Louise Pajo

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Louise Pajo
Born
Louise Elisabeth Pajo

31 July 1940
Died23 November 2020(2020-11-23) (aged 80)
New South Wales, Australia
OccupationActress
Years active1965-1999

Louise Elizabeth Pajo (31 July 1940 – 23 November 2020) also credited as Louise R. Pajo, Louise Pago and Therese Pajo. was a New Zealand-born television and film actress, who worked in productions in her native country, but also in Britain and Australia, starting from 1965 until 1999.

Biography[]

Born in Hastings, New Zealand she trained in RADA in the United Kingdom. After graduating in 1966 she went on to appear in many popular British television programmes, including The Avengers and Doctor Who in The Seeds of Death.[1][2]

Her British film roles included Jane Eyre (1970) and Sex and the Other Woman (1972).[3]

She subsequently immigrated to Australia in the late 1970s where she continued her acting career, appearing in films such as Dawn! in 1979, Far East and Norman Loves Rose in 1982.[3]

In 1977, Pajo joined the cast of Cop Shop as Don McKenna's wife, Carol.[4] Other notable roles include the three episode guest role of Helen Masters in Prisoner in 1979.[5] This was followed by the regular role of the snobbish Margery Carson in Carson's Law for its entire two-year run, starting 1983.[6] Other Australian series she has featured include roles in The Flying Doctors, Brides of Christ, A Country Practice and Home and Away. Her last known role was in Big Sky in 1999.[7]

Louise died on 23 November 2020 at the age of 80.[8]

Filmography[]

Title Year Role
Romeo and Juliet (TV movie) 1965 Flower Girl/Nun/Page
Love Story (TV series) 1967 The Girl
The Revenue Men (TV series) 1967 Carol Harper
Public Eye (TV series) 1968 Angela
ITV Playhouse 1968 Laura Parry
Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series) 1968 Kathleen Kingara
The Tyrant King (TV series) 1968 Girl
The Avengers (TV series) 1968. Miss Craven
Doctor Who (TV series) 1969 Gia Kelly
The Expert (TV series) 1969 Sally
The Gold Robbers (TV miniseries) 1969 Jenny Bolt
Strange Report (TV series) 1969 Maria
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series) 1969/1970 June/Art Gallery Receptionist
UFO (TV series) Nurse/Miss Scott
Jane Eyre (TV movie) 1970 Mary Lugram
Crime of Passion (TV series) 1971 Genevieve
Sex and the Other Woman 1972 Shirley
Barlow at Large (TV series) 1973 Nurse
General Hospital (TV series) 1973 Margaret-Ann Neyworth
Spy Trap (TV series) 1973 Deborah Monckton
On the Game 1974 Veronica France (credited here as 'Louise Pago)
Moynihan (TV series) 1977 Amy
The Governor (TV mini-series) 1977 Christine Baineavis
Cop Shop (TV series) 1978 Carol McKenna
Run from the Morning (TV series) 1978 ?
Dawn! 1979 Woman Reporter
Prisoner (TV series) 1979 Helen Masters
Tim 1979 Secretary (uncredited)
Far East 1982 Shirley
Norman Loves Rose 1982 Shirley
Carson's Law (TV series) 1983/1984 (184 episodes) Margery Carson
The Riddle of the Stinson (TV movie) 1987 Smyth's Secretary
The Flying Doctors (TV series) 1989 Maureen Richmond
Brides of Christ (TV miniseries) 1991 Jean Markham
E Street (TV series) 1992 Mrs. O'Brien
Boney (TV series) 1992 Audrey
A Country Practice (TV series) 1993 Gwen Bannister (credited here as 'Therese Pajo
Home and Away (TV series) 1993 Thelma
Spellbinder (TV series) 1995 TV host
Big Sky (TV series) 1999 Mrs. Mitchell

References[]

  1. ^ "Louise Pajo - Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
  2. ^ "BBC - Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide - The Seeds of Death - Details". www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ^ a b "Louise Pajo". BFI.
  4. ^ "Australian Television: Cop Shop: cast". www.australiantelevision.net.
  5. ^ "Prisoner Cell Block H: Actors List Section 28". www.wwwentworth.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Australian Television: Carson's Law". www.australiantelevision.net.
  7. ^ "Australian Television: Big Sky: episode guide". www.australiantelevision.net.
  8. ^ Louise Pajo (1940-2020) RIP

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