Josephine Melville was an actor best known for her work on EastEnders. There are no public records of Josephine Melville’s children.
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Josephine Melville died after a performance backstage at a theatre on Thursday, October 20, 2022. Melville had been playing Aunt Maggie in a Nottingham Playhouse production of Nine Night.
The actor was treated by paramedics and a medically qualified audience member, according to the theatre, but died. There was no mention of a cause of death.
“We are deeply saddened to announce that last night the actor Josephine Melville passed away backstage at Nottingham Playhouse following the performance of the play Nine Night, in which she was performing,” said a statement posted on Twitter.

Photograph: Nottingham Playhouse
Nine Night co-star and Coronation Street actor Andrea Davy said: “Such a pleasure and honour to work with you, Josephine. RIP. Our #NineNight family is lost without you. One Love Aunty Maggie! Trudy.”
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Such a pleasure and honour to work with you Josephine. RIP. Our #NineNight family is lost without you. One Love Aunty Maggie! Trudy ❤️ 🇯🇲 https://t.co/I5LDfVyldS
— Andrea Davy (@TheAndreaDavy) October 21, 2022
All remaining performances of Nine Night, a co-production between Nottingham Playhouse and Leeds Playhouse, have been cancelled.


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