Vali Myers Actress - Born August 2, 1930 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Died February 12, 2003 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Mini Bio (1) Vali Myers was born on August 2, 1930 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was a director and writer, known for Vali (1967), Dope (1968) and The Tightrope Dancer (1990). She died on February 12, 2003 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Personal life While in Europe she married Rudi Rappold, an Austrian from Vienna, and moved to Positano. The marriage ended and eventually her lover, Italian artist Gianni Menichetti moved in and helped turn the property into a wildlife sanctuary endorsed by the World Wildlife Fund. Later, after she began having seizures, she returned to Melbourne in 1993, and opened a studio in the Nicholas Building; only returning to Positano occasionally.

Death Vali Myers died in Melbourne on 12 February 2003 shortly after being diagnosed with cancer at the age of 72.

On 18 January 2003, a month before Myers' death, The Age newspaper printed an article about her life. The article concluded with the following quote from Myers:

I've had 72 absolutely flaming years. It [the illness] doesn't bother me at all, because, you know, love, when you've lived like I have, you've done it all. I put all my effort into living; any dope can drop dead. I'm in the hospital now, and I guess I'll kick the bucket here. Every beetle does it, every bird, everybody. You come into the world and then you go.