Lyn Collingwood

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Lyn Collingwood
Born (1936-09-06) 6 September 1936 (age 85)
Occupation
  • Actress
  • social worker
  • teacher
  • editor
Years active1963, 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

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