Arna-Maria Winchester

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Arna-Maria Winchester
Born(1949-11-30)30 November 1949
Died7 December 2008(2008-12-07) (aged 59)
OccupationActress
ChildrenPutu Winchester
FamilyJoan Winchester

Arna-Maria Winchester is an Australian actress, appearing on film, TV and in the theatre. [1] [2]

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Career

Winchester played the main role in the 1980 film The Chain Reaction [3] [4] and the 1983 TV series Kings . [5] Other featured screen roles include 1915 , Ryan [1] Homicide [6] and Man of Letters . [7]

Winchester's stage appearances [8] include Come Live With Me (Phillip Theatre, 1971), [1] The Hell Of It and Baby Baby (Stables Theatre, 1982) [2] [9] and La Musica (Lookout Theatre, 1996) [10] [11]

Personal life

Winchester was married to Terry Stanton and lived with him in Bali, where she opened a clothing boutique, while Stanton worked as a hotel manager.

She gave birth to son, Putu (meaning 'first born') Sugiarta Winchester-Stanton in Denpasar on New Year's Eve. Putu is also an actor, best known for playing Dennis Klinsmann in Heartbreak High from 1997 to 1999, from the age of 18. While pregnant with Putu, Winchester was bitten by a wild dog and underwent injections which compromised her health for the rest of her life.

Stanton became violent after a motorcycle accident in Bali, which led to Winchester moving back to Australia with her son, and her marriage ending.

Winchester has a grandson, Ryder. [12]

Death

Winchester passed away from a brain tumour in Byron Bay in 2008. At her wake, her son Putu and ex-husband Stanton got into a physical fight, resulting in Stanton being placed in a coma and eventually passing away. Putu was cleared of any wrongdoing in his father's death. [13]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1974 Alvin Rides Again NancyFeature film
1975 Sidecar Racers MarleneFeature film
1976 Eliza Fraser Mrs CameronFeature film
1976 McManus MPB Policewoman FarrowTV movie
1977Out Of ItHitch-HikerFilm
1978 Cass TV movie
1980 The Chain Reaction Carmel StilsonFeature film
1984 Man of Letters Doona DouglasTV movie
1985Taking a LookWomanShort film
1987 Coda Dr SteinerTV movie
1987 Pandemonium B. De Woolf / WifeFeature film
1987 Initiation SalFeature film
1997 Dust Off the Wings GuestFilm
1992SeptemberHerShort film
2008Mixed BagBrigidShort film
2008 Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! HerselfDocumentary film

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1969–75 Homicide Mary Callaghan / Pam Condon / Shirley White / Valerie Kersten / Margaret JacksonTV series, 5 episodes
1970 Phoenix Five LeonianTV series, S1E3: "To End Is to Begin"
1971 The Comedy Game TV series, S1E4: "Gaudeamus Igitur"
1971–72 Spyforce Jill StewartTV series, 3 episodes
1972 Boney Robin PointerTV series, S1E9: "Boney and the Black Virgin"
1972–74 Matlock Police Poppy Reid / Julie Turner / Judy WinterTV series, 3 episodes
1973 Certain Women TV series
1973 The Evil Touch Jeanette / EvieTV series, 2 episodes
1973; 1974 Ryan Misty / Terri DavisTV series, 2 episodes
1973; 1975 Division 4 Janie / MelanieTV series, 2 episodes
1974 This Love Affair DianeTV series, S1E3: "Good Time Charley - The Chequer Cab Kid"
1975 Silent Number LeahTV series, S1E31: "The Outlook for Monday"
1975 Shannon’s Mob IngridTV series, S1E10: "The Playpen"
1976 The Box Ann ChambersTV series, 2 episodes
1976Up the ConvictsTV series
1980–82 Cop Shop Ruth Hill / Nancy O'NeilTV series, 4 episodes
1981 Bellamy GwenTV series, S1E1: "The Massage Girl Murders"
1981Sporting ChanceTV series, S1E5: "99th in the World"
1982 1915 Brigid ScottTV miniseries, 3 episodes
1983 The Dismissal TV miniseries, episode 2
1983 A Country Practice Frances McNicholTV series, 2 episodes
1983–84 Kings Christine KingTV series, 13 episodes
1984 Special Squad TV series, episode: "Wild Man"
1985–87 The Fast Lane TV series, S1E7: "The Sound of One Hand Counting"
1988 The Dirtwater Dynasty Mrs TarboxTV miniseries, episode 1
1989 Rafferty's Rules Rose WillisTV series, S5E5: "Out of Line"
1991 Boys from the Bush Gloria GoodsonTV series, episode 2: "Poetic Galah"
1993 E Street Helen NewmanTV series, episode 396
1997 Heartbreak High Michelle WilliamsTV series, S5E34
2000; 2001 The Lost World Hagen Queen / LorTV series, 2 episodes
2002 All Saints Susanne ZinenkoTV series, S5E31: "Where the Heart Is"
2006 H2O: Just Add Water Aunt TheaTV series, S1E7: "Moon Spell"

Theatre

YearTitleRoleType
1969 The Imaginary Invalid Louise Theatre Royal, Hobart
1969Mrs Porter and the AngelTatty HollowPACT Youth Theatre, Sydney
1971Come Live With Me Phillip Street Theatre, Sydney
1973 Jugglers Three Keren Playbox Theatre, Melbourne with MTC
1974 The Chapel Perilous Sally Banner Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre Company
1975 Ivanov Sydney Opera House
1975A Programme on Farce UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney
1976 Look Back In Anger Monash University with The Alexander Theatre Company
1981 Outside Edge Ginnie Marian Street Theatre, Sydney
1982The Hell Of It Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company
1982Baby BabyMyra Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company
1985 Steaming Seymour Centre, Sydney, Canberra Theatre
1996La MusicaLookout Theatre
2004Howard the Arselicker Seymour Centre, Sydney with 24HRRR

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