Lynette Curran

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Known For

Acting

Born

1945-01-01

Place of Birth

Australia

Lynette Curran

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lynette Curran is an Australian actress best known for her roles in Australian television series and films. Between 1967 and 1974 she was a regular in soap opera Bellbird. She also acted in the film version of the serial, Country Town (1971). She started acting in the theatre in 1964. Theatre work includes The Country Wife, Rookery Nook, Richard II, Just Between Ourselves, and Ashes for the Melbourne Theatre Company. She also played in Steaming for the Seymour Centre in Sydney. Early film roles included Alvin Purple (1973), Caddie (1976), Heatwave (1982). In the late 1970s she made further television appearances, including roles in soap opera Number 96 (in 1976), and in police procedurals Bluey and Cop Shop. Curran was a recurring cast member of soap opera The Restless Years (1977-1981), playing the scheming Jean Stafford. She won a Sammy Award for her role in Australian Broadcasting Corporation series Spring and Fall. Later roles include feature films The Delinquents, Somersault, and Japanese Story. On television she played Brenda Jackson in the Love My Way, and acted in Underbelly: The Golden Mile. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lynette Curran, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Acting History

2023
Queen of Oz as Sylvia
2021
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as Old Lady on Bus
2019
Molly and Cara as Molly
2018
Birdie
2018
Brothers' Nest as Mum
2018
Harrow as Millicent Bruce
2017
A Few Less Men as Maureen
2015
Black Chook as Mrs. Anderson
2015
Bluey as Old Woman
2014
These Final Hours as James' Mum
2013
Wentworth as Rita Bennett
2011
SLiDE as Connie
2009
Prime Mover as Mrs Boyd
2008
Not Quite Hollywood as Self
2008
Underbelly as Irene Webb
2007
Prada Handbag as Meryl
2006
Call Me Mum as Dellmay
2004
Love My Way as Brenda Jackson
2004
Stories of Lost Souls as Mother
2004
Somersault as Irene
2003
Japanese Story as Mum
2002
White Collar Blue as Sandra Benson
2000
My Mother Frank as Jean
1999
Bangers as Mother
1999
Praise as Sexual Health Worker
1998
The Boys as Sandra Sprague
1998
All Saints as Anita Petrakis
1998
All Saints as Hilary Doyle
1997
Oscar and Lucinda as Mrs. Ahearn
1997
Road to Nhill as Margot
1996
To The Other Shore
1996
Water Rats
1996
Water Rats as Geraldine Sawyer
1995
Mushrooms as Minnie
1995
Echo Point as Angela Tilbury
1993
Blue Heelers
1993
Just Desserts as Mrs. Fullilove
1991
Dead to the World as Pearl Elkington
1989
The Delinquents as Mrs. Hansen
1989
Police State as Dawn Parker
1988
The Shiralee as Hareema
1988
Touch the Sun: Peter & Pompey as Connie Driscoll
1988
Becca as Emma
1987
The Year My Voice Broke as Anne Olson
1987
Comrades as Prostitute
1987
Bullseye as Dora Mckenzie
1987
Rafferty's Rules as Dr. Curlewis
1986
The Flying Doctors as Jean Irving
1985
Bliss as Bettina Joy
1977
A Journey to the Center of the Earth as Gräuben (voice)
1973
Alvin Purple as First Sugar Girl
1973
Country Town as Rhoda Wilson