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Kate Sheil
Kate Sheil is an Australian stage and television actress, whose roles include prison officer Janet Conway in the cult television series ''Prisoner (TV series), Prisoner'', a role lasting six months in 1981 and 1982. In 1972 she had been a regular cast member of situation comedy series ''Birds in the Bush''. Other credits include: ''Cop Shop'', ''Homicide (Australian TV series), Homicide'', ''Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series), Sons and Daughters'', ''A Country Practice'', ''Water Rats (TV series), Water Rats'' and ''All Saints (TV series), All Saints''. She had a small role in feature film ''Puberty Blues'' (1981) as a school teacher. Biography Sheil first appeared in the 1971 television movie ''What For Marianne?, What for Mariane?'' During the next two years, she appeared on the television series ''Ryan (TV series), Ryan'', ''Bony (fictional character), Boney'', ''Matlock Police'' and ''Birds in the Bush''. She also had several appearances on ''Homicide (Australian TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prisoner (TV Series)
''Prisoner'' (known in the UK and the US as ''Prisoner: Cell Block H'') is an Australian television soap opera, which broadcast on Network Ten (originally The 0-10 Network) from February 27 (Melbourne) February 26 (Sydney) 1979 to December 1986 (Melbourne), though the series finale would not screen until September 1987 in Sydney, where it aired as a 3-hour film that was split into three 1-hour episodes at the much-later time-slot of 10.30pm, running eight seasons and 692 episodes. ''Prisoner'' was the first Australian series to feature a primarily female-dominated cast and carried the slogan "If you think prison is hell for a man, imagine what it would be like for woman!" The series, produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation, Grundy Organisation, was conceived by Reg Watson and filmed at the then Network Ten Melbourne Studios at Nunawading, Victoria, Nunawading and on location. The series garnered an international cult following, and it was one of Australia's most successful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |