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Linda Cropper | |
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Born | 1 January 1958 |
Occupation | Actress |
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.
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 ]
Cropper's film credits include Teesh and Trude (2002), Little Fish (2005) and Fool's Gold (2008).[ citation needed ]
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]
Year | Title | Role | Type | Ref |
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1980 | Spring & Fall | C.E.S. Officer | TV series, episode 1: 'Close Comfort' | |
1984 | Five Mile Creek | Tillie | TV series, 1 episode | |
A Country Practice | Joy Walker | TV series, 2 episodes | ||
1985 | Palace of Dreams | Miriam Mendel | TV miniseries, 10 episodes | |
1986 | Cyclone Tracy | Joycie | TV 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 Montez | TV film series, episode 6: 'Lola Montez' | ||
Spit MacPhee | Betty Arbuckle | TV miniseries, 4 episodes | ||
Edens Lost | Stevie | TV miniseries, 4 episodes | ||
1989 | Bodysurfer | Anthea | TV miniseries, 2 episodes | |
1990 | Ring Of Scorpio | Marlene Walker | TV miniseries, 3 episodes | |
The Private War of Lucinda Smith | Lucinda Smith | TV miniseries, 2 episodes | ||
1992 | Children of the Dragon | Monica | TV miniseries, 2 episodes | |
In Sydney Today | Guest | TV series, 1 episode | ||
Cluedo | Matilda Mayberry | TV series, 1 episode | ||
1993 | Review | Guest Presenter | TV series, 1 episode | |
G.P. | Shelley | TV series, 1 episode | ||
1994; 1997 | Good Morning Australia | Guest | TV series, 2 episodes | |
1994; 1997 | What's Cooking? | Guest | TV series, 2 episodes | |
1995 | Bordertown | Bev Stafford | TV miniseries, 10 episodes | |
1997 | Ten News | Herself | TV series, 1 episode | |
Return To Jupiter | Computer | TV series, 13 episodes | ||
1998 | Wildside | Carol Wilson | TV series, 1 episode | |
1999-2000 | Water Rats | Charlie Driscoll | TV series, 7 episodes | |
2000-2001 | Farscape | Xhalas Sun / Fento | TV series, 5 episodes | |
2002 | All Saints | Anita Murphy | TV series, 1 episode | |
2002-2003 | White Collar Blue | Fran Hoffman | TV pilot & 7 other episodes | |
2004 | Frank Hurley: The Man who Made History | Narrator (voice) | TV documentary | |
2006 | McLeod's Daughters | Trudi Webb | TV series, 2 episodes | |
2008 | Connected: The Power of Six Degrees | Narrator (voice) | Film documentary | |
2009 | Fairweather Men | Narrator (voice) | TV documentary | |
2010 | The Pharaoh Who Conquered the Sea | Narrator (voice) | TV documentary | |
2010 | Satisfaction | Loretta Hawkes | TV series, 1 episode | |
2010-2017 | Offspring | Geraldine Proudman | TV series, 86 episodes | [2] |
2010 | The Pacific | Mary Frank Sledge | TV miniseries, 4 episodes | |
2011 | The Secret History of Eurovision | Narrator (voice) | TV special | |
2011 | Seduction in the City | Narrator | TV series, 1 episode | |
2012 | Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Veronique Sarcelle | TV series, 1 episode | |
2013 | Redfern Now | Coroner | TV series, 1 episode | |
2014 | Old School | Barb | TV series, 1 episode | |
2016 | Howard on Menzies: Building Modern Australia | Narrator (voice) | TV series documentary, 2 episodes | |
2016 | Rake | Ms Crown | TV series, 2 episodes | |
2017 | The Leftovers | The Nun | TV series, 2 episodes | |
2018 | Studio 10 | Guest | TV series, 1 episode | |
2018 | Pine Gap | Dani Griffin | TV miniseries, 2 episodes | |
2020 | How to Stay Married | Claire | TV series, 1 episode | |
2024 | High Country | Rose de Vigny | TV series, 8 episodes | [3] |
Year | Title | Role | Type |
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1986 | Going Sane | Irene Carter | Feature film |
1994 | The Seventh Floor | Vivian | Feature film |
1996 | Little White Lies | Tessler | Feature film |
1997 | The Hostages [4] | Wendy | TV film |
1997 | Sidewinder - Titanic Days | Dianne | Film short |
1997 | Blackrock | Diane | Feature film |
1998 | With or Without You | Audrey | Feature film |
1999 | Passion | Mrs. Lowery | Feature film |
1999 | Envy | Kate | Feature film |
2001 | My Husband, My Killer | Megan Kalajzich | TV film |
2002 | Teesh and Trude | Trudy (Trude) | Feature film |
2002 | The Nugget | Roadhouse Waitress | Feature film |
2005 | Little Fish | Denise | Feature film |
2006 | Answered By Fire | Liz Savage | TV film |
2007 | The Tank | Film short | |
2008 | Dream Life | Dawn | TV film |
2008 | Fool's Gold | Tess's Attorney | Feature film |
2010 | Suburbia | Mary | Film short |
2013 | Welcome to Iron Knob | Auntie Marg | Film short |
2018 | Upgrade | Pamela | Feature film |
2019 | Koko: A Red Dog Story | Loop-Group ADR | Feature film |
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]