Lynette Curran
Born: 1945-01-01 in Australia
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
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
- Harrow as Millicent Bruce
- Brothers' Nest as Mum
- Birdie
2017
- A Few Less Men as Maureen
2015
- Bluey as Old Woman
- Black Chook as Mrs. Anderson
2014
- These Final Hours as James' Mum
2013
- Wentworth as Rita Bennett
2011
- SLiDE as Connie
2009
- Prime Mover as Mrs Boyd
2008
- Underbelly as Irene Webb
- Not Quite Hollywood as Self
2007
- Prada Handbag as Meryl
2006
- Call Me Mum as Dellmay
2004
- Somersault as Irene
- Stories of Lost Souls as Mother
- Love My Way as Brenda Jackson
2003
- Japanese Story as Mum
2002
- White Collar Blue as Sandra Benson
2000
- My Mother Frank as Jean
1998
- All Saints as Anita Petrakis
- The Boys as Sandra Sprague
1997
- Oscar and Lucinda as Mrs. Ahearn
- Road to Nhill as Margot
1995
- Echo Point as Angela Tilbury
- Mushrooms as Minnie
1993
- Blue Heelers
- Just Desserts as Mrs. Fullilove
1991
- Dead to the World as Pearl Elkington
1989
- Police State as Dawn Parker
- The Delinquents as Mrs. Hansen
1988
- Touch the Sun: Peter & Pompey as Connie Driscoll
- The Shiralee as Hareema
- Becca as Emma
1987
- Rafferty's Rules as Dr. Curlewis
- Bullseye as Dora Mckenzie
- Comrades as Prostitute
- The Year My Voice Broke as Anne Olson
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
- Country Town as Rhoda Wilson
- Alvin Purple as First Sugar Girl