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Alison Patterson
''Home and Away'' is an Australian television soap opera. It was first broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in that year, by order of first appearance. They were all introduced by the show's executive producer Alan Bateman who oversaw the serial before being succeeded by series producer Des Monaghan whose episodes first began airing in November. Sixteen of the original eighteen regular characters debuted in the pilot episode. The Fletcher family consisting of Frank Morgan, Tom and Pippa Fletcher, Carly Morris, Steven Matheson, Sally Keating and Lynn Davenport were introduced first. Summer Bay residents Alf Stewart, Floss and Neville McPhee, Bobby Simpson, Donald Fisher, Ailsa Hogan, Martin Dibble, Lance Smart and Matt Wilson also made their debuts. They were soon joined by Alf's daughter Roo and sister, Celia. In March, Lyn Collingwood arrived as Lance's mother, Colleen. The same month, Liddy Clark began pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home And Away
''Home and Away'' (often abbreviated as ''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip to Kangaroo Point, New South Wales, where he noticed locals were complaining about the construction of a foster home and against the idea of foster children from the city living in the area. The soap opera was initially going to be called ''Refuge'', but the name was changed to the "friendlier" title of ''Home and Away'' once production began. The show premiered with a ninety-minute pilot episode (subsequently in re-runs and on VHS known as ''Home and Away: The Movie''). Since then, each subsequent episode has aired for a duration of twenty-two minutes. ''Home and Away'' has become the second longest-running drama series in Australian television, after '' Neighbours''. In Australia, it is currently broadcast from Mondays to Thursdays at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lance Smart
Lance Smart is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Peter Vroom. Vroom appeared from the pilot episode as one of the serial's original characters. Lance is characterised a "slow witted" larrikin and those around him see him as a "joke". Lance forms an on-screen partnership with Martin Dibble (Craig Thomson) and their characters were subsequently used as the serial's comedy characters. Both Vroom and Thomson said that their characters did not provide a realistic representation of young people as the production team often censored their dialogue. Lance also has an over-protective mother Colleen Smart (Lyn Collingwood) with whom he had to contend with. His main romantic relationship is with Marilyn Chambers (Emily Symons) and the pair became engaged. Their romance was short-lived as Lance decided against marrying her. Lance and Martin were named as the "thickest characters ever to grace soapland" in the '' Daily Record''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Fisher
Alan Fisher may refer to: * Alan Fisher (broadcast journalist), Scottish broadcast journalist * Alan Fisher (trade unionist) Alan Fisher (20 June 1922 – 20 March 1988) was a British trade unionist. Born in Birmingham, Fisher spent his entire working life at the National Union of Public Employees, serving as General Secretary from 1968 to 1982. This was a period of ... (1922–1988), British trade unionist * Alan Fisher (architect) (1905–1978), American architect * Allan George Barnard Fisher (1895-1976), New Zealand born economist {{hndis, Fisher, Alan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morag Bellingham
Morag Buckton (also Stewart and Bellingham) QC is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Cornelia Frances. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 7 June 1988. She appeared until 1989 and briefly appeared in 1993. She returned yearly from 2001 until 2009, again from 2011 to 2013 and again from 2016 to 2017. Before she died, Frances had expressed her desire to once again become a permanent cast member. Morag has been described as an antagonistic, independent and cold character. Morag is portrayed as a tough lawyer. She has been involved in storylines such as adopting out her illegitimate daughter Bobby Simpson, being widowed, helping her brother Alf Stewart through his many legal battles and a friendship with troubled teen Aden Jefferies. She has been well received by certain critics for her feisty persona, whilst others have criticised her professional skills. Casting Frances played the role of Morag on and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Stewart (born 1952), New Zealand politician
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Barbara Stewart may refer to: * Barbara Stewart (composer) (1941–2011), American composer and musician * Barbara Stewart (politician) Barbara Joy Stewart (born 1952) is a former New Zealand politician. She is a member of the New Zealand First party. Early life Stewart was born in Wairoa in 1952. She obtained a Bachelor of Education, BEd and a Postgraduate Diploma in Managemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelia Frances
Cornelia Frances Zulver, OAM (7 April 1941 – 28 May 2018), credited professionally as Cornelia Frances, was an English-Australian actress. After starting her career in small cameos in films in her native England, she became best known for her acting career in Australia after emigrating there in the 1960s, particularly her iconic television soap opera roles with portrayals of nasty characters. Frances was of the latter known for her role as Morag Bellingham on '' Home and Away'' since its inception in 1988, after leaving that series, she appeared on a semi-regular basis as the storyline permitted, rejoining briefly as a permanent cast member in 2001, before going back to an itinerant basis. Frances was also known for playing nurse Sister/Matron Grace Scott on the Nine Network series ''The Young Doctors'' (1976–1978), and Barbara Hamilton on '' Sons and Daughters'' on Network Seven (1982–1986). She appeared in the film version of regular series TV soap '' The Box''. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brett Macklin
''Home and Away'' is an Australian television soap opera. It was first broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in that year, by order of first appearance. They were all introduced by the show's executive producer Alan Bateman who oversaw the serial before being succeeded by series producer Des Monaghan whose episodes first began airing in November. Sixteen of the original eighteen regular characters debuted in the pilot episode. The Fletcher family consisting of Frank Morgan, Tom and Pippa Fletcher, Carly Morris, Steven Matheson, Sally Keating and Lynn Davenport were introduced first. Summer Bay residents Alf Stewart, Floss and Neville McPhee, Bobby Simpson, Donald Fisher, Ailsa Hogan, Martin Dibble, Lance Smart and Matt Wilson also made their debuts. They were soon joined by Alf's daughter Roo and sister, Celia. In March, Lyn Collingwood arrived as Lance's mother, Colleen. The same month, Liddy Clark began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narelle Smart
Narelle Smart is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Amanda Newman-Phillips. Narelle debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 25 March 1988, but left the show just over six months later. Character development Narelle is described as the "''Home and Away'' dreamer, a dizzy 20-year-old blonde who plotted on leaving her home town of Yabbie Creek, to become a rich and famous popstar". Narelle's first on-screen kiss is with fellow character Steven Matheson (Adam Willits), at the age of seventeen, Steven is three years younger than Narelle. As the age difference was reflected off-screen too, it made everyone involved in the scenes nervous. Willits said, "I'd go for an older woman, if Steven can, I certainly can." While discussing the scenes he added "In the script, he had this plan to get Narelle to kiss me, because he has done a survey and he's a pretty hot kisser. It wasn't as though they were in love though." Newman- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerry Barlow
''Home and Away'' is an Australian television soap opera. It was first broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in that year, by order of first appearance. They were all introduced by the show's executive producer Alan Bateman who oversaw the serial before being succeeded by series producer Des Monaghan whose episodes first began airing in November. Sixteen of the original eighteen regular characters debuted in the pilot episode. The Fletcher family consisting of Frank Morgan, Tom and Pippa Fletcher, Carly Morris, Steven Matheson, Sally Keating and Lynn Davenport were introduced first. Summer Bay residents Alf Stewart, Floss and Neville McPhee, Bobby Simpson, Donald Fisher, Ailsa Hogan, Martin Dibble, Lance Smart and Matt Wilson also made their debuts. They were soon joined by Alf's daughter Roo and sister, Celia. In March, Lyn Collingwood arrived as Lance's mother, Colleen. The same month, Liddy Clark began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liddy Clark
Elizabeth Anne Clark (born 6 November 1953 in Adelaide, South Australia), is an Australian former politician with the Labor Party in the Queensland Legislature who held the seat for Clayfield and also an actress of television and film, director, producer and presenter, credited as Liddy Clark and Liddy Clarke. Acting career She has various credits in film and television to her name. Film credits include ''Mad Dog Morgan'', ''Blue Fin'', ''The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith'', ''Touch and Go'''', Kitty and the Bagman'' and ''Annie's Coming Out''. She is possibly best known for her two small screen roles in the cult series ''Prisoner''. She played child killer Bella Albrecht for two episodes in 1979 and Sharon Smart, the victim of a crooked religious cult, for six episodes in 1983. In 1988, Clark played the role of battered wife Kerry Barlow in ''Home and Away''. She was a regular cast member in the series ''Fire'' and has also made guest appearances in ''Cop Shop'', ''Matlock P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colleen Smart
Colleen Stewart (also Hickey and Smart) is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Lyn Collingwood. The character debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 7 March 1988. She was introduced as a recurring character by producer Alan Bateman. She served as comic relief and busybody from 1988. She returned briefly in 1997 before returning as a regular on 23 September 1999 until January 2013. Colleen has been portrayed as the serial's "local gossip", a role that been well received by certain critics. Many storylines have centered on her over protective nature towards her son Lance Smart. Collingwood revealed that she often pitched storylines for Colleen in the hope they would play out on-screen. Collingwood decided to leave the series in January 2012 and Colleen departed on 23 May 2012. She made a brief return from 27 November 2012 and officially departed on 24 January 2013. Creation and casting Colleen was introduced into t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyn Collingwood
Lyn Collingwood (born 6 September 1936, Sydney), credited also as Lynn Collingwood, is an Australian actress. Biography Collingwood was born IN Sydney, New South Wales in 1936, and did not start a career in the arts until later in life, she previously had worked as a social worker and English, drama and history teacher. She appeared in a few TV roles starting from the late 1970s, and was cast as gossip comic character Colleen Smart, (later Stewart), in a similar vein to soap opera gossips like ''A Country Practice'' character Esme Watson (Joyce Jacobs) and ''Neighbours'' Mrs. Mangel (Vivean Gray) and on soap opera ''Home and Away'' and was a recurring original character in 1988 to 1989.In 1997 she returned for a guest appearance, and then returned in 1999 as a regular character until leaving in May 2012, after playing the role of Colleen for 13 years, she made a brief guest return to the series on 27 November 2012.Oram, James "Home and Away: Behind the Scenes p.8 publiashed 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
