Taya Straton

{{Short description|Australian actress (1960–1996)}}

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| name = Taya Straton

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| birth_date = 23 February 1960

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| death_date = 26 February 1996 (aged 36)

| death_place = Australia

| occupation = Actress

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Taya Straton (23 February 1960 – 26 February 1996) was an Australian actress, who remains best known for her roles in serials and soap opera including Prisoner in 1986, during the final season as Rose "Spider" Simpson. She played a main role in the ABC's Inside Running in 1989.{{Citation | last= | first= | title= Inside Running | url= https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122283303 | periodical= The Canberra Times | date=17 July 1989 }}{{Citation | last= Warneke | first= Ross | title= Loopholes in the script | url= | periodical= The Age | date=20 July 1989 }} On stage she featured in The Pub Show (Esplanade Hotel, 1985),{{Citation | last= Burchall | first= G.J. | title= A taste of money | url= | periodical= The Age | date=29 November 1985 }}{{Citation | last= Hawker | first= Philippa | title= Good-humored but cartoonish | url= | periodical= The Age | date=25 November 1985 }}{{Citation | title = The Pub Show | publisher = AusStage | url = https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/100082 }} Not Waving (Junction Club, 1990){{Citation | last= Weiniger | first= Peter | title= Krape finds new life in aged theme | url= | periodical= The Age | date=9 April 1990 }}{{Citation | last= Bellamy | first= Louise | title= Stage | url= | periodical= The Age | date=12 April 1990 }}{{Citation | title = Not Waving | publisher = AusStage | url = https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/11868 }} and The Hundred Year Ambush (Fairfax Studio, 1990) {{Citation | title = The Hundred Year Ambush | publisher = AusStage | url = https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/12196 }} She also had smaller TV roles in A Country Practice and The Flying Doctors. She died by suicide in February 1996, three days after her 36th birthday.{{fact|date=October 2024}}