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Joanne Samuel

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joanne Samuel (born 1957 in Camperdown, Sydney, Australia) is an actress who remains best known for her role as the screen wife of Mel Gibson in the 1979 film Mad Max. Prior to her appearance in the film, 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 very suddenly – the producers kindly wrote her out of the show quickly as she was offered the Mad Max role after a fellow Young Doctors actress who had been due to take the role fell ill. Samuel later returned to television in the regular role of Kelly Morgan-Young in Skyways (TV series). Samuel later guest starred in Hey Dad! as Jeanette Taylor and All Saints,  and played the school principal in The Wiggles in their film The Wiggles Movie. Samuel is married to Tony Ahern. They have several children. They live in the Blue Mountains suburb of Blackheath and Samuel has retired from acting. Samuel is active in the local Baptist church. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joanne Samuel, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​


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Born:
Jan 1, 1957 In Sydney, Australia
Movie/TV Credits:
21
First Appeared:
In the series The Young Doctors 1976-11-08
Latest Project:
Movie What About Sal? 2023-09-10
Known For
Poster of Spook
Poster of Gallagher's Travels
Poster of Five Times Dizzy
Poster of Queen of the Road
Filmography
Movie What About Sal? Alice 2023-09-10
Movie Mad Max Exposed self 2022-06-01
Movie Christmas Down Under Barbara Parker 2021-11-21
Movie Smoke Between Trees Therese 2019-08-10
Movie Acute Misfortune Magistrate 2018-08-04
Movie My Pet Dinosaur Doris Mercher 2017-04-22
Movie The Madness of Max Self 2015-08-01
Movie Not Quite Hollywood Self 2008-08-28
Movie The Wiggles Movie Mrs. Bingle 1997-12-18
Movie Spook 1988-01-01
Movie Nightmaster Sonia Spane 1988-01-01
Movie Gallagher's Travels 1987-01-01
Series Five Times Dizzy 1986-10-02
Movie Queen of the Road Rosy Costello 1984-01-01
Movie The City's Edge Prostitute 1 1983-01-01
Movie Early Frost Chris 1982-01-01
Movie Mad Max 2 Jessie Rockatansky (archive footage) (uncredited) 1981-12-24
Movie Alison's Birthday Alison Findlay 1981-05-01
Movie Mad Max Jessie Rockatansky 1979-04-12
Series Skyways 1979-07-19
Series The Young Doctors 1976-11-08