Christine Amor

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Christine Amor
Born
Christine Debra Amor

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
OccupationActress
Years active1967–present
Known for Prisoner (TV series) (known internationally as Prisoner: Cell Block H)as Jean Vernon
Are You Being Served? (TV series) (Australian Version)

Christine Debra Amor (born 1952) is an Australian actress of stage, television and film.

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Career

Amor was born in Brisbane, Queensland. She graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). [1] She has acted extensively in television guest roles and in Australian film starting in 1967. Her film roles include Alvin Purple (1973), Petersen (1974), Snapshot (1979).

Amor's early television roles include appearances in Belllbird , Matlock Police , Division 4 , Certain Women , Young Ramsay , Chopper Squad . and Glenview High .

She is possibly best known for her role in cult classic TV series Prisoner during the first season in 1979, as social worker Jean Vernon. [2]

Amor later took a regular role in the Australian version of sitcom Are You Being Served? . She was the female junior in the program's second season in 1981.

Amor was also a leading cast member of the drama series Carson's Law (1983–1984). She later played the role of Miss Chatham in the Australian television series H2O: Just Add Water (2006).

Amor became a Civil Marriage Celebrant working in the state of Queensland. [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1973 Alvin Purple [4] PeggyFeature film
1974 Petersen AnnieFeature film
1977 High Rolling Teenage girlFeature film
1979 Snapshot Paula [5] Feature film
1980 Touch and Go Sue FullertonFeature film
1983 Now and Forever Margaret Burton [6] Feature film
1988 Prisoner of Zenda VoiceAnimated film
1990 Bloodmoon Virginia Sheffield [5] Feature film
1990 Dead Sleep Sister KerebyFeature film
2008 Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! HerselfFeature film documentary
2019RebirthMother MoreenFilm short
2021Sit. Stay. Love.Aunt ClaireFeature film
2022RedemptionSueFilm short

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1967 Bellbird JosieTV series
1973 A Taste for Blue Ribbons TV series
1973 Matlock Police Sandra WilliamsTV series, 1 episode
1973–74 Division 4 Sally Mathews / Cindy Morris / Kerry Michaels [7] TV series, 3 episodes
1973 Ryan JenniferTV series, 1 episode
1974 Marion Sue RogersTV miniseries, 1 episode
1974–75 Certain Women Gillian StoneTV series, 17 episodes
1977–79 Cop Shop Sharon Vernon / Betty Stephens / Jan Reading / Janet CarterTV series, 6 episodes
1977 Young Ramsay Diana FrostTV series, 1 episode
1978 Chopper Squad LaurenTV series, 1 episode
1978 Glenview High TV series, 1 episode
1979 Ray Lawler TrilogyKathy 'Bubba' RyanTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1979 Prisoner Jean Vernon / JeanTV series, 29 episodes
1980Spring And FallAngelaTV series, 1 episode
1981 Are You Being Served? Miss NichollsTV series, 8 episodes
1981 Holiday Island TV series, 1 episode
1981 I Can Jump Puddles RoseTV miniseries, 1 episode
1981-1982 Home [8] ChristineTV series, 6 episodes
1983–1984 Carson's Law Felicity Bryce / Felicity CarsonTV series, 184 episodes Nominated Best Supporting Actress in a Series 1985 Logie Awards
1984 Special Squad Robyn SymonsTV series, 1 episode
1986 Saturdee Ma Gimble [9] TV series, 10 episodes
1991 Eggshells Vanessa [10] TV series, 13 episodes
1992 Animal Park TV series
1992The World TonightGuestTV series, 1 episode
1992 The Morning Show GuestTV series, 1 episode
1992The New Adventures of SkippyDiTV series, 1 episode
1993ReviewGuest PresenterTV series, 1 episode
1993Inside EditionHerselfTV series, 1 episode
1993Ernie and DeniseGuestTV series, 1 episode
1993 Today HerselfTV series, 1 episode
1994 Under the Skin SBS TV series, 1 episode
1995Eat My ShortsTV series, 1 episode
1998 Misery Guts Mrs. HermanTV series, 2 episodes
2001–02 Cybergirl Mayor Burdette BuxtonTV series, 11 episodes
2006 H2O: Just Add Water Louise ChathamTV series, 9 episodes
2009 East of Everything MatronTV series, 2 episodes
2023 Studio 10 HerselfTV series, 1 episode

Stage

As performer

YearTitleRoleVenue / Company
1971 The Beggar's Opera Suky Tawdry Old Tote Theatre
1971 Women Beware Women Bianca Old Tote Theatre
1971 Peer Gynt Old Tote Theatre
1971Under Milk Wood NIDA
1971 The Balcony Horse Girl / Wounded Girl Old Tote Theatre
1972Trelawny of the Wells Parade Theatre
1972 The Taming of the Shrew Parade Theatre, Canberra Theatre
1972 The Good Woman of Setzuan Parade Theatre
1972 Tartuffe Parade Theatre
1972Forget-Me-Not Lane Parade Theatre & Old Tote Theatre
1972 How Could You Believe Me When I Said I'd Be Your Valet When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life? Parade Theatre & Canberra Theatre
1973Playing the PiperMadame Pinchard [11]
1973 Come Blow Your Horn St. Martin's Theatre [12]
1973 The Plough and the Stars Russell Street Theatre
1973Batman's Beach-Head Comedy Theatre, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
1973Paying the Piper Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
1975The Ride Across Lake Constance Nimrod Theatre
1976Some of My Best Friends Are Women St Martin's Theatre [13]
1976Old FlamesSally Victorian College of Arts [14]
1976Other TimesBubba Ryan Russell Street Theatre
1977 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Bubba Ryan Russell Street Theatre [15]
1977 The Doll Trilogy Russell Street Theatre with MTC
1977 The Pleasure of His Company Jessica Poole Theatre Royal Sydney, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne

[15]

1978 Once a Catholic Mary McGinty Theatre Royal, Sydney, Russell Street Theatre [16]
1980No Room For DreamersAda Newcastle Civic Theatre
1980The Beecham Pill Parramatta Correctional Centre
1986 Same Time Next Year Bridge Theatre, Coniston
1990That Blessed Fountain Regal Theatre, Perth
1992 Conjugal Rites Genevieve The Playhouse, Bridge Theatre Coniston, Seymour Centre [17]
1992 Money and Friends Vicki QTC tour of Sydney Opera House with STC, Arts Centre Melbourne with MTC, Playhouse at Adelaide Festival Centre with STCSA, Theatre Royal, Hobart, Canberra Theatre Centre & Queensland regional tour with NARPACA
1992 The Heidi Chronicles Fran / Debbie / Betsy / April Cremorne Theatre with Queensland Theatre Company
1993 Brilliant Lies Marion Canberra Theatre, Suncorp Theatre Brisbane, Playhouse Melbourne, Monash University, Her Majesty's Theatre Ballarat, Ford Theatre Geelong, West Gippsland Arts Centre, Theatre Royal Hobart, Playhouse Adelaide, Sydney Opera House [18]
2009The School of ArtsMuriel Hayes Playhouse Brisbane, Blackwater Cultural Centre, Pilbeam Theatre, Biloela Civic Centre, Mundubbera Shire Hall, Chinchilla Cultural Centre, Warwick Town Hall
2016 Quartet Cecily Robinson Playhouse Brisbane, Empire Theatre, Toowoomba, Lake Kawana Cultural Centre, Pilbeam Theatre, Mackay Entertainment Centre, Centre of Contemporary Arts Cairns, Townsville Civic Theatre, Gladstone Entertainment Centre, Ipswich Civic Centre, Gold Coast Arts Centre [19]
2020 The Children Cremorne Theatre

As crew

YearTitleRoleVenue / Company
2007Circus GirlSound Designer Parade Theatre, Orange Civic Theatre, Theatre Royal, Hobart, Princess Theatre, Launceston

[20]

Radio

YearTitleRoleVenue / Company
1979IncompletionsSkeleton ABC Radio Sydney
1979Laura and the AngelMaria ABC Radio Sydney

[21]

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