Melissa Jaffer

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Melissa Jaffer
Born (1936-12-01) 1 December 1936 (age 87)
OccupationActress
Years active1955-1960, 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]

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Career

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".

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1970 3 to Go Lady on phone (uncredited)Short film (Segment: “Toula”)
1973GretelShort film
1974 Between Wars MatronFeature film
1974 The Cars That Ate Paris BethFeature film
1975 Ride a Wild Pony (aka Born to Run)Mrs. PirieFeature film
1976 Caddie LeslieFeature film
1978 Weekend of Shadows ViFeature film
1982 Starstruck Mrs. BoothFeature film
1983 Molly Aunt JennyFeature film
1983KindredShirleyFilm short
1984 The Coolangatta Gold Ballet TeacherFeature film
1989 The Delinquents Aunt WestburyFeature film
1992 El Besodel Sueno Role unknownFeature film
1993 You and Me and Uncle Bob SylvieFeature film
1999 Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien Granny MarshallFeature film
1999 Komodo Patrick's GrandmotherFeature film
2000 My Mother Frank Sister SebastianFeature film
2000Cheek to CheekBerylShort film
2012Dear LifeBarbara LarkinShort film
2015 Mad Max: Fury Road Keeper of the SeedsFeature film
2019StrangersLillianShort film
2022 Three Thousand Years of Longing ClementineFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1956Barry Humphries RevuesTV series
1959 Trip-Tease and High C's HerselfTV 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 StacyTV series, 2 episodes
1970A Summer StormTeleplay
1970 Beauty and the Beast PanellistTV 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 WidowTeleplay
1973 Division 4 June RossTV series, 1 episode
1974 Matlock Police Linda DavisTV series, 1 episode
1974 Out of Love TV series, episode 2: "I Don't Want To Know"
1974 Silent Number ThelmaTV 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. DaleyTV series, 3 episodes
1975 Games for Parents and Other Children Teleplay
1975 The Tichborne Affair TV film
1976 The Outsiders Betty KurtsTV series, 1 episode
1976Stories from Around the WorldMrs. HoddelTV series, 1 episode
1976 Do I Have to Kill My Child? Mrs. HammondTV film
1979 The Wonderful World of Disney Angus' WifeTV series, 2 episodes
1980 The Nargun and the Stars Cousin EdieTV miniseries, 4 episodes
1981 Cop Shop TV series
1983 Learned Friends TV series
1983-84 Kings Rosie KingTV series, 19 episodes
1984 Five Mile Creek Mrs. O'BannionTV series, 1 episode
1984 Singles GloriaTV series, 5 episodes
1984; 1986; 1991 A Country Practice Barbara KennedyTV series, 2 episodes
1985; 1994 Mother And Son LornaTV series, 1 episode
1986 Shout! The Story of Johnny O'Keefe Thelma O'KeefeTV miniseries, 3 episodes
1986; 1991 A Country Practice Agatha MuldoonTV series, 2 episodes
1986 Land of Hope Old Nesta QuinnTV miniseries
1986 Studio 86 TV series, episode 5: "What We Did In The Past"
1987 The Harp in the South Miss SheilyTV miniseries, 3 episodes
1987The Butcher's SonTV film
1987 Poor Man's Orange Miss SheilyTV miniseries, 3 episodes
1987 Willing and Abel TV series, 1 episode
1988 Swap Shop Aunt MimiTV series
1989 E Street QueenieTV series, 4 episodes
1990; 1996 G.P. TV series, 1 episode
1991 A Country Practice Anthea GarrickTV series, 2 episodes
1991 Brides of Christ Sister AttractaTV miniseries, 1 episode
1991 Good Vibrations ,AnnieTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1992 The Distant Home Mrs. WebsterTV film
1994 Mother And Son LornaTV series, 2 episodes
1994 Heartland Meredith LovellTV series, 1 episode
1995On the Dead SideTV film
1995 Police Rescue GwenTV series, 1 episode
1995 The New Adventures of Flipper ShopkeeperTV series, 1 episode
1996Monday to FridayGuestTV series, 1 episode
1996 G.P. Dr. Maureen RiordanTV series, 18 episodes
1997 Big Sky Lily BatemanTV series, 1 episode
1997Fallen AngelsMarionTV series, 1 episode
1999-2000 All Saints Eileen SullivanTV series, 8 episodes
2000 Grass Roots Fran SmithTV series, 8 episodes
2000-03 Farscape Utu-Noranti Pralatong / Dominar Rygel XVI / Female Pilot / NilaamTV series, 24 episodes
2000 The Lost World Crazy Old WomanTV series, 1 episode
2001People Who Still Use Milk BottlesNarratorFilm documentary
2001 The Farm Helen CooperTV miniseries, 3 episodes
2001 Head Start Amanda VilliersTV series, 9 episodes
2003 BlackJack Helen KirstenTV film series, 1 episode: "Murder Archive"
2003 Snobs Gwen WalstonTV series, 16 episodes
2004 Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars Utu-Noranti PralatongTV miniseries, 2 episodes
2012 Packed To The Rafters Mrs. MontagueTV series, 1 episode
2017 Glitch Adeline FitzgeraldTV series, 2 episodes
2018 True Story with Hamish & Andy Mrs. RoseTV series, 1 episode
2021 The Newsreader RuthTV series, 1 episode

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References

  1. "Jaffer, Melissa 1936". Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. Archived from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2015 via HighBeam Research.
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