Arianthe Galani

Arianthe Galani (born 9 April 1940),^[1] is an Australian actress born in New Zealand^[2] of Greek descent, known for her roles in TV soap operas and serials, TV commercials, as well as films.

Career[]

Galani worked in opera and sang professionally before she became known as an actor. She worked as a singer in England for four years in the 1960s then joined the Australian Opera for five years between 1967 and 1972.^[3]

Galani played a regular role in soap opera Number 96 as Aunt Maria Panucci from late 1976 until the end of the series in August 1977, and then took a regular role in Australian Broadcasting Corporation situation comedy series Home Sweet Home (1980). Both roles were as fiery Italian mothers.

Between these roles she made appearances in Prisoner as Mrs Bentley, a woman who had buried a baby alive, a crime later blamed on Lynn Warner (Kerry Armstrong). Though her appearances were brief, the character played a crucial role in one of the show's original storylines, and with the program's international success is probably Galani's most widely seen portrayal.

Other television credits include: Matlock Police, Homicide, The Young Doctors, A Country Practice, The Flying Doctors, Home and Away, Police Rescue, Murder Call, Something in the Air, All Saints and Blue Heelers.

TV adverts[]

Galani also features in a series of television adverts for and Mortein.

Filmography[]

References[]

External links[]

• Arianthe Galani at IMDb

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