Jennifer Cluff

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Jennifer Cluff
Born1956 (age 6869)
Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation(s)Actor, film producer, dramaturge
Years active1973–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.

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Early life

Cluff was born in 1956 in the country town of Mudgee in central west New South Wales.

Career

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]

Personal life

Cluff has been married to Bill Bennett (with whom she often collaborates), since 1982. [3]

Filmography

Film

As actor

YearTitleRoleNotes
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

As producer

YearTitleRoleNotes
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
2017PGS: Intuition Is Your Personal Guidance SystemProducer
2022 Facing Fear ProducerDocumentary film
2024 The Way, My Way Producer

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1972 Number 96 Pandora Scott
1973 Seven Little Australians Judy 'Helen' WoolcotMiniseries, 10 episodes
1974 Class of ‘75 Jill Ogilvy
1974 Silent Number JodieSeason 1, episode 13: "The Final Silence"
1974 Out of Love Anthology series, episode 1: "I Don't Want To Know"
1975 Ben Hall CatherineMiniseries, episode 11: "The Legacy"
1977Going HomeStellaTV movie [6]
1977 Glenview High SallyEpisode 11: "The Trainee"
1977 Young Ramsay Elsie BartonSeason 1, episode 7: "The Mystery of the Bora Hills"
1979 Cop Shop Lorraine NelsonEpisode #1.140
1983 The Cattle King Young Isabel KidmanDocumentary TV movie
1988 The Flying Doctors Miriam SuttonSeason 3, episode 13: "Hopscotch"
1989 A Country Practice Liz SpicerSeason 9, 2 episodes
1992 Mother and Son Carrie SamuelsSeason 5, episode 5: "The Rest"
1997 Murder Call Elly JagoSeason 1, episode 8: "Last Stop"
1997 Simone de Beauvoir's Babies BrendaMiniseries, 4 episodes

References

  1. "The seven who bought the misrule children to life". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 October 1973. p. 38.
  2. "The Way, My Way". thewaymywaymovie.com.
  3. Loane, Sally (22 December 1993). "Riding the high road". The Sydney Morning Herald . p. 24.
  4. Glover, Richard (18 September 1985). "Bennett the door to door director". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 16.
  5. "No sex please, we're Aussie filmmakers". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 April 1999. p. 13.
  6. "Chance to compare drama standards". The Age. 5 May 1977. p. 43.