Melissa Jaffer
Melissa Jaffer | |
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| Born | 1 December 1936 Gladstone, South Australia, Australia |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1960, 1967-2004, 2012-present |
Melissa Jaffer (born 1 December 1936)[1] is an Australian actress. She is best known for her television roles, but has also appeared in many Australian films.[2]
Career[]
Jaffer has made many appearances in television series, including Kings, Mother and Son, G. P., Brides of Christ, Grass Roots and All Saints. Jaffer is probably best known to international audiences for her role as aging mystic Utu-Noranti Pralatong in the science fiction series Farscape. In 1976, Jaffer tied for the first AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role opposite Jacki Weaver for her performance in Caddie. In 1980 she played the part of Cousin Edie in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's children's television series The Nargun and the Stars.
In the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road she played the role of "Keeper of the Seeds".
Filmography[]
| Title | Year | Role |
| You To Can Have a Body (TV movie) | 1960 | unknown role |
| Bellbird (TV series) | 1967 | Unknown |
| Homicide; (TV series) | 1969 | Lorna Stacey |
| The Taming of the Shrew (TV movie) | 1973 | Widow |
| Division 4 (TV series) | 1973 | June Ross |
| Silent Number (TV series) | 1974 | |
| The Cars That Ate Paris | 1974 | Beth |
| Matlock Police (TV series) | 1974 | Linda Davies |
| Out of Love (TV series) | guest role | |
| Between Wars | 1974 | Matron |
| Essington (TV movie) | 1974 | unknown |
| Behind the Legend (TV series) | 1975 | unjnown |
| The Seven Apes of Man (TV series) | unknown | |
| Ben Hall (TV series) | Mrs. Daley | |
| Ride a Wild Pony | 1975 | Mrs. Pirie |
| Games for Parent and Children (TV movie) | 1976 | ? |
| Stories Round the World (Tv series) | 1976 | Mrs. Hoddel |
| Caddie | 1976 | Leslie |
| The Outsiders (TV series) | 1976 | Betty Kurts |
| Weekend of Shadows | 1978 | Vi |
| The Tichborne Affair | 1978 (TV movie) | ? |
| The Nargun and the Stars (TV mini-series) | 1981 | Cousin Edie |
| Starstrack | 1982 | Mrs. Booth |
| Molly | 1983 | Aunt Jenny |
| Kings (TV series) | 1983-1984 | Rose King |
| Five Mile Creek (TV series) | 1984 | Mrs. O'Bannion |
| Singles (TV mini-series) | Gloria | |
| The Gold and the Glory | 1984 | Ballet Teacher |
| Shout! - The Story of Johnny O'Keefe (TV mini-series) | 1985 | Thelma O'Keefe |
| Land of Hope (TV Series) | 1986 | Old Nesta Quinn |
| Studio 86 (TV series) | 1986 | |
| The Harp in the South (TV mini-series) | 1987 | Miss. Shelly |
| Swap Shop (TV series) | 1988 | Mimi |
| The Delinquents | 1989 | Aunt Westbury |
| A Country Practice (TV series) | 1984-1991 | Anthea Garrick/Agatha Muldoon/Barbara Kennedy |
| Queenie | ||
| Brides of Christ (TV mini-series) | 1991 | Sister Attracka |
| The Distant Home (TV movie) | 1992 | Mrs. Webster |
| Good Vibrations (TV mini-series) | 1992 | ? |
| You and Me and Uncle Bob | 1993 | |
| Mother and Son (TV series) | Aunty Lorna | 1985-1994 |
| Heartland (TV miniseries) | 1994 | Meredith Lovell |
| Police Rescue (TV series) | 1995 | Gwen |
| On the De ad Side | 1995 | ? |
| G.P. (TV series) | 1996 | Dr. Maureen Riordon |
| Big Sky (TV series) | 1997 | Lily Bateman |
| Fallen Angel (TV series) | 1997 | Marion |
| Sally Marshall is Not an Alien | 1999 | Granny Marshall |
| Komodo | 1999 | Patricks Grandmother |
| The Lost World (TV series) | 2000 | Crazy Old Woman |
| My Mother Frank | 2000 | Sister Sebastian |
| Grass Roots (TV series) | 2000 | Fran Smith |
| The Farm (TV miniseries) | 2001 | Helen Cooper |
| Head Start (TV series) | 2001 | Amanda Villers |
| Farscape (TV series) | 2000-2003 | Variuus |
| Blackjack: Murder Archive (TV movie) | 2003 | Helen Kirsten |
| All Saints (TV series) | 1999-2003 | Eileen Sullivan |
| Snobs (TV series) | 2003 | Gwen |
| Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (TV miniseries) | 2004 | Utu-Noranti Pralatong |
| Packed to the Rafters (TV series) | 2012 | Mrs. Montague |
| Mad Max: Fury Road | 2015 | Keeper of the Seed |
| Glitch (TV series) | Adeline Fitzgerald | |
| True Story with Hamish and Andy (TV series) | Mrs. Rose |
References[]
- ^ "Jaffer, Melissa 1936". Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television – via HighBeam Research (subscription required). Archived from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ "Thematising the Global: Recent Australian Film". Post Script (Academic Journal).[dead link]
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- 20th-century Australian actresses
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