Arna-Maria Winchester

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Arna-Maria Winchester
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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]

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  2. 1 2 Wagner, Lucy (12 November 1982), "Arna Winchester stages own one-woman show", The Sydney Morning Herald
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