Biography
Anne Mary Phelan (2 August 1948 – 27 October 2019) was an Australian actress of stage and screen who appeared in many theatre, television and film productions as well as radio and voice-over.
Her television soap opera roles included Bellbird as Kate Ashwood, Prisoner (1980–1985) as Myra Desmond, Something in the Air (2000–2002) as Monica Taylor, for which she won the 2000 AFI (AACTA) Award for Best Actress in a Television Drama, having previously won the 1988 AFI Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries for Poor Man's Orange.
She received the Equity Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016. She was also an activist for humanitarian causes.
Filmography
all 23
TV Shows 12
Movies 11
Voice 1
self 1
Mrs Tuppens
Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane (2015)
TV
Dot Gross
Winners & Losers (2011)
TV
Pat
Sleuth 101 (2010)
TV
Female Truckie
Charlie & Boots (2009)
Movie
Big Bertha
The Librarians (2007)
TV
Esther Hersch
Marshall Law (2002)
TV
Monica Taylor
Something in the Air (2000)
TV
Truck Driver
The Craic (1999)
Movie
Highest Tree (voice)
The Balanced Particle Freeway (1997)
Movie
Ma Tyrell
The Battlers (1994)
Movie
Mrs. Brady
Blue Heelers (1993)
TV
Mrs. Dicks
Late For School (1992)
TV
Mumma Darcy
Poor Man's Orange (1987)
Movie
Mumma Darcy
The Harp in the South (1987)
TV
Mumma Darcy
The Harp in the South (1987)
Movie
Beryl Horden / Rosie / Lorraine
The Flying Doctors (1986)
TV
Mrs. Jones
I Live With Me Dad (1985)
Movie
Anna
Habit (1981)
Movie
Hard Knocks (1980)
Movie
Myra Desmond
Prisoner: Cell Block H (1979)
TV
Mumma Darcy
Poor Man's Orange
TV
Self
The Making of 'Habit (1981)'
Movie
Mum Patterson
Inanimate Objects
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.22
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1987
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1997
2015
Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1948-08-02
Deathday2019-10-27 (71 years old)
Birth PlaceMelbourne, Australia
CitizenshipsAustralia
AwardsMedal of the Order of Australia, Victorian Honour Roll of Women
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