Melissa Jaffer | |
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Born | Gladstone, South Australia, Australia | 1 December 1936
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1955-1960, 1967-2004, 2012-present |
Melissa Jaffer (born 1 December 1936) [1] is an Australian actress. She is best known for her stage and television roles, but has also appeared in many films. [2]
Jaffer started her career in theatre productions in the mid 1950s, [3] and has made many appearances in television series, including Kings , Mother and Son , G. P. , Brides of Christ , Grass Roots and All Saints . Jaffer is probably best known to international audiences for her role as ageing mystic Utu-Noranti Pralatong in the science fiction series Farscape . In 1976, Jaffer tied for the first AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role opposite Jacki Weaver for her performance in Caddie . In 1980 she played the part of Cousin Edie in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's children's television series The Nargun and the Stars .
In the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road she played the role of "Keeper of the Seeds".
Year | Title | Role | Type |
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1970 | 3 to Go | Lady on phone (uncredited) | Short film (Segment: “Toula”) |
1973 | Gretel | Short film | |
1974 | Between Wars | Matron | Feature film |
1974 | The Cars That Ate Paris | Beth | Feature film |
1975 | Ride a Wild Pony (aka Born to Run) | Mrs. Pirie | Feature film |
1976 | Caddie | Leslie | Feature film |
1978 | Weekend of Shadows | Vi | Feature film |
1982 | Starstruck | Mrs. Booth | Feature film |
1983 | Molly | Aunt Jenny | Feature film |
1983 | Kindred | Shirley | Film short |
1984 | The Coolangatta Gold | Ballet Teacher | Feature film |
1989 | The Delinquents | Aunt Westbury | Feature film |
1992 | El Besodel Sueno | Role unknown | Feature film |
1993 | You and Me and Uncle Bob | Sylvie | Feature film |
1999 | Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien | Granny Marshall | Feature film |
1999 | Komodo | Patrick's Grandmother | Feature film |
2000 | My Mother Frank | Sister Sebastian | Feature film |
2000 | Cheek to Cheek | Beryl | Short film |
2012 | Dear Life | Barbara Larkin | Short film |
2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road | Keeper of the Seeds | Feature film |
2019 | Strangers | Lillian | Short film |
2022 | Three Thousand Years of Longing | Clementine | Feature film |
Year | Title | Role | Type |
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1956 | Barry Humphries Revues | TV series | |
1959 | Trip-Tease and High C's | Herself | TV special |
1960 | You, Too, Can Have a Body | Teleplay | |
1961 | Consider Your Verdict | TV series, 1 episode | |
1967 | Bellbird | TV series, 1 episode | |
1968; 1969 | Homicide | Lorna Stacy | TV series, 2 episodes |
1970 | A Summer Storm | Teleplay | |
1970 | Beauty and the Beast | Panellist | TV series |
1973 | How Could You Believe Me When I Said I'd Be Your Valet When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life? | Teleplay | |
1973 | The Taming of the Shrew | Widow | Teleplay |
1973 | Division 4 | June Ross | TV series, 1 episode |
1974 | Matlock Police | Linda Davis | TV series, 1 episode |
1974 | Out of Love | TV series, episode 2: "I Don't Want To Know" | |
1974 | Silent Number | Thelma | TV series, 1 episode |
1974 | Essington | TV film | |
1975 | Behind the Legend | TV series, episode 10: "Christopher Brennan" | |
1975 | The Seven Ages of Man | TV series, episode 2: "The Schoolboy" | |
1975 | Certain Women | TV series | |
1975 | Ben Hall | Mrs. Daley | TV series, 3 episodes |
1975 | Games for Parents and Other Children | Teleplay | |
1975 | The Tichborne Affair | TV film | |
1976 | The Outsiders | Betty Kurts | TV series, 1 episode |
1976 | Stories from Around the World | Mrs. Hoddel | TV series, 1 episode |
1976 | Do I Have to Kill My Child? | Mrs. Hammond | TV film |
1979 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Angus' Wife | TV series, 2 episodes |
1980 | The Nargun and the Stars | Cousin Edie | TV miniseries, 4 episodes |
1981 | Cop Shop | TV series | |
1983 | Learned Friends | TV series | |
1983-84 | Kings | Rosie King | TV series, 19 episodes |
1984 | Five Mile Creek | Mrs. O'Bannion | TV series, 1 episode |
1984 | Singles | Gloria | TV series, 5 episodes |
1984; 1986; 1991 | A Country Practice | Barbara Kennedy | TV series, 2 episodes |
1985; 1994 | Mother And Son | Lorna | TV series, 1 episode |
1986 | Shout! The Story of Johnny O'Keefe | Thelma O'Keefe | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
1986; 1991 | A Country Practice | Agatha Muldoon | TV series, 2 episodes |
1986 | Land of Hope | Old Nesta Quinn | TV miniseries |
1986 | Studio 86 | TV series, episode 5: "What We Did In The Past" | |
1987 | The Harp in the South | Miss Sheily | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
1987 | The Butcher's Son | TV film | |
1987 | Poor Man's Orange | Miss Sheily | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
1987 | Willing and Abel | TV series, 1 episode | |
1988 | Swap Shop | Aunt Mimi | TV series |
1989 | E Street | Queenie | TV series, 4 episodes |
1990; 1996 | G.P. | TV series, 1 episode | |
1991 | A Country Practice | Anthea Garrick | TV series, 2 episodes |
1991 | Brides of Christ | Sister Attracta | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
1991 | Good Vibrations | ,Annie | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
1992 | The Distant Home | Mrs. Webster | TV film |
1994 | Mother And Son | Lorna | TV series, 2 episodes |
1994 | Heartland | Meredith Lovell | TV series, 1 episode |
1995 | On the Dead Side | TV film | |
1995 | Police Rescue | Gwen | TV series, 1 episode |
1995 | The New Adventures of Flipper | Shopkeeper | TV series, 1 episode |
1996 | Monday to Friday | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
1996 | G.P. | Dr. Maureen Riordan | TV series, 18 episodes |
1997 | Big Sky | Lily Bateman | TV series, 1 episode |
1997 | Fallen Angels | Marion | TV series, 1 episode |
1999-2000 | All Saints | Eileen Sullivan | TV series, 8 episodes |
2000 | Grass Roots | Fran Smith | TV series, 8 episodes |
2000-03 | Farscape | Utu-Noranti Pralatong / Dominar Rygel XVI / Female Pilot / Nilaam | TV series, 24 episodes |
2000 | The Lost World | Crazy Old Woman | TV series, 1 episode |
2001 | People Who Still Use Milk Bottles | Narrator | Film documentary |
2001 | The Farm | Helen Cooper | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
2001 | Head Start | Amanda Villiers | TV series, 9 episodes |
2003 | BlackJack | Helen Kirsten | TV film series, 1 episode: "Murder Archive" |
2003 | Snobs | Gwen Walston | TV series, 16 episodes |
2004 | Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars | Utu-Noranti Pralatong | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
2012 | Packed To The Rafters | Mrs. Montague | TV series, 1 episode |
2017 | Glitch | Adeline Fitzgerald | TV series, 2 episodes |
2018 | True Story with Hamish & Andy | Mrs. Rose | TV series, 1 episode |
2021 | The Newsreader | Ruth | TV series, 1 episode |
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