Former EastEnders actress Melanie Clark Pullen has died at the age of 46.
The star – who played Pauline Fowler’s niece in the long-running BBC One soap – was diagnosed with the illness in January 2019.
In 2020, she got the all-clear, telling The Irish News: “I got the all clear. I’m cancer free, which is great, so now it’s all about recovery.”
Sadly, in June 2021, she announced that she had been diagnosed with a brain tumour, writing on her website: “I was only given the all clear from cancer 18 months ago and it’s a cruel blow to think that I will now be starting into some kind of treatment again and that this time it will be long-term and a permanent fixture of my life.”
Melanie was best known for her role as Mary Flaherty in EastEnders, who was the long-lost great niece of Pauline Fowler.
The actress also starred in a number of period dramas including ITV’s A Dinner Full of Herbs.
She also portrayed a doctor in the movie Ordinary Love, which starred Lesley Manville and Liam Neeson.
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