Lynette Curran is an Australian actress known for many roles in Australian television series and films, including the soap opera '' Bellbird'', and the films ''

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'' (1971) and '' Bliss'' (1985).

Theatre

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

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. She also played in ''

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'' for the

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.Atterton, Margot. (Ed.) ''The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Australian Showbiz'', Sunshine Books, 1984. p 54

Film and television

Curran was a cast member of soap opera '' Bellbird'' when it started in 1967. She left the series permanently in 1974; at the time she left she was the program's last remaining original cast member. Curran acted in the film version of the serial ''

'' (1971). She made several other film appearances in the 1970s, with roles in sex comedy ''

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'' (1973), and in dramas ''

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'' (1975), ''

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'' (1976). Late 1970s television appearances include soap opera '' Number 96'' (in 1976), and

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s '' Bluey'' and ''

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''. 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

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series ''

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''. She co-starred with

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in the acclaimed 1985

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of Peter Carey's award-winning novel '' Bliss''. Other roles include feature films ''Heatwave 1982, The Delinquents'' (1989), '' The Boys'' (1998), '' Japanese Story'' (2003), ''

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'' (2004), ''

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'' (2013), ''A Few Less Men'' (2017) and ''Brothers Nest' '(2018). For her appearance in ''Somersault'' she won the 2004

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. On television she played Brenda Jackson in the ''

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'', and acted in '' Underbelly: The Golden Mile'' and ''

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''. She was in '' Wentworth'' as Vera Bennett's elderly, terminally-ill mother (2015). Curran appears in Season 2 of ''

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'' (2022).

Filmography

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Curran, Lynette Australian film actresses Australian television actresses Living people 1945 births Australian stage actresses Best Supporting Actress AACTA Award winners 20th-century Australian actresses 21st-century Australian actresses