Lyn Collingwood
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Lyn Collingwood | |
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Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 6 September 1936
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Years active | 1963, 1979–present |
Lyn Collingwood (born 6 September 1936, Sydney), credited also as Lynn Collingwood, is an Australian actress. Collingwood was cast as comic character Colleen Smart, (later Stewart) on soap opera Home and Away and was a recurring original character in 1988 to 1989. In 1997 she returned for a guest appearance, and then returned in 1999 as a regular character until leaving in May 2012, after playing the role of Colleen for 13 years. Lyn made a brief return to the series on 27 November 2012.
Collingwood has worked as a social worker and an English, drama and history teacher. She has also worked in research and as an editor of The Australian Encyclopaedia, as well as The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Australia and The New Age Encyclopaedia. [1]
Television series[]
Production | Role | Years |
Home and Away (TV series) | Colleen Smart | (episodes: 906 ) Recurring 1988/1989, Guest 1997, Regular 1999-2012, Guest 2012 |
Filmography[]
Title | Year | Role |
It Droppeth as Gentle Rain (short) | 1963 | ? |
Patrol Boat (TV series) | 1979 | Swain's Wife (episode:My Dad's a Sailor |
Palm Beach | 1979 | Mrs, Adams |
People Like Us (TV movie) | 1980 | Maisie Stanley |
...Maybe This Time | 1980 | Myrtle |
Bellamy (TV series) | 1981 | Mrs. Marks (episode: The Massage Girl Murders) |
A Dangerous Summer | 1982 | Woman in Van (credited as Lynn Collingwood) |
Chase Through the Night (TV movie) | 1983 | Mrs. Y |
A Test of Love | 1984 | Mrs. O'Farrell |
Possession (TV series) | 1985 | Iris Dawson |
Archer (TV movie) | 1985 | ShopKeeper |
Dead End Drive-In | 1986 | Fay |
The Harp in the South (TV miniseries) | 1987 | Nursing Sister |
Rafferty's Rules (TV series) | 1987 | Janine Graham |
E Street (TV series) | 1989 | Mrs. Wilson/Mrs. Jenkins |
A Country Practice (TV series) | 1987-1990 | June Nunn/JeanQuigley-TheCelebrant |
Call Me Mrs. Brown | 1990 | Woman Caller at Phone Box |
The Money or the Gun (TV series) | 1990 | unknown |
G.P. (TV series) | 1991 | Marge Slater |
Cops and Robbers | 1994 | unknown |
Spellbinder (TV series) | 1995 | Nurse |
From Sand to Celluloid: Round Up (short) | 1995 | Matron |
Murder Call (TV series) | 1997 | Mother Agnes |
All Saints (TV series) | 1999 | Laraine Parkes |
The Makeover | 2009 | Granny at the Beach |
Worm (short) | 2013 | Aunty Beth |
A Shared House (TV series) | 2016 | Helen |
Remember the Name (TV series) | In post-production) | Grandma Doris |
References[]
- Lyn Collingwood at IMDb
- Lyn Collingwood biography, Home and Away, Network Seven.
- 1936 births
- Living people
- Australian film actresses
- Australian soap opera actresses
- Australian screen actor stubs