Tracy Mann (born 1957) is an

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actress and voice artist. After appearing in a number of television series, she won an Australian Film Institute award in 1980 for movie '' Hard Knocks'' . She has also won awards in her home country for her work in mini-series ''

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'' and 2005 movie comedy '' Hating Alison Ashley''.

Early life

Born in

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in 1957, Mann got her first big break playing Tina Harris in 1970s soap opera '' The Box''. She is possibly best remembered to audiences for playing a character who ended up behind bars, deaf biker's moll Georgie Baxter in ''

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''. Mann played the lead role of guitarist / singer Carol Howard in the 1984 ABC-TV series ''

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'', and also played the lead role in police drama ''

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'' (1990).

Television

Other TV appearances include ''

Glenview High ''Glenview High'' is an Australian television drama series produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the Seven Network between 1977 and 1978. Story English teacher Greg Walker (Grigor Taylor) transfers from the country to Glenview High, a to ...

'', ''

The Sullivans ''The Sullivans'' is an Australian period drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran on the Nine Network from 15 November 1976 until 10 March 1983. The series tells the story of a fictional average middle-clas ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'' (she played Susie Blair, Syd Heylen and Aileen Britton's daughter), ''

Holiday Island ''Holiday Island'' is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for Network Ten. The show aired twice weekly from 1981 to 1982, with the first episode going to air on 17 June 1981. Series synopsis Like preceding Crawford' ...

'', ''

A Country Practice ''A Country Practice'' is an Australian television soap opera which broadcast on the Seven Network from 18 November 1981 until 5 November 1993, airing at 7:30 pm on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Altogether, 14 seasons and 1,058 episodes were p ...

'', ''

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'', '' GP'', ''

'', ''

Noah and Saskia ''Noah and Saskia'' is a 13-episode TV program initiated, developed and produced by Patricia Edgar for the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) and the BBC as she stepped down after 20 years as Founding Director of the ACTF. The 13 ...

'', ''

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'', '' Bluey'', ''

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'', ''

Good Guys Bad Guys ''Good Guys, Bad Guys'' was an Australian comedy/drama TV series that screened on the Nine Network between 1997 and 1998, with a telemovie and twenty-six episodes produced. The crime-themed show was set in Melbourne. The program and its lead cha ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Sweet and Sour'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Spring & Fall: Out of Line'', '' Water Rats'', '' All Saints'', ''

Cop Shop ''Cop Shop'' is a long-running Australian police drama television series produced by Crawford Productions that ran for seven seasons between 28 November 1977 and 23 July 1984. It comprised 582 one-hour episodes. The show The show revolved ar ...

'', '' The Oracle'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Bellbird'', '' Players to the Gallery'', '' Loose Ends'' and ''

Blue Heelers ''Blue Heelers'' is an Australian police drama series that was produced by Southern Star Group and ran for 12 years on the Seven Network, from 1994 to 2006. Although based around the policing of the town, the series generally depicted the ever ...

''. FILM TELEVISION STAGE * ''God Bless Us Everyone'' (?) * ''The Crucible'' (?) * ''Our Town'' (?) * ''Winnie The Pooh'' (1969) * ''The Rape Of Lucretica McColl'' (1971) * ''Peter Pan'' (1972) * ''Catholic Schoolgirls'' (1983;1985) * ''Crystal Clear'' (1986) * ''When I Was A Young Girl I Used To Scream'' (1987) * ''The Department'' (1988) * ''The Recruiting Officer'' (1991) * ''The Removalists'' (1991) * ''The Heidi Chronicles'' (1992) * ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1993;1995) * ''Two Weeks With The Queen'' (1993-1994) * ''After The Ball'' (2018)

Film

Mann's first starring role on the big screen was low budget drama '' Hard Knocks''; she won an AFI award for Best Actress in a Leading Role as a young ex prisoner being hassled by the police. She played sister to the main character in New Zealand film '' The Scarecrow'' (aka ''

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''), which was invited to play at the Cannes Film Festival. Mann has also appeared in the

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movie ''

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'', '' Hating Alison Ashley'' and ''

Any Questions for Ben? ''Any Questions for Ben?'' is a 2012 Australian comedy film created by Working Dog Productions, directed by Rob Sitch. It stars Josh Lawson, Rachael Taylor, Felicity Ward, Daniel Henshall, and Christian Clark. It was written by Santo Cilauro, ...

''.

Voice over work

Mann provided the voice of the Holophone in an episode of children's science fiction series ''

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'' and Susie Sponge on the second season of popular animated series ''

The Toothbrush Family ''The Toothbrush Family'' is an Australian children's animated television series featuring a group of anthropomorphic personal-care supplies. The series was first aired in 1977 until the final episode's airing in 1999. Concept and productio ...

''. Her other voice acting roles include animated series ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

Tracey McBean ''Tracey McBean'' is an Australian animated children's television series produced by Southern Star Entertainment and Film Australia. The show was aired from 2001 until 2006 on ABC Kids. Overview The main protagonist, Tracey, is a young nine- ...

'' (both produced by

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Personal life

Mann has related her conversion to

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: :"I was sort of unconsciously on a bit of a path... I was doing a show called 'Janus'... I just reached a point that my spirit, my consciousness, had said, "Tracy, enough, Now you have to get it... And I had five weeks off of filming 'Janus' and went to

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... to go to a monastery to study Buddhism.""''Dimensions'' "Studio Guests – Eliza Stankovic & Tracy Mann"

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, Episode 15, 3 October 2002. Transcript, Retrieved on 7 September 2007

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mann, Tracy 1957 births Actresses from Adelaide Australian film actresses Australian television actresses Australian voice actresses Best Actress AACTA Award winners Living people Logie Award winners