Christine Harris (actress)

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Christine Harris
Born1958 (age 6667)
South Australia, Australia
Occupation(s)Actress, producer

Christine Harris (born 1958) is an Australian actress and producer, [1] born and raised in South Australia.

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Career

After portraying a young version of popular Australian singer Julie Anthony in a television special, Harris moved to Sydney at the end of 1979 to star in the short-lived Network Ten series Arcade as paraplegic Tina Marshall, who worked in her father's pinball parlour.

She followed this with appearing in Nine Network soap opera The Young Doctors as Dolly Davis, before moving to Melbourne to play the key role in the Crawford Productions series Carson's Law as Amy Carson (1983–84).[ citation needed ]

Subsequent roles included stints in Prisoner from 1985 to 1986 as Pippa Reynolds, the daughter of the Prison Governor, in the ABC TV miniseries Darlings of the Gods as Georgia and Neighbours as Sylvie Latham. She also appeared in the motion picture Beyond My Reach .[ citation needed ]

Harris was the founder and director of HIT Productions. In 1997, she was named "Victorian Entrepreneur of the Year", for her efforts in establishing the theatre touring company, [2] however it was liquidated in 2013 with debts totalling $1.8 million. [1]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1990 Beyond My Reach JadeFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1978Days I'll Remember in South AustraliaVoiceoverTV documentary
Just a JobVoiceoverVideo documentary
1980 Arcade Tina Marshall35 episodes
1981–1982 The Young Doctors Nurse Dolly Davis
1983–1984 Carson's Law Amy Carson138 episodes
1985 Special Squad 1 episode
1985–1986 Prisoner Pippa Reynolds39 episodes
1987Living TogetherPresenterDocumentary
1988 Neighbours Sylvia Latham4 episodes
1989 Darlings of the Gods GeorgiaMiniseries, 2 episodes
1990 Flair MaryMiniseries, 2 episodes
Skirts 1 episode
1991 Col'n Carpenter Guest role1 episode
Chances Caterina Donovan1 episode
1993 Newlyweds 1 episode
1994 Review Guest presenter1 episode

References

  1. 1 2 Quinn, Karl (8 January 2013). "Theatre company in liquidation but the shows go on". The Sydney Morning Herald Online.
  2. "Christine Harris HIT productions". Australian Businesswomens Network. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.