Neighbours Valerie Grundy star now - troubled famous son, rift rumours and nude stunt

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Neighbours in 2018, playing Valerie Grundy, a pivotal character in the show's history, despite only appearing once.Valerie was revealed to be the longest-running resident of Ramsay Street, who rather than getting involved with her fellow neighbours on screen had been quietly living in the street's corner house for the past 34 years.The 8,000th episode's storyline centres around Valerie's death when she passes away in her own home.When Toadie finds items belonging to neighbours past and present in her house it leads to a touching call back to the show's past.

Away from Neighbours, Patti has had a career in the public eye since 1957 and is still going strong to this day.Her first role came in The Tarax Show, which was an early Australian children's TV show.

In the same year she appeared in another children's show for radio and television, named Swallow's Juniors.In her early career Patti performed under her maiden name of Patti McGrath, until she married fellow Australian entertainer Bert Newton in 1974.Her husband was a star and fixture of Australian television since its inception in 1956.

By many he was considered both an industry pioneer, icon and one of the longest-serving television performers in the world.The couple were married for 47 years until his death in 2021.