Christine Harris (actress)

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Christine Harris
Born1958 (age 6465)
South Australia, Australia
Occupation(s)Actress, producer

Christine Harris (born 1958) is an Australian actress and producer, [1] born and raised in South Australia. She is currently director of HIT Productions theatre touring company.

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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 in 1985-1986 as Pippa Reynolds, the daughter of the Prison Governor, in the ABC-TV mini series Darlings of the Gods as IGeorgia and Neighbours as Sylvie Latham. She also appeared in the motion picture Beyond My Reach .[ citation needed ]

Filmography

FILM

YearTitleRoleType
1990 Beyond My Reach JadeFeature film

TELEVISION

YearTitleRoleType
1978Days I'll Remember In South AustraliaHerself - VoiceTV documentary
1978Just A JobHerself - VoiceVideo documentary
1980 Arcade Regular role: Tina MarshallTV series, 35 episodes
1981-1982 The Young Doctors Regular role: Nurse Dolly DavisTV series
1983-1984 Carson's Law Regular role: Amy CarsonTV series, 138 episodes
1985 Special Squad Guest roleTV series, 1 episode
1985-1986 Prisoner Regular role: Pippa ReynoldsTV series, 39 episodes
1987Living TogetherHerself - PresenterTV documentary
1988 Neighbours Recurring Guest role: Sylvia LathamTV series, 4 episodes
1989 Darlings Of The Gods Support role: GeorgiaABC TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1990 Flair Support role: MaryTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1990 Skirts Guest roleTV series, 1 episode
1991 Col'n Carpenter Guest roleTV series, 1 episode
1991 Chances Guest role: Caterina DonovanTV series, 1 episode
1991Tonight Live With Steve VizardHerself - GuestTV series, 1 episode
1993-1999 Good Morning Australia Herself - GuestTV series, 13 episodes
1993 Newlyweds Guest roleTV series, 1 episode
1994 Review Herself - Guest PresenterABC TV series, 1 episode
1995Ernie And DeniseHerself - GuestTV series, 1 episode
1996InsidersHerselfTV series, 1 episode

HIT Productions

In 1997 Christine was named "Victorian Entrepreneur of the Year," for her efforts in establishing HIT Productions [2] however the company was liquidated in 2013 with debts totalling $1.8 million. [1]

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References

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