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Susanne Haworth is a retired Australian producer and film and television actress. She was a well-known child star during the 1960s, best known as Susan Wells in the children's adventure series ''
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'', but also had memorable guest appearances on ''
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'', ''
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'' and ''
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'' in her later career. Haworth also became a successful television producer and was involved in the crime drama television series '' Phoenix'', '' Secrets'' and ''
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'' during the early-to mid 1990s and is the co-owner of Kuranya Pictures, a
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based in
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, with Bill Hughes.


Biography

Susanne Haworth made her acting debut in the 1964 television film ''
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''. She followed this with minor roles in a second television film, '' Rape of the Belt'' (1964), and a leading role in the
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'' Funny Things Happen Down Under'' (1965). From 1965–67, Haworth was a regular cast member in the children's adventure series ''
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'' as Susan Wells. Haworth also made appearances on
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'' The Magic Boomerang'' and the crime drama ''
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'' during the mid-to late 1960s. After the ''Adventures of the Seaspray'' ended, Haworth took a break from acting. She returned briefly in 1976 with guest appearances on the TV series of ''
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'' and a one-season comedy series, ''Who Do You Think You Are?'' followed by a stint in ''
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'' in 1978. In 1980, she was cast in the cult soap opera ''
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''. She was initially introduced as a neighbour of '' Meg Jackson'' (
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), the frustrated and overworked housewife '' Gail Summers'', who is later sent to prison for
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. Following this, she made appearances on ''
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'', '' Sons and Daughters'', ''
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'' and ''
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'' during the next two years. In 1985, she was hired to design
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s and recaps for the television miniseries ''
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''. After her last acting role, ''
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'' in 1987, she became interested in film production. In 1990, Haworth was the
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and
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for the television film '' Jackaroo''. She was also an assistant producer on the television series '' Phoenix'', '' Secrets'' and ''
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'' between 1992–95 and co-producer with Bill Hughes on the television film ''
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'' in 1997. In 2007, she co-wrote a children's book with Bob Randall entitled ''Stories from Country: My Pony Hooky and Other Tales''. Many of these stories were partly based on traditional Aboriginal folk tales, as told by Bob Randall, from native tribes in The Red Centre and northern Australia.


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