Belinda Giblin | |
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Born | Sue Belinda Giblin 2 March 1950 |
Education | University of Sydney, National Institute of Dramatic Art |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1970–present |
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Spouse | Axel Bartz |
Children | 2 |
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.
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 as Cynthia Ross in 1991, then as Martha Stewart, the long-presumed-dead wife of Alf Stewart, a role she played on a recurring basis from 2018 to 2022.
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]
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]
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]
Year | Title | Role | Type |
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1971 | Sacrifice | Girl | Film short |
1974 | Petersen | Moira | Feature film |
1975 | The Box | Kay Webster-Brooks | Feature film |
1975 | End Play | Margaret Gifford | Feature film |
1979 | Alison's Birthday released 1981 | Isobel Thorne | Feature film |
1985 | The Empty Beach | Marion Singer | Feature film |
2002 | Spur | Film short | |
2003 | At The Edge of the Bed | The Wife | Film short |
2008 | Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! | Herself | Feature film documentary |
2018 | Stille Nacht | Mother | Film short |
2021 | Venus & Adonis | Queen Elizabeth 1st | Feature film |
2022 | A Stitch in Time | Christine | Feature film |
Year | Title | Role | Type |
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1971 | GTK | Herself as Girl 'Sacrifice' film | TV series, 1 episode |
1973 | Odyssey | TV pilot | |
1973; 1975 | Matlock Police | Jessica Fielding / Tracey | TV series, 2 episodes |
1973 | Homicide | Niki | TV series, episode 408: "As Simple As ABZ" |
1973 | The Box | Kay Webster | TV pilot |
1974-1975 | The Box | Kay Webster / Kay Webster-Brooks | TV series, 193 episodes |
1975 | Quality of Mercy | TV series, 1 episode: "Papa" | |
1975 | Division 4 | TV series, 1 episode | |
1975 | Whose Nude... Who Cares? | Scene as Kay Webster from The Box | TV documentary |
1976 | Alvin Purple | Monique | TV series, episode 11: "O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?" |
1977 | Bluey | Sergeant Tracey Alexander | TV series, episode 25: "It's Worth the Risk" |
1977-1978 | The Sullivans | Sister Sue Marriott | TV series, 106 episodes |
1977 | Say You Want Me | Julie Crosby | TV movie |
1978 | Chopper Squad | Gail | TV series, episode 12: "Dangerous Weapon" |
1978 | Case for the Defence | Terri Simpson | TV series, episode 4: "The Man Who Died Twice" |
1978 | Ripkin | Teleplay (screened as Stuart Wagstaff’s World Playhouse series) | |
1978 | Demolition | Faith Camden | TV movie |
1979 | Play School | Guest Presenter | TV series, 1 episode |
1979-1981 | Cop Shop | Cheryl Haywood / Roxanne Patton / Fiona Bradley | TV series, 5 episodes |
1979-1980 | Skyways | Christine Burroughs | TV series, 12 episodes |
1980 | Celebrity Tattletales | Herself (with Barry Creyton) | TV series, 3 episodes |
1980 | Bellamy | Julie | TV series, episode 7: "Daring Young Man" |
1981 | A Sporting Chance | Claire Bartlett | TV series, episode 6: "A Full House" |
1983 | A Country Practice | Zoe Parker | TV series, episodes 37 & 38: "Still Life" |
1984 | Carson's Law | Myra Atridge | TV series, episode 125: "An Anxious Advocate" & episode 126: "The Devil’s Work" |
1984 | Crime of the Decade | Jane Fletcher | TV movie |
1985 | The Man in the Iron Mask | Voice | Animated TV film |
1985–1987 | Sons and Daughters | Alison Carr | TV series, seasons 4–6; 316 episodes |
1991 | Home and Away | Cynthia Ross | TV series, season 4, 11 episodes |
1995–1996 | Heartbreak High | Suzie Miller | TV series, Seasons 2 & 4, 4 episodes |
1997 | Good Guys, Bad Guys | Loretta Monk | TV series, pilot episode: "Only the Young Die Good" |
1998 | Home and Away | Catherine Clements | TV series, season 11, 1 episode |
2003 | MDA | Renee Salmon | TV 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 |
2017 | Bent 101 | Babs De Vure | TV series |
2018–2022 | Home and Away | Martha Stewart | TV series, Seasons 31–35 |
2019 | Home and Away: Christmas In Summer Bay | Herself / Martha Stewart | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
2025 | Optics | Meredith Laughton | ABC TV series |
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