Matron Maggie Sloan was a force of nature who could silence a doctor or nurse with one withering stare at Wandin Valley Bush Nursing Hospital, but Joan Sydney, the brilliant woman who played her, was witty and generous in real life.
Joan’s good friend and co-star on , Shane Porteous, 80, opened up exclusively to about working with the “extraordinary actor” on the legendary show, before he turned his hand to.
