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Lyn Collingwood | |
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| Born | 6 September 1936 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1963, 1979–present |
| Known for | Colleen Smart in Home and Away (1988-1989, 1997, 1999-2012, 2013) |
Lyn Collingwood (born 6 September 1936, Sydney), credited also as Lynn Collingwood, is an Australian actress.
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Collingwood was born in Sydney, New South Wales, in September 1936, and did not start a career in the arts until later in life, she previously had worked as a social worker and English, drama and history teacher.
She appeared in a few TV roles starting from the late 1970s, and was cast as gossip comic character Colleen Smart, (later Stewart), in a similar vein to soap opera gossips like A Country Practice character Esme Watson (Joyce Jacobs) and Neighbours Mrs. Mangel (Vivean Gray) and on soap opera Home and Away and was a recurring original character in 1988 to 1989. In 1997 she returned for a guest appearance, and then returned in 1999 as a regular character until leaving in May 2012, after playing the role of Colleen for 14 years, she made a brief guest return to the series on 27 November 2012. [1]
Lynn has had roles in numerous serials such as E Street , G.P. and All Saints .
She has also worked in research and as an editor of The Australian Encyclopaedia , as well as The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Australia and The New Age Encyclopaedia.
| Production | Role | Years |
| Home and Away (TV series) | Colleen Smart | (episodes: 906 ) Recurring 1988/1989, Guest 1997, Regular 1999–2012, Guest 2012 |
| Title | Year | Role |
| It Droppeth as Gentle Rain (short) | 1963 | ? |
| Patrol Boat (TV series) | 1979 | Swain's Wife (episode:My Dad's a Sailor |
| Palm Beach | 1979 | Mrs, Adams |
| People Like Us (TV movie) | 1980 | Maisie Stanley |
| ...Maybe This Time | 1980 | Myrtle |
| Bellamy (TV series) | 1981 | Mrs. Marks (episode: The Massage Girl Murders) |
| A Dangerous Summer | 1982 | Woman in Van (credited as Lynn Collingwood) |
| Chase Through the Night (TV movie) | 1983 | Mrs. Y |
| A Test of Love | 1984 | Mrs. O'Farrell |
| Possession (TV series) | 1985 | Iris Dawson |
| Archer (TV movie) | 1985 | ShopKeeper |
| Dead End Drive-In | 1986 | Fay |
| The Harp in the South (TV miniseries) | 1987 | Nursing Sister |
| Rafferty's Rules (TV series) | 1987 | Janine Graham |
| E Street (TV series) | 1989 | Mrs. Wilson/Mrs. Jenkins |
| A Country Practice (TV series) | 1987-1990 | June Nunn/JeanQuigley-TheCelebrant |
| Call Me Mrs. Brown | 1990 | Woman Caller at Phone Box |
| The Money or the Gun (TV series) | 1990 | unknown |
| G.P. (TV series) | 1991 | Marge Slater |
| Cops and Robbers | 1994 | unknown |
| Spellbinder (TV series) | 1995 | Nurse |
| From Sand to Celluloid: Round Up (short) | 1995 | Matron |
| Murder Call (TV series) | 1997 | Mother Agnes |
| All Saints (TV series) | 1999 | Laraine Parkes |
| The Makeover | 2009 | Granny at the Beach |
| Worm (short) | 2013 | Aunty Beth |
| A Shared House (TV series) | 2016 | Helen |
| Remember the Name (TV series) | In post-production) | Grandma Doris |
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