Victoria Constance Mary Longley (24 September 1960 – 29 August 2010) was an Australian actress. She worked extensively in television.
Early life
Longley was the daughter of doctor and rowing coach Eric Longley. Her mother Pamela studied Law as she brought up her four daughters, of whom Victoria was the youngest. When she was young she lived in Longueville NSW.
Career
Longley made her screen debut in a film called ''
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'' as a pregnant
au pair
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. An early foray into television was in the epic miniseries ''
The Dirtwater Dynasty'', opposite
Hugo Weaving, and ''
Edens Lost'', a 4-part miniseries for ABC in 1989. In the ABC series, ''Mercury'', not-so-loosely based on the ''
Sunday Age'', she played a senior journalist, alongside
Geoffrey Rush
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cast as editor, believed to be modelled on
Bruce Guthrie.
Other television credits included: ''
Murder Call'', ''
Wildside'', ''
Water Rats'', ''
Farscape
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'', ''
The Alien Years'', ''
Turtle Beach'', ''
Young Lions'', and ''
All Saints''.
Death
Longley died from breast cancer, aged 49, in
St Leonards, New South Wales
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.
Filmography
Film
Television
Awards and nominations
References
External links
Obituary – ''The Sydney Morning Herald''*
1960 births
2010 deaths
Actresses from Sydney
Australian film actresses
Australian stage actresses
Australian television actresses
Deaths from cancer in New South Wales
Deaths from breast cancer in Australia
Best Actress AACTA Award winners
Best Supporting Actress AACTA Award winners
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