Taya Straton

Taya Straton (23 February 1960 – 26 February 1996) was an Australian actress, who remains best known for her roles in serials and soap opera including Prisoner in 1986, during the final season as Rose "Spider" Simpson.

She played a main role in the ABC's Inside Running in 1989.^[1][2] On stage she featured in The Pub Show (Esplanade Hotel, 1985),^[3][4][5] Not Waving (Junction Club, 1990)^[6][7][8] and The Hundred Year Ambush (Fairfax Studio, 1990) ^[9] She also had smaller TV roles in A Country Practice and The Flying Doctors.

She died by suicide on 26 February 1996, three days after her 36th birthday.^{[citation needed]}