Penelope Trevor (born 1960) professionally known as Pepe Trevor, is an

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actress, screenwriter, journalist and author and visual artist, who is perhaps best known for her role as young card sharp and trouble-maker, Lexie Patterson in ''

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'' (1985–86).'Prison Break', TV Week, 1 June 1985

Biography

Trevor was born in Sydney, and moved to Melbourne at the age of six. She made a name as an actress in various Australian television series during the 1980s. Later in life, Trevor began writing, and won the Dobbie Award in the 1997

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s for her first novel, ''Listening for Small Sounds''. Her second novel, ''Another Man's Office'', came out in 2000. As a journalist, Trevor has contributed articles for ''

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''. Trevor was married to violinist and music teacher, Matthew Arnold, and has two sons, Jaspar and Tashi. She is the daughter of TV producer Marie Trevor (born

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1922 - 7 June 2000, Australia), who also worked on ''Prisoner'' She was portrayed on film by

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Holding The Man ''Holding the Man'' is a 1995 memoir by Australian writer, actor, and activist Timothy Conigrave. It tells of his 15-year love affair with John Caleo, which started when they met in the mid-1970s at Xavier College, an all-boys Jesuit Cathol ...

, a 2015 release based on her lifelong friend

Timothy Conigrave Tim Conigrave (19 November 1959 – 18 October 1994) was an Australian actor, activist and author of the internationally acclaimed memoir, ''Holding the Man.'' Education and career Conigrave was born in Melbourne, and attended the Jesuit-run ...

's memoir of the same name.

Bibliography

* ''Listening for Small Sounds''. (1996) * ''Another Man's Office''. (2000)

Filmography

External links

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Pepe Trevor talks about her dental problems

References

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