List of Prisoner cast members

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The following is a List of Prisoner cast members, ordered by number of episodes they appeared in. This list contains actors from the Australian television series Prisoner .

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List of Prisoner cast

The following list includes actors who were regular credited cast members that appeared in 20 or more episodes of the series.

ActorCharacterNo. of episodes
Elspeth Ballantyne Meg Jackson/Morris669
Fiona Spence Vera "Vinegar Tits" Bennett222
Patsy King Erica Davidson351
Carol Burns "Franky" (Freida) Doyle 20
Val Lehman Bea "Queen Bea" Smith375
Sheila Florance Lizzie Birdsworth403
Colette Mann Doreen Anderson/Burns286
Peta Toppano Karen Travers79
Kerry Armstrong Lynn "Wonky" Warner44
Mary Ward Jeanette "Mum" Brooks33
Barry Quin Dr. Greg Miller85
Amanda Muggleton Chrissie Latham107
Terry Gill Det. Insp. Jack Grace53
Christine Amor Jean Vernon (social worker)29
Lesley Baker Monica "Monnie" Ferguson [nb 1] 36
James Smillie Steve Wilson27
Bryon WilliamsDr. Weissman27
Joy Westmore Officer Joyce Barry/Pringle254
Penny StewartKathleen Leach28
Jude Kuring Noeline Burke27
Gerard Maguire Jim "Fletch the Letch" Fletcher208
Judith McGrath Colleen "Po-Face" Powell263
Reylene Pearce Phyllis Hunt137
Ian Smith Ted Douglas [nb 2] 51
Sigrid Thornton Roslyn Coulson30
Monica Maughan Pat O'Connell40
George Mallaby Paul Reid43
Ian Gilmour Kevin Burns22
Rosalind Speirs Caroline Simpson26
Margot Knight Sharon Gilmour27
Betty Bobbitt Judy Bryant429
Jane Clifton Margo Gaffney [nb 3] Alan Slevin107
Jentah Sobott Heather "Mouse" Trapp57
Caroline Gillmer Helen Smart77
Sue DevineTracey Morris21
Belinda DaveyHazel Kent63
Anthony Hawkins Bob Morris34
Maureen Edwards Officer Sue Bailey28
Anne Phelan Myra Desmond [nb 4] 124
Alan Hopgood Wally Wallace75
Serge Lazareff David Andrews24
Maggie Millar Marie Winter39
Brian HannanTerry Harrison25
Kate Sheil Janet Conway43
Olivia Hamnett Kate Peterson39
Louise Le Nay Sandy Edwards30
Wayne Jarratt Steve Faulkner71
Jacqui Gordon Susie Driscoll43
Anne Lucas Faye Quin22
Maggie Kirkpatrick Joan "The Freak" Ferguson389
Lisa Crittenden Maxine Daniels91
Susan GuerinBarbara "Barbie" Fields26
Anna Hruby Paddy Lawson37
Alan David Lee Tony Berman21
Carole Skinner Nola McKenzie40
Gerda Nicolson Governor Ann Reynolds317
Wanda DavidsonFrances Harvey42
Judy McBurney Sandra "Pixie" Mason96
Tim Elston Scott Collins32
Penny MaegraithPetra Roberts25
Tina Bursill Sonia Stevens54
Babs McMillan Cass Parker60
Maxine Klibingaitis Bobbie Mitchell108
Wendy Playfair Minnie Donovan33
Andy Anderson Rick Manning38
Janet Andrewartha Rebecca "Reb" Kean94
Brian James Stan Dobson22
Lois CollinderAlice "Lurch" Jenkins168
Kim Trengove Rachel Millsom22
Louise Siversen Lou Kelly140
Nigel Bradshaw Officer Dennis Cruckshank75
Genevieve Lemon Marlene "Rabbit" Warren74
Victoria Nicholls Heather Rodgers23
Alethea McGrath Dot Farrar25
Robert SummersShane Munroe26
Dorothy CuttsOfficer Pat Slattery76
Steve KuhnPhilip Cleary22
Robyn GibbesSam Greenway24
Peter Bensley Matt Delaney34
Leslie Dayman Geoff Macrae34
Trevor Kent Frank Burke33
Pepe Trevor Lexie Patterson139
Lois Ramsey Ettie Parslow46
Ernie Bourne Mervin Pringle [nb 5] 76
Sonja Tallis Nora Flynn51
Billie Hammerberg May Collins51
Kirsty Child Willie Beecham52
Jackie Woodburne Julie "Chook" Egbert87
Debra Lawrance Daphne Graham52
Christine Harris Pippa Reynolds34
Margot Knight Sharon Gilmour (episodes 90 to 116); Terri Malone (episodes 540 to 576)64 [nb 6]
Jenny LovellJenny Hartley44
James Condon James Dwyer23
Kevin Summers Ben Fulbright21
Lynda Stoner Eve Wilder26
Glenda Linscott Rita "The Beater" Connors106
Julia Blake Nancy McCormack [nb 7] 61
Pat Evison Jessie Windom28
Sean Scully Dan Moulton25
Peter Hayes Steve Ryan32
Linda Hartley Rachel "Roach" Waters27
Peter Adams (Acting Governor) Bob Moran26
Christine EarleJanet Williams32
Kate Hood Kath Maxwell79
Rebecca Dines Vicki McPherson57
Paula Duncan Lorelei Wilkinson54
Rosanne Hull-BrownMerle "Looney" Jones64
Michael Winchester Marty Jackson [nb 8] 59
Philip Hyde Rodney Adams58
Desiree SmithDelia Stout42
Taya Straton Rose "Spider" Simpson38
Terrie Waddell Lisa Mullins [nb 9] 32
Sheryl Munks Michelle "Brumby" Tucker26
Victoria Rowland Margaret "Spike" Marsh27
Anne Charleston Mum's daughter, policewoman, Reb's mother20

See also

Notes

  1. Baker also played Belle 'Tinker' Peters eps 390-392.
  2. Ian Smith worked as Associate Producer/Scriptwriter during the show's run. [1] On screen, he also appeared as Pixie Mason's Father in ep. 502.
  3. Clifton also played Yvonne in ep.9.
  4. Phelan previously appeared as prison officer Manson in episode 17, and as dimwitted prisoner Bernadette in episodes 94 and 95.
  5. Bourne also appeared as a doctor in ep. 22, and as Doreen's penpal earlier in episodes 192 to 194.
  6. Reflects total number of episodes Knight appeared in as both Sharon and Terri.
  7. Julia Blake's third role (episodes 589 to 650); she originally appeared as homeopathic prisoner Evelyn Randel in episodes 175 to 179, and as Alice Dodds, who replaced Judy Bryant at the halfway house in episodes 404 to 407.
  8. Winchester was the third actor to play the role after Ronald Korosy and Andrew McKaige.
  9. Waddell was the second actor to play this role after Nicki Paull, who left the series after six episodes due to illness (episodes 651 to 656).

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