Veronica Lang

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Veronica Lang
NationalityAustralian
OccupationActor
Years active1964–2003
Known for Don’s Party (1976)
Callan (1974)
Spouse Michael Aitkens (div.)
Children2

Veronica Lang is an Australian-born actress.

Career

Lang started her acting career in England in theatre and television, before working in her native country. She also briefly worked in America. [1]

Contents

Lang's television credits are numerous. Her British appearances include Upstairs Downstairs , Crown Court , Inspector Morse , Moon and Sun , Murder in Mind , Grange Hill , Heartbeat and The Bill . Her Australian television credits include Matlock Police , Rush Bluey , The Young Doctors , Chopper Squad , Skyways , Cop Shop , A Country Practice , Halifax f.p. and Heartbreak High . She also appeared in the miniseries The Dismissal and Vietnam (alongside Nicole Kidman),

Lang's film credits Callan (1974), Don’s Party (1976), Say You Want Me (1977), A Good Thing Going (1978), The Clinic (1982) and Decadence (1994).

She won the 1977 AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in the film adaptation of Don's Party [2] and the 1980 Logie Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries/Telemovie for A Good Thing Going . [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1969 Mini Weekend JennyFeature film, UK
1974 Callan Liz, Hunter's SecretaryTV movie, UK
1976 Don’s Party JodyFeature film
1977The ClaimTV film
1977 Say You Want Me TV film
1977Ballantyne's MissionTV film
1978 A Good Thing Going Jane HarrisTV film
1979RoadhouseTV film
1982 The Clinic NancyFeature film
1985After HoursEileen PhillipsFilm short
1990 The Englishwoman: An Account of the Life of Emily Hobhouse (aka Burenkrieg)Emily HobhouseFeature film, US/South Africa
1994 Decadence The EntourageFeature film, UK/Germany
2017FlowIreneFilm short

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1964 Story Parade Rosie DarcyTV series UK, 1 episode
1964 A World of His Own Guest roleTV series UK, 1 episode
1965 The Likely Lads CecileTV series UK, 1 episode
1965 Legend Of Death EstelleTV series UK, 2 episodes
1965 Riviera Police Jean HowardTV series UK, 1 episode
1967 Champion House TaniaTV series UK, 1 episode
1971 Justice SecretaryTV series UK, 1 episode
1972 Upstairs Downstairs The Jeweller's WifeTV series UK, 1 episode
1972 Six Faces ReceptionistTV series UK, 2 episodes
1973 Harriet's Back in Town Louise WimbourneTV series UK, 2 episodes
1973 Crown Court Fiona GrayTV series UK, 3 episodes
1973 Whodunnit? Jill MatherTV series UK, 1 episode
1973 The Dragon's Opponent Mimi CrawfordTV series UK, 2 episodes
1974 Napoleon and Love Madame de RemusatTV miniseries UK, 5 episodes
1974 Matlock Police JudyTV series, 1 episode
1975 The Sweeney Sally LabbettTV series UK, 1 episode
1976 Rush Melanie ParkerTV series, 1 episode
1976 Star Maidens NolaTV series UK, 1 episode
1976 Space 1999 Lyra / MaurnaTV series UK, 1 episode
1976 CBS Children's Film Festival Mrs. GrahamTV series US, 1 episode
1976 Chimpmates Mrs. GrahamTV series UK, 3 episodes
1977 Bluey Sylvia GrangerTV series, 1 episode 30: "A Political Animal"
1977–1981 Cop Shop Sue Brady / Ann Carter / Claire ScottTV series, 4 episodes
1977 The Young Doctors Diane Pitt / Lesley CollinsTV series, 7 episodes
1978 Chopper Squad MargaretTV series, 1 episode 7: "Lifeboat"
1979 Skyways Sarah BlakeTV series, 3 episodes
1982; 1984 A Country Practice Kate DarcyTV series, 2 episodes
1983 A Country Practice Janet SwansonTV series, 2 episodes
1983 The Dismissal ReporterTV miniseries, 1 episode
1984 A Country Practice Lori MorganTV series, 5 episodes
1985 Theatre Night Lady PlymdaleTV series UK, 1 episode
1985 Winners Alison TrigTV film series, 1 episode: "Room to Move"
1987 Vietnam Evelyn GoddardTV miniseries, 10 episodes
1987 Rafferty's Rules TV series, 1 episode
1987 Willing and Abel TV series, 1 episode
1991 Inspector Morse JuliaTV series UK, 1 episode
1992 Moon and Son Annabelle GarvieTV series UK, 1 episode
1995 Halifax f.p. Cheryl DalefordTV film series, 1 episode
1996 Heartbreak High Vera SumichTV series, 1 episode
1997 Grange Hill FrancescaTV series UK, 5 episodes
1997 Heartbeat Mrs. DobsonTV series UK, 1 episode
2001 Murder in Mind Alice YoungTV series UK, 1 episode
2003 The Bill Estate AgentTV series UK, 1 episode

Theatre

YearTitleRoleType
1964BusybodyClaire Hull New Theatre, Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth, & other locations with Audrey Lupton & Arthur Lane and Aytell Productions [4]
1967 In at the Death The Secretary Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford and Phoenix Theatre, London with Cooney Productions & Enterprises [5]
The Nature of Revolution Royal Court Theatre, London
We Bombed in New Haven LeadForum Theatre
The Sum of Us Joyce Warehouse Theatre, Croydon
The Ant and the Grasshopper Zelda Fitzgerald Basement Theatre
1971 Prometheus Bound Sea Bird 3 Mermaid Theatre, London [6]
Ordinary People Beth Greenwich Theatre, London
1975 Don's Party Jody Royal Court Theatre, London with The English Stage Company
1977 The Norman Conquests Annie Seymour Centre, Sydney with Old Tote Theatre Company
Soldiering on Talking HeadsMuriel Frinton Rep Theatre
1980Pyjama TopsYvonne Charles Newcastle Civic Theatre, Regal Theatre, Perth, Theatre Royal Sydney, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Canberra Theatre with Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust & J. C. Williamson
2006 Blithe Spirit Madame Arcati / Mrs BradmanFrinton Summer Theatre with Connaught Productions [7]
2011–2013 Barefoot in the Park UK tour to Malvern Theatres, Worcestershire, Theatre Royal, Bath, Oxford Playhouse, Richmond Theatre, London, Cambridge Arts Theatre with Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
2014DaytonaUK tour with Lee Dean
2018 Away Bondi Pavilion, Sydney [8]
2020 Hamlet GertrudeOnline - Australia with Streamed Shakespeare

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
1977 AFI Awards Best Supporting Actress in Film Don’s Party Won
1980 Logie Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Mini-Series/Telemovie A Good Thing Going Won

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