Linda Hartley-Clark

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Linda Hartley-Clark
Born (1967-12-28) 28 December 1967 (age 57)
Australia
Other namesLinda Hartley
OccupationActress
Years active1981–present
Spouse
John Clark
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(m. 1989)​

Linda Hartley-Clark (born 28 December 1967[ citation needed ]) is an Australian actress, known for her role as Kerry Bishop on the Australian soap opera Neighbours from 1989 to 1990. She had early lead roles in Cornflakes for Tea , The Bush Gang , and Home , before appearing in The Flying Doctors miniseries as Diana Daniels, and Prisoner as Roach Waters in 1986.

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Career

Hartley attended Macleod High School in Melbourne. [1] Hartley began singing and dancing from a young age, before her agent persuaded her to give acting a chance. [2] She was a back-up dancer and singer on the short-lived Tonight with Bert Newton show. [2] She also had a dancing lead role in a production of 42nd Street , which was later postponed. She turned down the narrator role in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat to accept a role in The Young Doctors . [2]

Hartley secured her first lead acting role when she was 13 years old in the children's miniseries Cornflakes for Tea . [2] A year later, she played the lead in ABC-TV miniseries The Bush Gang . [2] She then appeared in another lead role in the 1983 series Home . [1] Hartley plays Pauline, one of the residents of the "modern" orphanage, and had to learn to weld for the role. [1] This was followed by a starring role in the South Australian Film Corporation film The Fire in the Stone . [2] Hartley played Diana Daniels in The Flying Doctors miniseries, alongside her future Neighbours co-star Stefan Dennis. [2]

She played Gloria Slater in the Australian soap opera Neighbours , before she was cast as Rachel "Roach" Waters in Prisoner in 1986. [3] That same year, Hartley appeared in While You're Down There, a sketch and stand-up comedy show. [4] Hartley returned to Neighbours in 1989 as series regular Kerry Bishop. After contract negotiations with the production company broke down, Hartley left the serial in 1990. [5] She played Angie in the small-budget Melbourne film Closer and Closer Apart, which was made in 1989 and released in 1992. [6] [7]

After leaving Neighbours, Hartley went to the UK and appeared on gameshow Go Getters, children's series WYSIWYG , crime drama Anna Lee and the film Still Life. She also appeared in both UK and Australian theatre productions. [8] In 2005, Hartley-Clark had a guest stint in Neighbours playing Kerry's lookalike Gabrielle Walker. [9] She also provided voiceovers for Kerry's diary entries which are read by her daughter Sky Mangel (Stephanie McIntosh) in 2004 and 2006. [9]

In 2023, Hartley-Clark appeared on the Talking Prisoner podcast. [10]

Personal life

Hartley-Clark lives in Melbourne. She married musician John Clark, a former drummer with Craig McLachlan's band, Check 1–2, in 1989. [5] They have two children. She also works as a relationship counsellor, having qualified with a PhD from Deakin University. [11]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981 The Bush Gang Season 1 — 5 episodes
1981 Cornflakes for Tea TrishSeason 1 — 6 episodes (main role)
1983 Home PaulineSeason 1 — 6 episodes
1984 The Fire in the Stone Sophie AndropoulosTV Movie
1984 Carson's Law Peggy RocheSeason 1 — 4 episodes
1985 The Flying Doctors Diana DanielsMiniseries — 3 episodes
1985 Neighbours Gloria Slater Season 1 — 3 episodes (guest role)
1986 Prisoner Rachel "Roach" Waters Season 8 — 27 episodes (recurring role)
1986While You're Down ThereVariousSeason 1 — 6 episodes
1989The Flying DoctorsLinda GallagherSeason 4, Episode 14
1989–1990Neighbours Kerry Bishop Seasons 5–6 – 193 episodes (main role)
1991Go GettersHerself
1992Closer and Closer ApartAngieVideo/film
1992 WYSIWYG Chaz/Linda/Saloon Keeper/BarbieSeason 1 — 5 episodes
1993 Anna Lee: Headcase PippaTV film
1998 Breakers Unknown roleUnknown episode(s)
1998 All Saints Linda TaylorSeason 1, Episodes 23 & 35
1999 Grange Hill Airport Check InSeason 22, Episode 7
2005Neighbours Gabrielle Walker Season 21 — 8 episodes (recurring role)

References

  1. 1 2 3 Morris, Jill (15 July 1982). "Linda welds together her career". The Age . Retrieved 5 December 2024– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Cooney, Jenny (13 April 1985). "Linda learns fast!". TV Week . p. 73.
  3. ↑ "Green Guide Thursday TV". The Age . 29 May 1986. Retrieved 5 December 2024– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  4. ↑ Hooks, Barbara (22 May 1986). "Comedian falls out of the cafe into the mire". The Age . Retrieved 5 December 2024– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  5. 1 2 Brown, David; Devlyn, Darren (9 June 1990). "Why Linda's quitting the neighborhood". TV Week . p. 11.
  6. ↑ Murphy, Jim (11 June 1992). "New releases". The Age . Retrieved 5 December 2024– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  7. ↑ Murphy, Jim (11 June 1992). "Video". The Age . Retrieved 5 December 2024– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  8. ↑ "Neighbours... where are they now?". The Best of Aussie Soaps from TV Week . 1995. p. 37.
  9. 1 2 Richards, Holly (16 August 2010). "Neighbours: Where are they now?". The West Australian . Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  10. ↑ "Talking Prisoner Cell Block H EP 37 Interview with Linda Hartley (Inmate Roach Waters)". 25 June 2024.
  11. ↑ "Publications | Dr Linda Hartley-Clark".
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