Lynda Keane

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Lynda Keane
Bornc. 1950
England
Other namesLinda Keane
Occupations
  • Producer
  • film and television actress
  • acting coach
  • talent school founder
Years active1960–79; 1997–2010
Spouse
Greg Anderson
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(m. 1970)​
Website www.keanekids.com

Lynda Keane (born 1950)[ citation needed ], is a British-born Australian producer, film and television actress and acting coach.

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Keane guest starred on numerous television series during the 1960s and 70s, most notably Bellbird , Homicide , Number 96 , The Box , and Prisoner .

She is an acting tutor, who founded her own talent school, called the Lynda Keane Talent School with her husband Greg Anderson as well as the affiliated Keane Kids Management, Keane Kids Studio and Lynda Keane Studios. Among its students have included Brooke Mikey Anderson, Brett Blewitt, Brett Climo, Alyssa Jane Cook, Jamie Croft, Bree Desborough, Gavin Harrison, Matthew Krok, Toni Pearen, Paul Begaud, Charli Robinson, Ben Unwin, Kym Valentine, Nikki Webster, Kristy Wright, Dominic, Sebastian and Rebekah Elmaloglou. [1]

Early acting career

Lynda Keane began her career as a child actor in London, performing professionally since she was 15 months old, before her family emigrated to Australia when she was ten. Her parents, at that time, owned and operated one of London's leading talent schools.

She continued her career there starring in the 1960 children's series The Adventures of the Terrible Ten and its sequel The Ten Again in 1963. [2] [3] She also guest starred on Bellbird , [4] [5] Hey You and Homicide between 1967 and 1969, appearing on the latter series several times.

In 1970, she married her childhood sweetheart musician Greg Anderson. [6] Keane also began to have a more active career during the 1970s with roles on The Rovers (1970), Number 96 (1972) [7] [8] [9] and several appearances on Division 4 and Matlock Police .

She played a regular role in serial The Box as Barbie Gray from February 1974 until early 1975. She had a minor role in the television movie The Hotline (1974) [10] as well as one-time appearances on King's Men (1976) and The Outsiders (1976). [11] [12]

Talent school

She began to cut back on acting to concentrate on her career as a producer and acting teacher. In 1975, with her husband Greg Anderson, she opened "Gala Productions" and the "Lynda Keane Talent School" a year later. [6] Her success with the school would also lead to the Keane Kids Management, the Keane Kids Studio and the Lynda Keane Studios. [1] In November 1979, she traveled to New York with a group of her students, whose ages ranged between 8 and 16 years old, where they performed songs, dancing and acting performances to raise money for refugees. Keane, according to the Sydney Morning Herald , hoped to raise as much as $50,000. [13]

Acting roles

Keane was cast in Prisoner as Denise "Blossom" Crabtree also in 1979. Her character was introduced as the mistress of Fred Ferguson, estranged husband of prison inmate Monica Ferguson . [14] [15] [16] This was followed by a guest role in Neighbours in 1998. [17]

Keane did not make an acting appearance for 15 years. During this time she and her partner Anderson helped train many child actors of the 1980s and 90s through their talent school. In 1997, she returned to acting with minor roles in the drama film The Castle [18] and the police drama Blue Heelers . [19] From 2000 to 2005, she also made television guest appearances on Stingers , [20] The Secret Life of Us , [21] Short Cuts [22] and MDA . [23]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1977 The F.J. Holden RaeleneFeature film
1997 The Castle Federal Court lawyerFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1960 The Adventures of the Terrible Ten aka The Terrific Adventures Of The Terrible TenRegular roleTV series, 51 episodes
1963 The Ten Again Regular roleTV series
1966-1974 Homicide Guest roles: Helen Dunn / Barbara Riley / Maureen Walker / Swimming Student / Pamela / Julie White / Fiona NortonTV series, 7 episodes
1967 Hey You! Guest roleTV series, 1 episode "The Visit"
1967-1971 Bellbird Regular role: Ruth GrossarkABC TV series, 466 episodes
1970 The Rovers Guest role: SusieTV series, 1 episode
1972-1975 Matlock Police Guest roles: Nancy Randall / Cathy Gallagher / Anne Brandon / Bernice GreenTV series, 4 episodes
1972 Number 96 Recurring Guest role: Anne SpencerTV series
1973 Division 4 Guest roles: Debbie Regan / Dulcie Jackson / Rosalie WardTV series, 3 episodes
1974The HotlineLead role (as Linda Keane)TV film
1974 The Box Regular role: Barbie Gray / Barbie Cook (as Linda Keane)TV series, 102 episodes
1974 The Ernie Sigley Show Herself - GuestTV series, 1 episode
1975 Until Tomorrow Recurring roleTV series
1976 King's Men Guest roleTV series, 1 episode "Suffer Little Children"
1976 The Outsiders Guest role: NurseABC TV series AUSTRALIA/GERMANY, 1 episode
1977 The Young Doctors Recurring role: Bubbles GerrardTV series, 5 episodes
1977 Cop Shop Guest role: BrendaTV series, 1 episode
1979 Prisoner Denise Crabtree / Blossom CrabtreeTV series, 5 episodes
1987Have A GoHerself - Guest JudgeTV series, 2 episodes
1991The World TonightHerself - "Beauty And The Beast" segmentTV series, 1 episode
1992In Sydney TodayHerself - GuestTV series, 1 episode
1993 A Current Affair HerselfTV series, 1 episode
1994 At Home Herself - GuestTV series, 1 episode
1997 Blue Heelers Guest role: Citizen 1TV series, 1 episode
1998 Neighbours Guest role: Meryl TannerTV series, 1 episode
2000 Stingers Guest role: ShopperTV series, 1 episode
2001 The Secret Life Of Us Guest role: Mrs. Lizens (as Linda Keane)TV series, 1 episode
2002 Short Cuts Guest role: Amy SedarisTV series, 1 episode
2005 MDA Guest role: PlaintiffABC TV series, 1 episode
2010 Tangle Guest role: XavierTV series, 1 episode
2010 Offspring Guest role: TrishTV series, 1 episode

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