Helen Daniels
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Helen Daniels | |
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First appearance | 1985 |
Last appearance | 1997 |
Cause/Reason | Died of old age |
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Gender | Female |
Year of Death | 1997 |
Children | Rosemary Daniels (adoptive daughter) Anne Robinson (daughter) (deceased) |
Portrayed by | Anne Haddy |
Helen Daniels (nee Simpson) was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. She appeared from the very first episode in 1985 until the character's death in 1997.
[edit] Back story
Her first husband Bill Daniels, died in 1969, with him she had one daughter Anne and one adopted daughter Rosemary. In 1975, after Anne had had four children, Paul, Scott, Julie and Lucy, with her husband Jim, Anne died and so Helen helped Jim with the family.
[edit] 1985 and beyond
In the show's storyline Helen helped run the Robinson household. During her time in Erinsborough she endured the deaths of her son-in-law Jim, as well as her grandchild Julie. Her other grandchildren gradually departed, and Julie's widower Philip and his children, Debbie and Hannah moved-in to the Robinson house.
In the storyline Helen remarried twice, first in 1991 to Michael Daniels, her first husband's cousin. Michael was soon revealed as a bigamist and so the marriage was annulled. She later married Reuben White in 1995, however he died soon afterwards.
After becoming increasingly frail and spending a long time in hospital, Helen returned home on her birthday in 1997. After watching a ten-year-old video of Scott and Charlene's wedding, with Philip, Debbie, Hannah and her friends Harold and Madge Bishop around her, she fell asleep on the sofa and died. A memorial service was held at Lassiter's lake where her ashes were laid.
In 2005, a charity foundation was set up by her grandson Paul, called The Helen Daniels Foundation which worked to fund local projects.
[edit] Family tree
- Gloria Simpson (mother, deceased)
- Helen Simpson, married to Bill Daniels (deceased), Michael Daniels and Rueben White (deceased)
- Anne Daniels (daughter) (deceased), married to Jim Robinson (deceased), raped by Roger Bannon (deceased)
- Paul Robinson (grandson), married Terry Inglis (deceased), Gail Lewis and Christina Alessi, had a relationship with Nina Williams
- Amy Robinson (great-granddaughter)
- Robert Robinson(great-grandson)
- Lucinda Robinson (great-granddaughter)
- Cameron Robinson (great-grandson, deceased)
- Andrew Robinson (great-grandson)
- Julie Robinson (granddaughter, deceased), married to Philip Martin
- Hannah Martin (great-granddaughter)
- Scott Robinson (grandson), married to Charlene Mitchell
- Daniel Robinson (great-grandson)
- Madison Robinson (great-granddaughter)
- Lucy Robinson, married to David Kazailian
- Paul Robinson (grandson), married Terry Inglis (deceased), Gail Lewis and Christina Alessi, had a relationship with Nina Williams
- Rosemary Daniels (adoptive daughter)
- Tracy Dawson (adoptive granddaughter)
- Anne Daniels (daughter) (deceased), married to Jim Robinson (deceased), raped by Roger Bannon (deceased)
- Laura Simpson (sister), married to Tom Dennison (deceased)
- Nikki Dennison (niece)
- Gwen Simpson (sister)
- Helen Simpson, married to Bill Daniels (deceased), Michael Daniels and Rueben White (deceased)