Belinda Giblin

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Belinda Giblin
Born
Sue Belinda Giblin

(1950-03-02) 2 March 1950 (age 75)
Education University of Sydney, National Institute of Dramatic Art
OccupationActress
Years active1970–present
Known for
SpouseAxel Bartz
Children2

Sue Belinda Giblin (born 2 March 1950) professionally billed as Belinda Giblin, is an Australian actress who has played prominent roles in theatre and television soap operas, and several feature films.

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Giblin's television roles include Kay Webster in The Box (1974-1975); Sister Sue Marriott in The Sullivans (1977–1978); and Alison Carr in Sons and Daughters (1985-1987). She has also had two stints in Home and Away , first briefly as Cynthia Ross in 1991, then as a more long term role of Martha Stewart, the long-presumed-dead wife of Alf Stewart, a role she played on a recurring basis from 2018 to 2022.

Early life

Giblin was born in Tamworth, New South Wales to Phyllis and Ted; she has two older brothers Ted Jn. and Graham, and a younger sister Allison. Her father Ted was a doctor at the Tamworth Base Hospital. Her mother ran the dramatic society, and acted and directed in productions. [1] She died of breast cancer when Belinda was 23; her father died when he was 83. [2] Giblin later recalled that her first stage role was playing Buttons in Cinderella, a school play. 'It was the first in a string of boy roles I played throughout my childhood.' [3] She was offered a scholarship to the Australian Ballet School when she was 17, but chose to study arts at the University of Sydney. She then studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, before leaving after a year to practise her craft. [4] In 2015 she told Cassie Tongue at AussieTheatre.Com that 'the first professional acting work I did was playing young boy roles for ABC radio.' [3]

Career

She appeared in the risqué, satirical 1970s soap opera The Box as Kay Webster, [1] and in the 1980s melodrama Sons and Daughters as Alison Carr. The Alison Carr character was revealed to be the post-plastic surgery incarnation of the show's original and much vaunted villain, 'Pat the Rat' – Patricia Hamilton, [5] originally played by Rowena Wallace. Giblin was cast in the role because of her resemblance to Wallace. [6]

Giblin appeared in numerous series made by Crawford Productions over a 12-year period early in her career. These included Matlock Police , [2] Division Four , Homicide , The Sullivans, [1] Bluey (1976) and Skyways ,. [1] Aside from Crawford shows, she has been seen in Alvin Purple (1976), Heartbreak High , and Good Guys, Bad Guys , as well as Home and Away in which she played Cynthia Ross in 1991 and Martha Stewart, the first wife of regular Alf Stewart, from 2018. [7]

Since 2013, she has also guest starred in The Horizon , a gay shortform web-series on YouTube, as Wilma (the drag queen's) mother. [8]

In 2015, she received acclaim and a nomination as Best Actress as the Sydney Theatre Awards for her role as Stella Goldschlag in Blonde Poison in a range of performances across Australia Sydney. [9] The Gail Lowe play is a one-woman show about a Jewish woman who became a Nazi collaborator during World War II. [5]

In 2017, she appeared in Bent 101 as Babs DeVure in an Australian short form comedy series that was on the Seven Network. [1]

She also works as a corporate trainer. [1]

Personal life

Giblin has been married to Axel Bartz (a set designer) since around 1984. She was performing in a theatre production Bedroom Farce when it came to Adelaide and Bartz was the resident designer of the Adelaide Theatre Company. [2] She has two children, Romy and Nicholas, and lives in Leichhardt. [5] Her father-in-law was in the German music corps. [2]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1971SacrificeGirlFilm short
1974 Petersen MoiraFeature film
1975 The Box Kay Webster-BrooksFeature film
1975 End Play Margaret GiffordFeature film
1979 Alison's Birthday released 1981Isobel ThorneFeature film
1985 The Empty Beach Marion SingerFeature film
2002SpurFilm short
2003At The Edge of the BedThe WifeFilm short
2008 Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! HerselfFeature film documentary
2018Stille NachtMotherFilm short
2021 Venus & Adonis Queen Elizabeth 1stFeature film
2022 A Stitch in Time ChristineFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1971 GTK Herself as Girl 'Sacrifice' filmTV series, 1 episode
1973OdysseyTV pilot
1973; 1975 Matlock Police Jessica Fielding / TraceyTV series, 2 episodes
1973 Homicide NikiTV series, episode 408: "As Simple As ABZ"
1973 The Box Kay WebsterTV pilot
1974-1975 The Box Kay Webster / Kay Webster-BrooksTV series, 193 episodes
1975 Quality of Mercy TV series, 1 episode: "Papa"
1975 Division 4 TV series, 1 episode
1975Whose Nude... Who Cares?Scene as Kay Webster from The Box TV documentary
1976 Alvin Purple MoniqueTV series, episode 11: "O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?"
1977 Bluey Sergeant Tracey AlexanderTV series, episode 25: "It's Worth the Risk"
1977-1978 The Sullivans Sister Sue MarriottTV series, 106 episodes
1977 Say You Want Me Julie CrosbyTV movie
1978 Chopper Squad GailTV series, episode 12: "Dangerous Weapon"
1978 Case for the Defence Terri SimpsonTV series, episode 4: "The Man Who Died Twice"
1978 Ripkin Teleplay (screened as Stuart Wagstaff’s World Playhouse series)
1978 Demolition Faith CamdenTV movie
1979 Play School Guest PresenterTV series, 1 episode
1979-1981 Cop Shop Cheryl Haywood / Roxanne Patton / Fiona BradleyTV series, 5 episodes
1979-1980 Skyways Christine BurroughsTV series, 12 episodes
1980 Celebrity Tattletales Herself (with Barry Creyton)TV series, 3 episodes
1980 Bellamy JulieTV series, episode 7: "Daring Young Man"
1981A Sporting ChanceClaire BartlettTV series, episode 6: "A Full House"
1983 A Country Practice Zoe ParkerTV series, episodes 37 & 38: "Still Life"
1984 Carson's Law Myra AtridgeTV series, episode 125: "An Anxious Advocate" & episode 126: "The Devil’s Work"
1984 Crime of the Decade Jane FletcherTV movie
1985 The Man in the Iron Mask VoiceAnimated TV film
1985–1987 Sons and Daughters Alison CarrTV series, seasons 4–6; 316 episodes
1991 Home and Away Cynthia RossTV series, season 4, 11 episodes
1995–1996 Heartbreak High Suzie MillerTV series, Seasons 2 & 4, 4 episodes
1997 Good Guys, Bad Guys Loretta MonkTV series, pilot episode: "Only the Young Die Good"
1998 Home and Away Catherine ClementsTV series, season 11, 1 episode
2003 MDA Renee SalmonTV series, season 2, episode 9: "Crossing the Line"
2004 Out There TV series, season 2, episode 3: "This Just In"
2013–2015 The Horizon Yvonne Forbes YouTube web series; season 2
2017Bent 101Babs De VureTV series
2018–2022 Home and Away Martha StewartTV series, Seasons 31–35
2019 Home and Away: Christmas In Summer BayHerself / Martha StewartTV miniseries, 2 episodes
2025 Optics Meredith LaughtonABC TV series

Theatre

YearTitleRoleType
1970 You Can't Take It With You Alice Sycamore UNSW Old Tote Theatre
1971Miss Jairus Jane Street Theatre with NIDA
1971Girl in the Freudian Slip
1972 The Removalists
1972The Anniversary
1975Bloody Harry Independent Theatre
1976Martello TowersJennifer Martello Nimrod Upstairs
1979 Bedroom Farce Jan Her Majesty's Theatre & Adelaide
1980QuadraphreniaMarion / Jenny Playbox Theatre, Melbourne
1979Errol Flynn's Great Big Adventure Book For Boys
1982The Anniversary Phillip Street Theatre
1984 The World is Made of Glass EmmaSt Martins Theatre Melbourne
1984 Taking Steps Ensemble Theatre
1988Move Over Mrs Markham Glen Street Theatre
1989-90 How the Other Half Loves Glen Street Theatre, Laycock Street Theatre, University of Sydney, Footbridge Theatre
1990 Henceforward Marian Street Theatre
1990 The Increased Difficulty of Concentration
1992-94 Steaming JosieAustralian national tour with Garry Penny Productions
1993 Canaries Sometimes Sing Marian Street Theatre
1993Reflected Glory Ensemble Theatre
1994-95 The Wild Party Lookout Theatre, Woollahra, Mietta's Melbourne
1995 How the Other Half Loves Marian Street Theatre
1996 Blithe Spirit ElviraSuncorp Theatre, Brisbane with QTC
1997 Same Time Another Year DorisNambour Civic Centre with Perth Theatre Company
1998Social Climbers
1998 Bell, Book and Candle
1999 Things We Do For Love Marian Street Theatre
2001 Noises Off Belinda Playhouse, Sydney Opera House with Ensemble Theatre
2002 Wicked Sisters Lydia Stables Theatre with Griffin Theatre Company
2002 The Vagina Monologues The Actress
2003Love ChildAnna Stables Theatre
2003ScamSonia / Beth Belvoir Theatre Company
2004 Away Gwen STC
2005-07 The Shoe-Horn Sonata SheilaAustralian national tour
2005The Q StoryQ Theatre, Penrith
2007 Dinner Paige Stables Theatre with Griffin Theatre Company
2009 Absurd Person Singular Marion Ensemble Theatre
2014Dark VoyagerHedda Hopper Ensemble Theatre
2014 Daylight Saving Bunty Darlinghurst Theatre Company
2015-16 Blonde Poison Sheila Old Fitzroy Theatre, The Studio, Sydney Opera House, Southbank Theatre
2016The Turquoise ElephantOlympia Stables Theatre with Griffin Theatre Company
2017 Doubt Sister Aliysius Old Fitzroy Theatre
2019 John Mertis Katherine Graven Seymour Centre
2018Ear to the Edge of TimeGeraldine Sport for Jove
2019 Happy Days WinnieRedline Theatre Co
2020 Family Values Sue Stables Theatre with Griffin Theatre Company
2022Ghosting the PartyGrace Stables Theatre
2022 Amadeus VenticelliRed Line Productions
2023 Suddenly Last Summer Mrs Violet Venable Ensemble Theatre
2023The WeekendAdele Belvoir Theatre Company
2023 Venus and Adonis Queen Elizabeth Seymour Centre with Sports for Jove

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Actress Belinda Giblin's 'outrageous' return to television". startsat60.com. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "What I know about men". 17 April 2016. dailylife.com. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  3. 1 2 Cassie Tongue, 'A Quick Chat With Belinda Giblin, star of Blonde Poison' AussieTheatre.Com 2015 https://www.aussietheatre.com.au/features/20-questions/a-quick-chat-with-belinda-giblin-star-of-blonde-poison
  4. Jo Litson, "The Face: Belinda Giblin", Weekend Australian, 27–28 April 2002, Review, R3
  5. 1 2 3 Veerhuis, Jennifer (25 April 2016). "For former Tamworth girl, Belinda Giblin, space was important so it was love at first sight when she found her dream property in Leichhardt". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  6. Albert Moran and Chris Keating The A to Z of Australian Radio and Television , p. 347, at Google Books
  7. "Alf's wife returns". Soap World . No. 307. May 2018. p. 14. Actress Belinda has previously appeared in Home and Away in 1991, in the role of Cynthia Ross, the first wife of regular character Michael Ross
  8. Bond, Nick (8 November 2013). "Slice of Sydney gains worldwide following". starobserver.com.au. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  9. John Bailey, 'Belinda Giblin plays Gestapo 'greifer' in gripping solo show Blonde Poison' Sydney Morning Herald https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/belinda-giblin-plays-gestapo-greifer-in-gripping-solo-show-blonde-poison-20160516-gow3z0.html
  10. "AusStage".
  11. "Showcast".

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