Linda Cropper

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Linda Cropper
Born (1958-01-01) 1 January 1958 (age 67)
OccupationActress

Linda Cropper (born 1 January 1958) is an Australian actress, primarily known for her role as Geraldine Proudman in the TV series Offspring and as Dame Nellie Melba in the television series Melba . A shortened version of Melba was selected for screening as a film at a Royal Command Performance before Queen Elizabeth II in London.

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Career

Television

Cropper's television credits include roles in ABC miniseries Palace of Dreams, Edens Lost , Ring of Scorpio , Bordertown , Wildside , Water Rats , All Saints , White Collar Blue and The Pacific . She had a recurring role as Xhalax Sun during the third season of the Australian-American science fiction series Farscape .[ citation needed ]

Film

Cropper's film credits include Teesh and Trude (2002), Little Fish (2005) and Fool's Gold (2008).[ citation needed ]

Theatre

Cropper's many theatre credits include Simon Phillip's co-production of Poor Boy for the Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company, and the role of Lady Macbeth in Bell Shakespeare's Macbeth . Other credits with Bell Shakespeare include Romeo and Juliet , Twelfth Night , As You Like It and Hamlet . Sydney Theatre Company credits include Arcadia , A Month in the Country , Top Girls , and Great Expectations . She played the solo role Melbourne Theatre Company's production of The Architect by Aidan Fennessy in 2018. [1]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleTypeRef
1980 Spring & Fall C.E.S. OfficerTV series, episode 1: 'Close Comfort'
1984 Five Mile Creek TillieTV series, 1 episode
A Country Practice Joy WalkerTV series, 2 episodes
1985 Palace of Dreams Miriam MendelTV miniseries, 10 episodes
1986 Cyclone Tracy JoycieTV miniseries, 3 episodes
1987 Melba Nellie Melba / Nellie Mitchell Armstrong 'Melba'TV miniseries, 8 episodes
1988 Rafferty's Rules TV series, 1 episode
Mike Willesee's Australians Lola MontezTV film series, episode 6: 'Lola Montez'
Spit MacPhee Betty ArbuckleTV miniseries, 4 episodes
Edens Lost StevieTV miniseries, 4 episodes
1989 Bodysurfer AntheaTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1990 Ring Of Scorpio Marlene WalkerTV miniseries, 3 episodes
The Private War of Lucinda Smith Lucinda SmithTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1992 Children of the Dragon MonicaTV miniseries, 2 episodes
In Sydney Today GuestTV series, 1 episode
Cluedo Matilda MayberryTV series, 1 episode
1993 Review Guest PresenterTV series, 1 episode
G.P. ShelleyTV series, 1 episode
1994; 1997 Good Morning Australia GuestTV series, 2 episodes
1994; 1997 What's Cooking? GuestTV series, 2 episodes
1995 Bordertown Bev StaffordTV miniseries, 10 episodes
1997 Ten News HerselfTV series, 1 episode
Return To Jupiter ComputerTV series, 13 episodes
1998 Wildside Carol WilsonTV series, 1 episode
1999-2000 Water Rats Charlie DriscollTV series, 7 episodes
2000-2001 Farscape Xhalas Sun / FentoTV series, 5 episodes
2002 All Saints Anita MurphyTV series, 1 episode
2002-2003 White Collar Blue Fran HoffmanTV pilot & 7 other episodes
2004 Frank Hurley: The Man who Made History Narrator (voice)TV documentary
2006 McLeod's Daughters Trudi WebbTV series, 2 episodes
2008Connected: The Power of Six DegreesNarrator (voice)Film documentary
2009Fairweather MenNarrator (voice)TV documentary
2010The Pharaoh Who Conquered the SeaNarrator (voice)TV documentary
2010 Satisfaction Loretta HawkesTV series, 1 episode
2010-2017 Offspring Geraldine ProudmanTV series, 86 episodes [2]
2010 The Pacific Mary Frank SledgeTV miniseries, 4 episodes
2011The Secret History of EurovisionNarrator (voice)TV special
2011Seduction in the CityNarratorTV series, 1 episode
2012 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Veronique SarcelleTV series, 1 episode
2013 Redfern Now CoronerTV series, 1 episode
2014 Old School BarbTV series, 1 episode
2016Howard on Menzies: Building Modern AustraliaNarrator (voice)TV series documentary, 2 episodes
2016 Rake Ms CrownTV series, 2 episodes
2017 The Leftovers The NunTV series, 2 episodes
2018 Studio 10 GuestTV series, 1 episode
2018 Pine Gap Dani GriffinTV miniseries, 2 episodes
2020 How to Stay Married ClaireTV series, 1 episode
2024High CountryRose de VignyTV series, 8 episodes [3]

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1986 Going Sane Irene CarterFeature film
1994 The Seventh Floor VivianFeature film
1996 Little White Lies TesslerFeature film
1997The Hostages [4] WendyTV film
1997Sidewinder - Titanic DaysDianneFilm short
1997 Blackrock DianeFeature film
1998 With or Without You AudreyFeature film
1999 Passion Mrs. LoweryFeature film
1999 Envy KateFeature film
2001 My Husband, My Killer Megan KalajzichTV film
2002 Teesh and Trude Trudy (Trude)Feature film
2002 The Nugget Roadhouse WaitressFeature film
2005 Little Fish DeniseFeature film
2006 Answered By Fire Liz SavageTV film
2007The TankFilm short
2008Dream LifeDawnTV film
2008 Fool's Gold Tess's AttorneyFeature film
2010SuburbiaMaryFilm short
2013Welcome to Iron KnobAuntie MargFilm short
2018 Upgrade PamelaFeature film
2019 Koko: A Red Dog Story Loop-Group ADRFeature film

Theatre

YearTitleRoleCompany
1978 The Threepenny Opera NIDA Theatre
1979Lost to the DevilMaggieNeutral Bay Music Hall
1979 Cabaret SallyCivic Playhouse, Newcastle with Hunter Valley Theatre Company
1979 Under Milk Wood Civic Playhouse, Newcastle with Hunter Valley Theatre Company
1979 The Miracle Worker Aunt EvCivic Playhouse, Newcastle with Hunter Valley Theatre Company
1980 Cyrano de Bergerac Refreshment Girl / Lise / Sister Marthe Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1980 Volpone Celia Nimrod Theatre
1981 Celluloid Heroes Alison MackayOpera Theatre, Adelaide, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth
1981 The Dresser Irene Theatre Royal, Sydney, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Townsville Civic Theatre, Pilbeam Theatre, Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth
1981ChinchillaRomola de Pulszky Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1982 Amadeus Constanze Weber Theatre Royal, Sydney with Sydney Theatre Company
1982 Tristram Shandy Nimrod Theatre
1984 A Midsummer Night's Dream Melbourne Athenaeum with Melbourne Theatre Company
1986The Madras House Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1988The Mortal Falcon Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
1988 An Ideal Husband Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
1988 Loot Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
1990 The Secret Rapture Katherine Glass Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1990 Three Sisters Masha Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1991Three Stories High - Julia's Song / Painted Woman / Koori Love Belvoir Street Theatre
1992 The Marriage of Figaro The CountessSuncorp Theatre, Brisbane
1992Vassa NIDA Studio
1993 Top Girls Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
1993The IdiotCrossroads Theatre, Sydney with Fisher Stein Productions
1994 King Lear Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
2000 A Month in the Country Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
2002 Hippolytus Government House, Sydney with Bell Shakespeare
2003 Hamlet Gertrude Sydney Opera House, Orange Civic Theatre, Playhouse Canberra, Ford Theatre, Geelong, Playhouse, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Hobart with Bell Shakespeare
2003 As You Like It Playhouse, Melbourne with Bell Shakespeare
2004 Twelfth Night Maria Sydney Opera House, Playhouse, Melbourne, Playhouse Canberra, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Orange Civic Theatre with Bell Shakespeare
2005Death Variations Seymour Centre with East Coast Theatre Company
2006 Romeo and Juliet Lady Capulet Playhouse, Canberra, Playhouse, Melbourne, Sydney Opera House with Bell Shakespeare
2007 Macbeth Lady Macbeth Australian national tour with Bell Shakespeare
2009Poor BoyViv Southbank Theatre, Sydney Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company / Sydney Theatre Company
2011 And No More Shall We Part Pam Stables Theatre with Griffin Theatre Company
2012 The Mousetrap Mrs Boyle Sydney Theatre, Playhouse Canberra, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Dunstan Playhouse, St. James Theatre, Wellington, QPAC
2014NoraHelen Belvoir Theatre
2014 Ghosts Helene Alving Melbourne Theatre Company [5]
2015 Elektra / Orestes Clytemnestra Belvoir Theatre
2018The ArchitectHelen Pyefinch Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
2019Australian RealnessMother Malthouse Theatre
2021–22Grand HorizonsNancy Roslyn Packer Theatre
Arcadia Sydney Theatre Company
Great Expectations Sydney Theatre Company

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Accolades

In 2010, Cropper was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance Satisfaction , and also in the 1989 AACTAs for Best Actress in a Miniseries, for Edens Lost .[ citation needed ]

She won the Green Room Award (Performer, Theatre Companies) in 2019 for her 2018 performance in The Architect. [7]

References

  1. "The Architect". AusStage. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  2. Knox, David (23 March 2017). "Cameras roll on more Offspring | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  3. Knox, David (4 May 2023). "More cast added to High Country | TV Tonight". TVtonight.com.au.
  4. The Hostages - Cast. (1997) Screen Australia
  5. "Linda Cropper Archives". AussieTheatre.com.
  6. "AusStage".
  7. "2019 Nominations and Recipients – The Green Room Awards". The Green Room Awards. Retrieved 17 July 2021.