Esta TerBlanche, ‘All My Children’ Actor, Dies at 51

Esta TerBlanche, well-known for her role as Gillian Andrassy on ‘All My Children was killed in a car accident. She was 51.

By Michaela Zee

Jul 21, 2024 04:56 PM

Esta TerBlanche, who is best known for her character Gillian Andrassy on ” All My Children ,” has passed away. She was 51.

TerBlanche passed away on Thursday at the home according to the County of the Medical Examiner of Los Angeles. The reason for her death is currently being investigated.

The person who manages TerBlanche’s talent Annie Spolianky, also confirmed the information to Variety and claimed that TerBlanche was a “wonderful person, a kind and caring person. “

TerBlanche Was Gillian her difficult Hungarian princess in the TV show “All My Children” from 1997 to in 2001. She was the spouse of Ryan Lavery (Cameron Mathison) and was taken off of her life support following an incident that saw her murdered by an assassin after an incident where she was mistaken for the identity of her. TerBlanche was Gillian’s ghost in a single episode in 2011 when the soap opera was brought to an end of over four years at ABC.

“When I returned I was very emotional for me as well as Cameron. When we first saw each other and started to cry, we both cried,” TerBlanche revealed to Soap Opera Digest in an interview on 13th July. “Back when we were in the same place we had not seen each the other in a long time which is why it was such an emotional moment for us. “

TerBlanche started her life in the 7th of January. 7th of 1973, in Rustenberg the city in Rustenberg, which is located in the North West province of South Africa. She was crowned Miss Teen South Africa in 1991.

In her beginning days as an actor, TerBlanche was cast in the part in the role of Beatrice “Bienkie” Naude Hartman in “Egoli: Place of Gold,” the first South African soap opera, which she played between 1992 until 1995. She then moved to America. U.S. and worked on “All My Children. “

After the death of her character in “All My Children” in 2001, TerBlanche returned to South Africa in 2001 in the year 2001, where she established an establishment for spa treatments and began work on documentaries with filmmaker Michael Kastenbaum, Soap Opera Digest reported. At the time of her death she was a split between South Africa and California.