Sue Belinda Giblin (born 2 March 1950) professionally billed as Belinda Giblin, is an

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actress. Prominent in theatre and television

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, and several feature films. Giblin's small screen roles include '' The Box'' as Kay Webster (1974-1975), ''

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'' (1977–1978) as Sister Sue Marriott, '' Sons and Daughters'' (1985-1987), as Alison Carr and her two stints in ''

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'', firstly as Cynthia Ross in 1991, and then

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, the long-presumed dead wife of Alf Stewart, a role she played on a recurring basis from 2018 to 2022.

Biography

Early life

Giblin was born in

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, to Phyllis and Ted, she has two older brothers Ted Jn. and Graham and a younger sister Allison. Her father Ted was a doctor at the Tamworth Base Hospital. Her mother ran the dramatic society, and acted and directed in productions but then died of

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when she was 23, her dad died when he was 83. Giblin was offered a scholarship to the

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when she was 17, but chose to study arts at the

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. Then she studied at the

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, before leaving after a year to practise her craft.

Television roles

She played in the risqué, satirical 1970s soap opera ''The Box'' as Kay Webster, and the in the 1980s melodrama ''Sons and Daughters'' as Alison Carr. The Alison Carr character was revealed to be the post-plastic surgery incarnation of the show's original and much vaunted villain, 'Pat The Rat' – Patricia Hamilton, originally played by

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. Giblin was cast in the role because of her resemblance to Wallace.

Other credits

Giblin appeared in numerous roles by

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over a 12-year period early in her career many filmed in black and white, television roles include appearances in ''

Matlock Police ''Matlock Police'' is an Australian television police drama series made by Crawford Productions for the 0-10 Network (now known as the 10 Network) between 1971 and 1976. The series focused on the police station and crime in the Victorian town o ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''The Sullivans'', ''

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'' (1976), '' Bluey'' (1976), ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', as well as ''Home and Away'' as Cynthia Ross in 1991 and

, the first wife of regular Alf Stewart, from 2018. Since 2013, she has also guest starred in The Horizon, a

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shortform

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, as Wilma (the

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's) mother.

Theatre

In 2016, she performed at the

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, 'Blonde Poison', a one-woman show about a Jewish woman who became a Nazi collaborator during

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. In 2017, she appeared in 'Bent 101' as 'Babs DeVure' in an Australian short form comedy series that was on the

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. She also works as a corporate trainer.

Private life

Giblin has been married to Axel Bartz (a set designer) since around 1984. She was performing in a theatre production Bedroom Farce when it came to

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and Axel was the resident designer of the Adelaide Theatre Company. She has two children, Romy and Nicholas and lives in

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. Her father-in-law was in the German music corps.

Filmography

FILM TELEVISION STAGE/THEATRE * ''You Can't Take It With You'' (1970) * ''Girl In The Freudian Slip'' (1971) * ''The Removalists'' (1972) * ''The Anniversary'' (1972) * ''Bloody Harry'' (1973) * ''Martello Towers'' (1976) * ''Bedroom Farce'' (1978) * ''Quadraphrenia'' (1979) * ''Errol Flynn's Great Big Adventure Book For Boys'' (1979) * ''Taking Steps'' (1985) * ''The World Is Made Of Glass'' (1985) * ''Move Over Mrs Markham'' (1988) * ''How The Other Half Loves?'' (1989;1995) * ''Henceforward'' (1990) * ''The Increased Difficulty Of Concentration'' (1990) * ''Steaming'' (1991;1992;1994) * ''Canaries Sometimes Sing'' (1993) * ''Reflected Glory'' (1993) * ''The Wild Party'' (1994;1995;1996;1997) * ''Blithe Spirit'' (1996) * ''Same Time, Another Year'' (1997) * ''Social Climbers'' (1998) * ''Bell, Book And Candle'' (1998) * ''Things We Do For Love'' (1999) * ''Noises Off'' (2001) * ''The Wicked Sisters'' (2002) * ''The Vagina Monologues'' (2002) * ''Love Child'' (2003) * ''Scam'' (2003) * ''The Shoe-Horn Sonata'' (2004;205;2007) * ''Away'' (2004) * ''Dinner'' (2007) * ''Absurd Person Singular'' (2009) * ''Dark Voyager'' (2014) * ''Daylight Saving'' (2014) * ''Blonde Poison'' (2015;2016) * ''The Turquoise Elephant'' (2016) * ''Doubt'' (2017) * ''John'' (2018) * ''Ear To The Edge Of Time'' (2018) * ''Happy Days'' (2019) * ''Family Values'' (2020;2021) * ''Ghosting The Party'' (2022) * ''Amadeus'' (2022) * ''Suddenly Last Summer'' (2023) * ''The Weekend'' (2023)

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Giblin, Belinda 1950 births Living people Australian stage actresses People from Tamworth, New South Wales Australian soap opera actresses