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Kate Ritchie: Sally Fletcher
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People young and old all over the world know and love Kate Ritchie for the key role she has played in the international hit series Home and Away. As one of the only remaining original cast Kate, has played Summer Bay’s adorable Sally Fletcher for a staggering 4000 episodes.
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During her time on Home and Away, Kate combined her long-term role as Sally with her education, completing the Higher School Certificate in 1997. Kate studied through a program called 'Pathways' that allowed her to study for the HSC over three years, so she could continue her role on Home and Away. She was very pleased with her overall result.
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In September 2007, Ritchie announced that she would be leaving Home and Away in mid-December, when she is scheduled to film her final scene.[11] She will last appear on Australian screens as Sally Fletcher on April 3 2008. Ritchie filmed her final scenes on Friday 14th December 2007, and her final episode screens in April 2008.
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Through her role on Home and Away, television viewers have watched Kate grow up in Summer Bay. She filmed the pilot of the show in 1987 as a nine-year-old, and has been in the series ever since in the role of Sally Fletcher. Although only young, Kate could be called a veteran of television, having been involved with Home and Away for over 18 years.
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