EE: bad news about Hilda Braid ( Nana Moon )

[carmelina]

Former EastEnder Hilda Braid might be suffering from dementia, it's been reported.

The 74-year-old, best known as Walford's Nana Moon, has been admitted to a private nursing home in Brighton after she apparently fell and bruised herself.

"She's having tests but she seems to have some form of dementia," a nurse at the home told The Sun.

Hilda's agent confirmed the star is "not very well" but declined to give further details, saying: "She is in a nursing home. We do not want to say any more."

The actress became a household name playing Nana Moon, the grandmother of Shane Richie's character Alfie Moon.

A year ago viewers were gripped by a storyline which saw Nana losing her sanity.

The actress was written out of the soap shortly afterwards.

Hilda once trained at the Royal Shakespeare Company and her career has spanned more than 40 years.

Published 07 November 2006

[eefanincan]

Not yet Nana! Not yet!

[faceless]

Not yet Nana! Not yet!

haha, I was gonna say that but I thought janbo might get in!

[Skylace]

Not yet Nana! Not yet!

I do feel sorry her family and friends though. From everything I read and heard she was a gem.

[eefanincan]

Not yet Nana! Not yet!

haha, I was gonna say that but I thought janbo might get in!

I thought I'd beat him to the punch

Seriously though, I hope her family are coping well with this and it's not too much of a strain on them.

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[web]https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7081599.stm[/web]

[Skylace]

I am sorry to hear it. My heart goes out to her friends and family. She will be missed. I really loved her on the show, she was a wonderful actress.

[maycm]

Never watched Eastenders when she was in it, but I'll always remember her in Citizen Smith.

Night Night Nana.

[11antoniacourt]

I really liked her. So sorry she's gone. I hope she didn't suffer.

[eefanincan]

I couldn't get the webpage to come up..... but I'm gathering that she's passed. She'll be missed.

[misslisalynn]

I loved Nana Moon, she was a great character. So sad she is gone.

[faceless]

Tribute to former EastEnders' star

EastEnders actress June Brown has paid a moving tribute to her former co-star and close friend Hilda Braid as she attended her funeral. Ms Braid, who acted alongside Ms Brown as Nana Moon in the show, died aged 78 on November 6 after a lengthy battle with dementia and Alzheimer's.

Family and friends gathered at Woodvale Crematorium in Brighton for a short ceremony where Ms Brown, who plays Dot Branning in the soap, spoke of her memories of the actress. The pair first met 50 years ago through a mutual friend and then resumed contact after bumping into each other at Boreham Wood Hospital, where they were both regular visitors, she said.

At the time, both were trying to break into acting and Ms Brown recalls asking her friend: "Why doesn't it happen to us?" She said Ms Braid had replied: "I think it's because we are both jobbing actresses."

But both women did go on to find success in their careers - Ms Brown in EastEnders and Ms Braid in television shows such as Citizen Smith and Man About The House. Their paths were to cross again at the end of Ms Braid's working life when she was cast as Nana Moon in the soap that had made her friend's name.

Chris Parker, who played Nana Moon's grandson Spencer in EastEnders was due to do a reading at the service but was tied up filming in America. Ms Brown said: "Chris Parker is awfully sorry not to be here. He is filming and could not get a plane back from America. He was very fond of Hilda and looked after her very well on set."

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[11antoniacourt]

Thank you for posting that very sweet follow up story Face.