was also a “businesswoman, poet, philanthropist, fine art collector and writer,” having written seven historical fiction novels over the past twenty years.
Her works include Mayfield, None But The Brave, Vale Valhalla, For Freedom, My Zulu Myself and The Great Deception.
“My life is in the entertainment world,” she wrote on her website.
Joy was the second wife of the late multi-millionaire television mogul Reg Grundy, who created Neighbours. Grundy died in 2016 at the age of 92. Both pictured in 1994
‘A skillfully written book can be read on many levels, but it should always entertain. . . That’s what I try to do.’
She was also the international patron of the Ipswich Poetry Feast, an annual literary event held in her hometown since 2003.
Joy met Grundy at an audition in the 1960s, when she was 18 and the television mogul was in his 40s.
Grundy was married at the time to Patricia Powell – whom he married in 1954 – and with whom he shared a daughter, Kim.
Joy and Grundy married in 1971 after he divorced Powell, and the couple remained together until his death seven years ago, renewing their vows several times during their 45-year marriage.
Grundy met Joy when she was a panelist on the game show I’ve Got a Secret.
They married her four years later and she starred in several of her husband’s soap operas, which won her two Logie awards for Best Female Personality in 1969 and 1970.