Myra De Groot

Myra De Groot (4 July 1937 – 4 April 1988) was an English-born actress prominent on such Australian television series as The Sullivans, Prisoner and Neighbours. On Neighbours, De Groot played meddling street gossip Eileen Clarke. In the 1960s she worked in the United States, appearing on TV series including Bewitched, The Monkees and Here Come the Brides. She performed at the noted New York cabaret "Upstairs at The Downstairs" in Ben Bagley's last review (Seven Come Eleven) in 1962 with Hal Buckley, Nancy Preiser and Cy Young. Five times married, she died from cancer, aged 50 on 4 April 1988.