Joanne Samuel

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Joanne Samuel
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Education Independent Theatre
Occupation(s)Film and television actress
Years active1979–present

Joanne Samuel is an Australian film and television actress, who is best known for her role as the screen wife of Mel Gibson's title character in the 1979 film Mad Max .

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Early life and education

Joanne Samuel was born in Camperdown, Sydney, Australia. She studied dance with Honeybrooks and drama at the Independent Theatre.[ citation needed ]

Career

Prior to her appearance in Mad Max, Samuel had made guest appearances in police procedurals Matlock Police and Homicide . She was then a regular cast member in television soap operas Class of '74 , The Sullivans and The Young Doctors . She left The Young Doctors after the producers wrote her out of the show when she was offered the Mad Max role after a fellow Young Doctors actress who had been due to take the role fell ill. [1] [2]

Samuel later returned to television in the regular role of Kelly Morgan-Young in Skyways .[ citation needed ]

Samuel's other film appearances included roles in Alison's Birthday (1981), Early Frost (1982), Queen of the Road (1984), The Long Way Home (1985), Nightmaster (1987, opposite Nicole Kidman), Gallagher's Travels (1987), and Spook (1988). She later guest starred in Hey Dad..! as Jeanette Taylor and All Saints , and played Ms. Bingle in The Wiggles Movie (1997).[ citation needed ]

Samuel is the vice chairman of BOOMPAA, Blue Mountains Performing Arts Association. She appeared as Doris Mercher in the 2017 family film My Pet Dinosaur , directed by Matt Drummond.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979 Mad Max JessieFeature film
1981 Alison's Birthday Alison FindlayFeature film
1982 Early Frost ChrisFeature film
1983 The City's Edge Prostitute 1Feature film
1984 Queen of the Road Rosy CostelloTV film
1985 The Long Way Home JulieTV film
1986 Gallagher's Travels SallyTV film
1988 Nightmaster (aka Watch The Shadows Dance)Sonia SpaneTV film
1988 Spook Carole BradlyFeature film
1993 You and Me and Uncle Bob RosieFeature film
1997 The Wiggles Movie Mrs. Rosemary BingleFeature film
2008 Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! HerselfFeature film documentary
2017 My Pet Dinosaur Doris MercherFeature film
2018 Acute Misfortune MagistrateFeature film
2019 Smoke Between Trees ThereseFeature film
2019The Greatest of TheseNanFilm short
2021Christmas Down UnderBarbara ParkerFeature film
2023What About SalAliceFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1973; 1974 Matlock Police Jenny / Cathy PhillipsTV series, 2 episodes
1974 Class of '74 Sue TaylorTV series, 2 episodes
1974 Homicide Lynn FisherTV series, 1 episode : I Keep Going Back to Be Certain
1974 The Box Mr. Baker's daughterTV series, episode #1.6
1975 Shannon's Mob Felicity MaitlandTV series, episode: Trip to Nowhere
1975–1976 Certain Women Caroline StoneTV series, 29 episodes
1976 The Sullivans Cynthia CavanaughTV series, 1 episode
1976–1978 The Young Doctors Jill GordonTV series, 255 episodes
1978 Case for the Defence AmyTV series, episode: Second Time Around
1979 Cop Shop Maureen Hamilton / Kenneth WillisTV series, 2 episodes
1979–1980 Skyways Kelly Morgan YoungTV series, 136 episodes
1981 Ratbags Various charactersTV series, 12 episodes
1986 Five Times Dizzy Chris BrookingTV series, 12 episodes
1988–1990 Hey Dad..! Jeanette TaylorTV series, 7 episodes
1997 Fallen Angels Helen BaderTV series, episode: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
2001 All Saints Ingrid ClementsTV series, spisode: Skeletons in the Closet
2006 Where Are They Now? GuestTV series, 1 episode
2008Not Quite Hollywood: Deleted and Extended ScenesHerselfVideo
2014 Rake NurseTV series, episode #3.7
2015 Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door Bev MoulsonTV miniseries, 2 episodes
Mad Max: Cast and Crew InterviewsHerselfVideo
The Madness of MaxHerselfFilm documentary
2016 Brock Louise KraftTV miniseries, 2 episodes
2018Stinson CreekLegal AidTV series, episode: "The Witness"
2019Kapow!HerselfTV series, 1 episode
2022Mad Max Fans: Beyond The WastelandHerself as Joanne SamuelFilm documentary

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References

  1. Rayner, Jonathan; Rayner, Jonathan R. (2000). Contemporary Australian Cinema: An Introduction. Manchester University Press. ISBN   978-0-7190-5327-6.
  2. freddyinspace (27 February 2015). "Full Details on Scream Factory's Ass-Kicking Mad Max Collector's Edition Blu-ray". Dread Central. Retrieved 21 April 2022.