{"id":13712,"date":"2022-04-12T14:32:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T12:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1625756"},"modified":"2022-04-12T15:02:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T13:02:07","slug":"eastenders-actress-melanie-clark-pullen-dies-aged-46","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/eastenders-actress-melanie-clark-pullen-dies-aged-46\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders actress Melanie Clark Pullen dies, aged 46"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Molly Moss\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 12 April 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Former EastEnders actress Melanie Clark Pullen has died at the age of 46.<\/p>\n<p>The star \u2013 who played Pauline Fowler\u2019s niece in the long-running BBC One soap \u2013 was diagnosed with the illness in January 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, she got the all-clear, telling <a href=\"\/\/www.irishnews.com\/lifestyle\/2020\/05\/21\/news\/actress-melanie-tells-of-her-brutal-cancer-journey-after-medic-role-in-liam-neeson-film-1943657\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Irish News<\/a>: \u201cI got the all clear. I\u2019m cancer free, which is great, so now it\u2019s all about recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, in June 2021, she announced that she had been diagnosed with a brain tumour, writing on her website: \u201cI was only given the all clear from cancer 18 months ago and it\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Melanie was best known for her role as Mary Flaherty in <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/&quot;\">EastEnders<\/a>, who was the long-lost great niece of Pauline Fowler.<\/p>\n<p>The actress also starred in a number of period dramas including ITV\u2019s A Dinner Full of Herbs.<\/p>\n<p>She also portrayed a doctor in the movie Ordinary Love, which starred Lesley Manville and Liam Neeson.<\/p>\n<p><em>More to follow\u2026<\/em><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Molly Moss Published: Tuesday, 12 April 2022 at 12:00 am Former EastEnders actress Melanie Clark Pullen has died at the age of 46. The star \u2013 who played Pauline Fowler\u2019s niece in the long-running BBC One soap \u2013 was diagnosed with the illness in January 2019. 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The star \u2013 who played Pauline Fowler\u2019s niece in the long-running BBC One soap \u2013 was diagnosed with the illness in January 2019. 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