 |
Lenore Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 October 1958 Sydney, Australia |
| Occupation | Actress |
Lenore Smith (born 25 October 1958) is an Australian actress best known for her work in television. Internationally, she is best known for her role as Kate Wellings in the drama series The Flying Doctors .
Smith studied economics as a teenager, but after being dissuaded by a teacher, she decided to take a course at Ensemble Studios in Sydney and become an actress. After being there for just over two years, Smith landed her first role in The Restless Years as Diane Archer. Smith left Australia after The Restless Years to work in London, but received a telegram asking her to return to play a role in The Flying Doctors . Smith accepted and came back to Australia to begin work on the TV series. [1]
Lenore embarked on higher education later in life after a long and successful career as an actor in television, stage and screen. Lenore graduated with a Bachelor of Podiatry degree, 1st Class Honours, at Central Queensland University. Lenore is a member of the Australian Podiatry Association. [2]
Lenore dated actor Patrick Ward before marrying actor Gary Sweet in 1981.
She then married actor and writer Matt Kay in 1985 and they divorced in 1992. They met while a bomb alarm was going off during the stage musical Cats .
Smith married former E Street actor Warren Jones on 19 October 1997.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Wilde's Domain | Alex Wilde | TV film |
| 1999 | Somewhere In The Darkness | Shamus' Mum | Feature film |
| 2001 | The Man Who Sued God | Reporter | Feature film |
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978–1980 | The Restless Years | Diane Archer | TV series, 28 episodes |
| 1980 | Celebrity Tattletales | Herself with Patrick Ward | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1980 | Kingswood Country | Cathy | TV series, 1 episode "Divorce Bullpitt Style" |
| 1981 | Cop Shop | Sharon Jackson | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1982 | The Sullivans | April | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1985 | The Mike Walsh Show | Guest - Herself with Andrew McFarlane | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1985 | The Flying Doctors | Kate Wellings | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1986–1992 | The Flying Doctors | Kate Wellings Standish | TV series, 221 episodes |
| 1989,1991 | Hey Hey It's Saturday | Herself (Red Faces) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1990 | Driving Force '90: Down Under | Herself | TV special |
| 1990 | TV Celebrity Dance Party | Herself | TV special |
| 1991 | Hey Hey It's Saturday | Herself (Red Faces) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994 | G.P. | Liz Browning | TV series, 1 episode "Brotherly Love" |
| 1995 | Good Morning Australia | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1996 | G.P. | Liz Browning | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1997 | Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord | Vicky | TV series, 26 episodes |
| 2001 | Outriders | Reggie's Mother | TV series, 4 episodes: "Paradise Lost: Part 2", "Aliens: Parts 2–4" |
| 2002 | Farscape | Lt. Darinta Larell | TV series, 2 episodes: "Into the Lion's Den: Parts 1 & 2" |
| 2021 | A Current Affair | Herself - with Andrew McFarlane | TV series, 1 episode |
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Whose Life Is It Anyway? | Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust | |
| 1982 | Crimes of the Heart | MTC at Russell Street Theatre | |
| 1993 | Talley's Folly | Sally Talley | Les Currie Entertainment |
| 1995 | Emerald City | Ensemble Theatre | |
| 1998 | The Perfectionist | Barbara Gunn | Eureka Theatre Company |
| 2010 | Brooklyn Boy | ||
| 2012 | When Dad Married Fury | Sue | Metcalfe Theatre, Perth |
| 2016 | The Good Doctor | Ensemble Theatre at Glen Street Theatre | |
| Unknown | The Robin Hood Show | Kirribilli Pub Theatre |
Dame Margaret Natalie Smith is an English actress. With an extensive career in theatre, film, and television over seven decades, she is one of Britain's most recognisable and prolific actresses. She is particularly noted for her wit in comedic roles.
Patricia Ethell McDonald was an Australian radio actor and actor of stage and television and the daughter of one of Australia's most prominent electric radio engineers and public servants, Arthur Stephen McDonald and his wife, milliner Edith Roseina Ethell. Her grandfather, bootmaker John McDonald, was born in Victoria, and married Eliza Mary Stevenson. Although she was not the first female Gold Logie winner in Australia, which was entertainer and TV host Lorrae Desmond, she was the first female character actor to win for serial Number 96.
Pauline Collins is a British actress who first came to prominence portraying Sarah Moffat in Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1973) and its spin-off Thomas & Sarah (1979). In 1992, she published her autobiography Letter to Louise.
Valerie Kathleen Lehman is an Australian actress and director, best known locally and internationally for her role as the antagonist "Top Dog" and self-styled Queen Bea Smith in the Australian TV series Prisoner for the first five series from 1979 until 1983.
Wilma Jeanne Cooper was an American actress, best known for her role as Katherine Chancellor on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless (1973–2013). At the time of her death, she had played Katherine for over 40 years, and her name appears on the list of longest-serving soap opera actors in the United States.
Elspeth Ballantyne is an Australian retired actress, who appeared in productions in theatre, television and films over a career that spanned nearly 60 years, a veteran of the industry having started her career as a child actor and becoming a staple of the theatre starting from in 1947, in a production of Macbeth and by the age of 15 in 1954 had turned pro., performing in stage roles for the next 37 years, including a stage play tour of the United Kingdom of her iconic "Prisoner" role including at the Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham.
Diane Mary Craig, sometimes credited as Di Craig, is a Northern Irish-born Australian actress best known for her performances in film and television.
Monica Cresswell Maughan was an Australian actor with roles in theatre, radio, television, film and ballet over a career spanning 52 years.
Carol Raye was a British-born actress of film, television, radio, theatre and revue, comedian, singer, dancer, and radio and television creator, producer and director, she worked in her native England as well as internationally in Kenya and then Australia, where she was one of the first female television executives at a time when the industry was dominated by male counterparts.
Mary Lorraine Ward, also known as Mary Ward Breheny, was an Australian actress of stage, television, and film. Her career spanned seven decades. Ward trained in England and Australia, and worked in both countries.
Briony Behets is an English-born Australian former actress who found fame acting in Australian television soap operas of the 1970s and 1980s.
Jill Forster, is an English Australian former actress who came to Australia as a model in 1964, she subsequantly became well known for her roles in TV series, but also appeared in films and telefilms.
Betty Helen Lucas, also known as Betty Lucas Peterson, was an Australian character actress and theatre director, known for her numerous roles on stage and television, starting from the post-WWII years in 1945.
Rebecca Rigg is an Australian actress. She is known for her roles in television and film. She started out as a child actor in Fatty Finn (1980), before also being featured in the films Hunting (1991), Spotswood (1992) and Ellie Parker (2005).
Lorna Patterson is a retired American film, stage and television actress. As an actress, her best-known roles were as Randy, the singing stewardess, in Airplane!, and as the lead in the television series Private Benjamin.
Valerie Muriel Jellay was an Australian vaudevillian, actress, soubrette, dancer, author and TV personality. At the time of her death, she was the widow of fellow Australian vaudevillian, actor and comedian Maurie Fields; together they were in general considered to be a duo act in the entertainment industry. She was the mother of comedian and actor Marty Fields.
Margaret Laurence is an Australian actress, best known for several soap opera roles.
Jill Adams was an English actress, artist and fashion model. She featured or starred in over 25 films during the 1950s and 1960s.
Claire Elizabeth Foy is a British actress. She is best known for her portrayal of the young Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix drama series The Crown (2016–2023), for which she won a Golden Globe, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Rebecca Massey is an Australian film, television and theatre actress. She has been nominated and won numerous awards for her performances including the prestigious Helpmann Award for both Steve Martin's The Underpants (Belvoir) and Steven Sewell's It Just Stopped (Belvoir). Her talent caught the eye of Director Rob Carlton who cast her as Lucy Canon in the award-winning TV series Chandon Pictures (ABC), after which she went on to star in another award-winning TV series playing Beverly in Utopia (ABC).
| International | |
|---|---|
| People | |
 | This article about an Australian television actor is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
