Margaret Umbers

Known For: Acting

Biography

Margaret Umbers is a New Zealander actress. After being kidnapped by Bruno Lawrence in Smash Palace (1981) and battling mutants in Death Warmed Up (1984), Margaret (aka Makareta) Umbers was one of the bandmembers on TV’s Heroes (1984-1986). An actor since age eight, she later acted and sang in Australia, before her character faked medical qualifications and tried to kill Chris Warner on Shortland Street (1992). These days Umbers sings in bands, and manages a Northland music studio.

Filmography

2019

Midriff as Hinemoa

1992

Shortland Street as Katherine Blake

1989

E Street as Casey Watts

1986

Bridge to Nowhere as Tanya
Mr. Wrong as Samantha

1984

Death Warmed Up as Sandy

1981

Smash Palace as Rose