Margot Knight

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Margot Knight
Born
Australia
OccupationActress, TV screenwriter
Years active1976-present
Known forPrisoner. Neighbours

Margot Knight is an Australian actress of television and stage, voice artist and a screenwriter, she was had numerous guest roles in TV series and telemovies, but is best known for her stints playing two roles in the highly popular cult series Prisoner (known internationally as Prisoner: Cell Block H) , she played inmate Sharon Gilmour in 1980 and junior prison officer Terri Malone in 1985.[1]

TV roles: Neighbours and Prisoner[]

Knight appeared in Neighbours, playing two different roles Jean Richards in 1986 and Tracey Cox in 1997.

Her Prisoner appearances are notable because in addition to being one of the few cast members to play both a prisoner and a prison warder in the series, both of her roles were as the lesbian love interest to the show's main lesbian character at the time.

Sharon Gilmour was the scheming drug pushing girlfriend of long-term inmate Judy Bryant (Betty Bobbitt) (Judy's long stay in prison actually began because she deliberately had herself imprisoned to be with Sharon), and Terri Malone was a young prison officer who moved in with warder Joan Ferguson (Maggie Kirkpatrick).

Screenwriting[]

Knight is also a writer, and between 1990 and 1993, wrote several episodes of Neighbours, including episode 1721 which saw the death of the popular character Todd Landers played by Kristian Schmid. This episode is included on the DVD, Neighbours: Defining Moments.[2]

Stage roles[]

Knight has also worked on stage plays since 1976. Her live work includes “Underground”, “The World Without Birds”, “Controlled Crying”, and “Richard II”.[3] In November 2011, Knight reunited with other Prisoner cast members for a fundraiser for Audacious Dreaming, to support HIV awareness.[4]

Filmography[]

Production Year Role
The Sullivans (TV series) 1977 Prostitute
Cop Shop (TV series) 1979/1981 2 roles Girl 1/Julie Wallace
The Pirate Movie 1982 Sister
The Fast Lane (TV series) 1985 Faye
Prisoner 1980–1985 2 roles Sharon Gilmore/Officer Terri Malone
Studio 86 (TV series) 1986 ?
In Between (TV mini-series) 1987 Social Worker
The Flying Doctors (TV series) 1989 Elaine
The Adventures of Lano and Woodley (TV series) 1997 Mitchell's Sister
Good Guys, Bad Guys (TV series) 1998 Dr. Lisa Boudine
Neighbours (TV series) 1986–1998 Jean Richards/Tracey Cox
Halifax f.p. (TV series) 1998 Sue Bailey
State Coroner (TV series) 1998 Trish Randall
Something in the Air (TV series) 2000 Pauline Middlemass
Charm (film short) 2000 ?
The Angel Files (TV series) 2002 Julia Davis
Till Human Voices Wake Us 2002 Dorothy Lewis
Scooter: Secret Agent (TV series) 2005 Maggie
Blue Heelers (TV series) 1996–2005 Mrs Matthews/Stephanie Roberts/Meredith Foster/Ailsa Sutcliff
Menzies and Churchill at War (TV movie) 2008 Dame Pattie Menzies
Charles Bean's Great War (TV movie documentary) 2010 Effie Bean
Winners & Losers (TV series) 2014 Principal King
The Dressmaker 2015 Mrs. Wood
Copycat from Ballarat (film short) 2016 Joan
The Couple Enjoy a Bath (film short) 2018 ?
My Wife Died and I'm Starving (TV series) 2020 Mandy/Margo

Screenwriter[]

Production Year Episodes
Neighbours 1990–1993 15 episodes

References[]

  1. ^ "New Days for Knight". Star Observer. 20 April 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. ^ http://www.neighboursepisodes.com/index.php?special=writer&writer=Margot%20Knight
  3. ^ "Margot Knight". AusStage. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  4. ^ Knox, David (4 September 2011). "Prisoner stars to reunite for a good cause". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

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