Joyce Jacobs

Joyce Mary Jacobs (née Penn; 15 April 1922 – 15 September 2013) was an Australian character actress, who had a successful career on the small screen, in soap opera and serials, after immigrating there from her native England in 1962. She remains best known for her stint as Muriel Palmer in The Young Doctors and her permanent long running role as Esme Watson on soap opera A Country Practice, at the time one of the longest roles on Australian television