New South Wales

Actor Sheila Kennelly star of stage and TV screen dies on her farm

The Sydney Morning Herald Andrew Mercado

22 Sept 2026 16:17 AEST Summary

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Sheila Kennelly enjoyed a long career across Australian television, taking on a string of memorable roles from Norma in Number 96 to Floss in Home and Away.

Headline as published: Actor Sheila Kennelly star of stage and TV screen dies on her beloved farm

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of farmland field agriculture, used to illustrate it. Earth observations taken during STS-83 mission NASA Image and Video Library, Public domain

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of farmland field agriculture, used to illustrate it. Earth observations taken during STS-83 mission NASA Image and Video Library, Public domain

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Niral Score 22.9 mundaneloaded

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Sourcing 42 unattributednamed sources Mood 50 sorrowjoyful

6 read zero: sentiment, political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Sentiment 0 hostilefavourable Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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The Sydney Morning Heraldas they published this story	22.9

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The Age Actor Sheila Kennelly star of stage and TV screen dies on her farm Niral 22.9 political 0 WAtoday Actor Sheila Kennelly star of stage and TV screen dies on her farm Niral 22.9 political 0 Brisbane Times Actor Sheila Kennelly star of stage and TV screen dies on her farm Niral 22.9 political 0