Jennifer Cluff | |
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Born | 1956 (age 68–69) |
Occupation(s) | Actor, film producer, dramaturge |
Years active | 1973–present |
Known for | Seven Little Australians (1973) Kiss or Kill (1996) In a Savage Land (1999) |
Jennifer Cluff (b 1956) is an Australian actor and film producer.
Cluff was born in 1956 in the country town of Mudgee in central west New South Wales.
Cluff's professional acting career began when she was seventeen and cast in the 1973 miniseries, Seven Little Australians . [1] She is known for her roles in 1996 thriller Kiss or Kill and 1999 drama In a Savage Land . She is also a producer, known for skater film Deck Dogz (2005) and biographical film The Way, My Way (2024), the latter of which she also acted in.
Cluff is also a dramaturge and script editor. She has worked on both screenplays and novels for major publishing houses. [2]
Cluff has been married to Bill Bennett (with whom she often collaborates), since 1982. [3]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1980 | Final Cut | Sarah | |
1982 | Brothers | Alison Lewis | |
1985 | A Street to Die | Lorraine Turner | [4] |
1986 | Backlash | Waitress | |
1987 | Dear Cardholder | Aggie Smith | |
1987 | Jilted | Harry | |
1994 | Spider & Rose | Helen Dougherty | |
1997 | Kiss or Kill | Bel Jones | |
2002 | The Nugget | Coco | |
2024 | The Way, My Way | Jennifer |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | Kiss or Kill | Producer / casting | |
1999 | In a Savage Land | Producer / writer | [5] |
2000 | Cut | Producer | |
2001 | Tempted | Producer | |
2002 | The Nugget | Producer / casting | |
2005 | Deck Dogz | Producer / casting | |
2017 | PGS: Intuition Is Your Personal Guidance System | Producer | |
2022 | Facing Fear | Producer | Documentary film |
2024 | The Way, My Way | Producer |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1972 | Number 96 | Pandora Scott | |
1973 | Seven Little Australians | Judy 'Helen' Woolcot | Miniseries, 10 episodes |
1974 | Class of ‘75 | Jill Ogilvy | |
1974 | Silent Number | Jodie | Season 1, episode 13: "The Final Silence" |
1974 | Out of Love | Anthology series, episode 1: "I Don't Want To Know" | |
1975 | Ben Hall | Catherine | Miniseries, episode 11: "The Legacy" |
1977 | Going Home | Stella | TV movie [6] |
1977 | Glenview High | Sally | Episode 11: "The Trainee" |
1977 | Young Ramsay | Elsie Barton | Season 1, episode 7: "The Mystery of the Bora Hills" |
1979 | Cop Shop | Lorraine Nelson | Episode #1.140 |
1983 | The Cattle King | Young Isabel Kidman | Documentary TV movie |
1988 | The Flying Doctors | Miriam Sutton | Season 3, episode 13: "Hopscotch" |
1989 | A Country Practice | Liz Spicer | Season 9, 2 episodes |
1992 | Mother and Son | Carrie Samuels | Season 5, episode 5: "The Rest" |
1997 | Murder Call | Elly Jago | Season 1, episode 8: "Last Stop" |
1997 | Simone de Beauvoir's Babies | Brenda | Miniseries, 4 episodes |
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