Colette Mann | |
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Born | [1] [2] Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 17 February 1950
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Years active | 1971–present [2] |
Known for | Prisoner (TV series) (known internationally as Prisoner: Cell Block H) Neighbours (TV series) as Sheila Canning |
Notable work | Neighbours as Cheryl Stark (fill-in for Caroline Gillmer) [3] |
Children | 2 |
Colette Mann (born 17 February 1950) [2] is an Australian actress, singer, TV and radio presenter, choreographer and author/writer and media personality, she has been in the entertainment industry for over 50 years. [2]
Mann appeared in two Grundy Organisation TV series, the prison drama, Prisoner , as Doreen May Anderson Burns, between 1979 and 1984, and later, in Neighbours , appearing from 2012 to February 2022, as Sheila Canning. She had previously appeared in the latter series in 1995 in an 8-week role.
She has appeared also in The Flying Doctors and Blue Heelers television series and the 2000 film The Dish . She has written two books and had a column in New Idea magazine.
Mann, born in Melbourne and trained at a local Melbourne dancing school as a child until about 19 or 20, and then went to a professional dance school and trained under Betty Pounder, a choreographer for J.C. Williamson Theatre Ltd. and obtained an arts degree in law at university and taught at a secondary school [4]
In her first high-profile role, Mann appeared in the Network Ten soap opera, Prisoner as Doreen Burns, for which she was an original cast member during the first four seasons (1979–1982). Mann resigned from the role in March 1982 [5] to pursue other projects and her final episode (episode 304) was broadcast in August 1982. She did however make guest appearances in 1983 and 1984.
She has appeared in The Flying Doctors , MDA and Blue Heelers . In 1988, Mann portrayed the role of "Edith Fraser" in the American television movie Outback Bound , which also starred American actors Donna Mills and John Schneider. From late 1995, Mann briefly took over the role of Cheryl Stark in the soap opera Neighbours for eight weeks when Caroline Gillmer was taken ill. [3] From February 2012, Mann joined the cast of Neighbours again as regular character Sheila Canning. [3] In February 2022 Mann had permanently exited the show. [6]
Mann has also appeared for numerous Screen Star Events in the UK. [7] In 2023 she appeared at the Screen Star 15 year event alongside Tammy MacIntosh and Jacquie Brennan. [8]
Mann revealed in an interview in 2022 with Talking Prisoner [9] that during the filming for series 7 of Wentworth she had a cameo alongside Val Lehman and Fiona Spence as the series at the time had not been formally renewed for its final series, she said that they filmed their cameo for the final episode of series 7 but the scene was not used in the scenes that went to air. [10]
Mann has also appeared as a presenter on the TV shows The Don Lane Show , Hey Hey It's Saturday , What's Cooking , Good Morning Australia and The Circle . She has been a fill-in presenter for Glenn Ridge on talk back radio MTR 1377. She has also appeared on Jeremy Vine Channel 5 in July 2019.
Mann was part of a three-woman troupe in the 1980s called The Mini Busettes with fellow Prisoner actresses Jane Clifton and Betty Bobbitt. They performed for three seasons at Melbourne's Le Joke comedy venue and at many Sydney league clubs. [11]
Mann played the role of Buttercup in Opera Australia's production of HMS Pinafore by Gilbert and Sullivan in 2005.[ citation needed ] Mann also appeared on stage as Shirley, the battleaxe owner of Broken Hill pub, in Priscilla Queen of the Desert - the Musical in 2010. [12]
In 2023 Mann joined the pantomime in the UK for Beauty and The Beast for its 2023 season. [13]
She has also written two books, It's A Mann's World (1990) and Give Me A Break (2002) and also writes for magazine New Idea as a feature, talking about her family and sons. [14]
Film
Year | Title | Role | Type |
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1974 | Between Wars | Student in Revue | Feature film |
1982 | Kitty and the Bagman | Doris de Salle | Feature film |
2000 | The Dish | Betty the Bush Poet | Feature film |
2009 | Just Desserts | Frances | Film short |
2013 | By a Loved One | Mother | Film short |
2014 | Grace Under Water | Toni | Film short |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1972 | Matt Flinders | Herself | TV series |
1974 | The Champion (ABC TV) | unknown role | ABC TV movie |
1978 | Cop Shop | Chris | TV series, 1 episode |
1979–1984 | Prisoner | Doreen Anderson / Doreen Burns / Doreen | TV series, Regular cast (seasons 1–4), recurring (seasons 5–6) |
1979 | The Franky Doyle Story | Doreen Anderson | TV movie |
1981 | Prisoner in Concert | Doreen Burns | TV special |
1988 | Always Afternoon | Doreen | SBS TV miniseries, 1 episode |
1988 | Outback Bound | Edith Fraser | TV movie |
1991 | The Flying Doctors | Trisha / Grace | 1 episode: "Dirty Linen" |
1991 | The Flying Doctors | Grace | TV series, 1 episode: "Family" |
1993 | Stark | Dixie | ABC TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
1994 | The Man from Snowy River aka "Snowy River: The McGregor Saga' | Mrs. Carney | TV series, 4 episodes |
1994 | Day to Day | Herself | TV series |
1995 | The Client | Lorraine | TV series US, 1 episode: "Child's Play" |
1995–1996 | Neighbours | Cheryl Stark | TV series, 23 episodes |
1997 | Frontline | Herself | ABC TV series, 1 episode |
JAG | E.R. nurse | TV series US, 1 episode: "Ghosts" | |
1999 | Party of Five | Nurse | TV series US, 1 episode: "Fate, Hope and Charity" |
2002 | History's Mysteries | Re-enactor | TV series US, 1 episode |
2003 | MDA | Daphne Lowe | ABC TV series, 1 episode: "A Time and a Place" |
Blue Heelers | Denise Pertucci | TV series, 1 episode: "Motherhood" | |
2005 | H.M.S. Pinafore | Little Buttercup | TV special |
2006 | Temptation | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
2010 | Sleuth 101 | Ann | ABC TV series, 1 episode: "Late and Live" |
2012–2022 | Neighbours [15] | Sheila Canning | TV series Regular cast: 1248 episodes |
2016 | All Star Family Feud [16] | Herself - Contestant with Colette Mann & Val Lehman | TV series, 1 episode |
Neighbours: Summer Stories | Sheila Canning | Web series | |
2017 | Neighbours vs Time Travel | Sheila Canning | Web series |
2019 | Wentworth (TV series) [17] | Cameo Appearance: New Inmate | Season 7 ep 10 (Scene Deleted) |
2021 | Fisk | Mrs Popovitch | ABC TV series, 1 episode: "Taken" |
2022 | Fisk | Irma | ABC TV series 1 episode "A Very Handsome Woman" |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2022 | Talking Prisoner | Self | 1 episode |
2019-21 | Jeremy Vine (TV programme) | Self | 3 episodes |
2019 | Loose Women | Self | 1 episode |
2015 | The Living Room (TV series) | Self | 1 episode |
Studio 10 [18] | Self | 1 episode | |
2013 | The Morning Show (TV program) [19] | Self | 1 episode |
2011 | A Current Affair | Self | 1 episode |
2011-12 | The Circle | Self | 4 episodes |
2010 | Spicks and Specks (TV series) | Self | 1 episode [20] |
2007-10 | 20 to 1 | Self | 15 episodes |
2006 | Crown Australian Celebrity Poker; Challenge | Self | |
2002 | New Idea: 100 Fabulous Years | Self | |
1998 | In Melbourne Tonight | Self | |
1996 | Midday with Kerri-Anne | Herself - Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
Roy and HG | Herself - Guest | ABC TV series, 1 episode | |
Ten's 40 Fun Years | Herself | TV special | |
1995 | Sale of the Century: Battle of the TV Classics | Herself | TV series, 4 episodes |
1992 | The Main Event | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
Tonight Live with Steve Vizard | Herself - Guest | TV series, 1 episode | |
1993-2005 | Good Morning Australia | Herself - Regular Guest | TV series |
1989 | In Melbourne Today | Guest - Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
1987 | Have a Go | Herself - Guest Judge | TV series, 3 episodes |
1986 | Punchlines | Herself | TV special |
Kids 21st Birthday Channel Ten Telethon | Guest -Herself | TV special | |
1984-1985 | Hey Hey It's Saturday | Mann's report from herself | TV series |
1985-1992 | The Midday Show | Herself - Regular Guest | TV series |
1985 | Daryl Somers Blankety Blanks | Herself - Panelist | TV series, 5 episodes |
1984 | The Mike Walsh Show | Guest - Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
1984 | The Mike Walsh Show | Guest - Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
1982-1983 | The Don Lane Show | Herself | TV series, 9 episodes |
1983 | Telethon, South Australia 1983 | Guest - Herself | TV special |
1982 | Carols By Candlelight | Guest - Herself | TV special |
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