Margaret Laurence
Born1951 (age 7273)[1]
OccupationActress
Known for

Margaret Laurence is an Australian actress, best known for several soap opera roles.

She trained in Britain, and then worked in America on stage and in several daytime soap operas.

When she moved to Australia, her first high-profile role was in Number 96 as Liz Chalmers for six months from late 1975 to early 1976. Sweet Liz became key character Arnold Feather's second wife, but was ultimately revealed as a deceitful schemer who tried to poison Arnold.

She followed this by playing Marilyn Mason in the television series Prisoner. Laurence was one of the programme's original cast in 1979, but appeared in only the first 16 episodes – the original planned duration of the series. After she left the show she returned to America where she did a lot of promotional work for the show. She stated she did not like the role, and being compared to Farrah Fawcett and Bridgette Bardot, although co-star Val Lehman, said the role should not reflect the quality of the series[1]

She also played troublesome nurse Yvonne Davies in The Young Doctors in 1979.

Her ex-husband is American-born actor Brandon Smith, who had short-term roles in both Number 96 and Prisoner; in the case of Prisoner, appearing in some scenes with Laurence. They have a daughter, Camille.

FILMOGRAPHY

FILM

Title Year Role Type
1979The Franky Doyle StoryMarilyn MasonTV film
1981The Love Boat In AustraliaMelanie Kalani / Madeline Kalani (flashback)TV film US / AUSTRALIA
1982BrothersLani AvesonFeature film NZ

TELEVISION

Title Year Role Type
1975-1976 Number 96 Liz Chalmers / Liz Chalmers Feather / Liz Chalmer TV series, 52 episodes
1979 Prisoner Marilyn Mason TV series, 16 episodes
1979 The Young Doctors Yvonne Davies TV series, 2 episodes
1981 The Love Boat Melanie Kalani / Madeline Kalani (flashback) TV series US / AUSTRALIA, 2 episodes
2011 A Current Affair Herself with Prisoner cast: Val Lehman, Carol Burns, Jane Clifton, Judith McGrath, Fiona Spence & Margaret Laurence TV series, 1 episode

References

  1. 1 2 Bourke, Terry (1990). Prisoner Cell Block H: Behind the Scenes. London: Angus and Robertson (UK).
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