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Joanne Samuel

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Joanne Samuel
Born
EducationIndependent Theatre
Occupation(s)Film and television actress
Years active1979–present

Joanne Samuel is an Australian film and television actress, who is best known for her role as the screen wife of Mel Gibson's title character in the 1979 film Mad Max.

Early life and education

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Joanne Samuel was born in Camperdown, Sydney, Australia. She studied dance with Honeybrooks and drama at the Independent Theatre.[citation needed]

Career

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Prior to her appearance in Mad Max, Samuel had made guest appearances in police procedurals Matlock Police and Homicide. She was then a regular cast member in television soap operas Class of '74, The Sullivans and The Young Doctors. She left The Young Doctors after the producers wrote her out of the show when she was offered the Mad Max role after a fellow Young Doctors actress who had been due to take the role fell ill.[1][2]

Samuel later returned to television in the regular role of Kelly Morgan-Young in Skyways.[citation needed]

Samuel's other film appearances included roles in Alison's Birthday (1981), Early Frost (1982), Queen of the Road (1984), The Long Way Home (1985), Nightmaster (1987, opposite Nicole Kidman), Gallagher's Travels (1987), and Spook (1988). She later guest starred in Hey Dad..! as Jeanette Taylor and All Saints, and played Ms. Bingle in The Wiggles Movie (1997).[citation needed]

Samuel is the vice chairman of BOOMPAA, Blue Mountains Performing Arts Association. She appeared as Doris Mercher in the 2017 family film My Pet Dinosaur, directed by Matt Drummond.[citation needed]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1979 Mad Max Jessie Feature film
1981 Alison's Birthday Alison Findlay Feature film
1982 Early Frost Chris Feature film
1983 The City's Edge Prostitute 1 Feature film
1984 Queen of the Road Rosy Costello TV film
1985 The Long Way Home Julie TV film
1986 Gallagher's Travels Sally TV film
1988 Nightmaster (aka Watch The Shadows Dance) Sonia Spane TV film
1988 Spook Carole Bradly Feature film
1993 You and Me and Uncle Bob Rosie Feature film
1997 The Wiggles Movie Mrs. Rosemary Bingle Feature film
2008 Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! Herself Feature film documentary
2017 My Pet Dinosaur Doris Mercher Feature film
2018 Acute Misfortune Magistrate Feature film
2019 Smoke Between Trees Therese Feature film
2019 The Greatest of These Nan Film short
2021 Christmas Down Under Barbara Parker Feature film
2023 What About Sal Alice Feature film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1973; 1974 Matlock Police Jenny / Cathy Phillips TV series, 2 episodes
1974 Class of '74 Sue Taylor TV series, 2 episodes
1974 Homicide Lynn Fisher TV series, 1 episode : I Keep Going Back to Be Certain
1974 The Box Mr. Baker's daughter TV series, episode #1.6
1975 Shannon's Mob Felicity Maitland TV series, episode: Trip to Nowhere
1975–1976 Certain Women Caroline Stone TV series, 29 episodes
1976 The Sullivans Cynthia Cavanaugh TV series, 1 episode
1976–1978 The Young Doctors Jill Gordon TV series, 255 episodes
1978 Case for the Defence Amy TV series, episode: Second Time Around
1979 Cop Shop Maureen Hamilton / Kenneth Willis TV series, 2 episodes
1979–1980 Skyways Kelly Morgan Young TV series, 136 episodes
1981 Ratbags Various characters TV series, 12 episodes
1986 Five Times Dizzy Chris Brooking TV series, 12 episodes
1988–1990 Hey Dad..! Jeanette Taylor TV series, 7 episodes
1997 Fallen Angels Helen Bader TV series, episode: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
2001 All Saints Ingrid Clements TV series, spisode: Skeletons in the Closet
2006 Where Are They Now? Guest TV series, 1 episode
2008 Not Quite Hollywood: Deleted and Extended Scenes Herself Video
2014 Rake Nurse TV series, episode #3.7
2015 Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door Bev Moulson TV miniseries, 2 episodes
Mad Max: Cast and Crew Interviews Herself Video
The Madness of Max Herself Film documentary
2016 Brock Louise Kraft TV miniseries, 2 episodes
2018 Stinson Creek Legal Aid TV series, episode: "The Witness"
2019 Kapow! Herself TV series, 1 episode
2022 Mad Max Fans: Beyond The Wasteland Herself as Joanne Samuel Film documentary

References

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  1. ^ Rayner, Jonathan; Rayner, Jonathan R. (2000). Contemporary Australian Cinema: An Introduction. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-5327-6.
  2. ^ freddyinspace (27 February 2015). "Full Details on Scream Factory's Ass-Kicking Mad Max Collector's Edition Blu-ray". Dread Central. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
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