Patsy King

Patsy King (born 16 September 1930) is an Australian retired actress known for work in theatre, radio and television. King is known to international audiences for cult classic television series Prisoner (known in the UK and USA as Prisoner: Cell Block H and Canada as Caged Women) as Governor Erica Davidson, the original Governess of the "Wentworth Detention Centre". She has been a children's television presenter, theatre director and playwright and worked in commercials. She has also worked in radio and done voiceover work, particularly during the early stages of her career in the United Kingdom.King started her career as a radio and classical stage actress, with roles in everything from Shakespeare to Peter Pan. She was active between 1951 and 1990, then came briefly out of retirement, returning to the stage in 2009. Her career in television and children's entertainment started in the early 1960s and extended until 1984. King appeared in several character roles in police procedural series Homicide., before taking the regular role in rural series rural series Bellbird as Kate Andrews.