Christine Amor
Born
Christine Debra Amor

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
OccupationActress
Years active1967–present
Known forPrisoner (TV series) (known internationally as Prisoner: Cell Block H)as Jean Vernon
Are You Being Served? (TV series) (Australian Version)

Christine Debra Amor (born 1952) is an Australian actress of stage, television and film.

Career

Amor was born in Brisbane, Queensland. She graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).[1] She has acted extensively in television guest roles and in Australian film starting in 1967. Her film roles include Alvin Purple (1973), Petersen (1974), Snapshot (1979).

Amor's early television roles include appearances in Belllbird, Matlock Police, Division 4, Certain Women, Young Ramsay, Chopper Squad. and Glenview High.

She is possibly best known for her role in cult classic TV series Prisoner during the first season in 1979, as social worker Jean Vernon[2]

Amor later took a regular role in the Australian version of sitcom Are You Being Served?. She was the female junior in the program's second season in 1981.

Amor was also a leading cast member of the drama series Carson's Law (1983–1984). She later played the role of Miss Chatham in the Australian television series H2O: Just Add Water (2006).

Amor became a Civil Marriage Celebrant working in the state of Queensland.[3]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1973 Alvin Purple[4] Peggy Feature film
1974 Petersen Annie Feature film
1977 High Rolling Teenage girl Feature film
1979 Snapshot Paula[5] Feature film
1980 Touch and Go Sue Fullerton Feature film
1983 Now and Forever Margaret Burton[6] Feature film
1988 Prisoner of Zenda Voice
1990 Bloodmoon Virginia Sheffield[5] Feature film
1990 Dead Sleep Sister Kereby Feature film
2008 Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! Herself Feature film documentary
2019 Rebirth Mother Moreen Film short
2021 Sit. Stay. Love. Aunt Claire Feature film
2022 Redemption Sue Film short

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1967 Bellbird Josie TV series
1973 A Taste for Blue Ribbons TV series
1973 Matlock Police Sandra Williams TV series, 1 episode
1973–74 Division 4 Sally Mathews / Cindy Morris / Kerry Michaels [7] TV series, 3 episodes
1973 Ryan Jennifer TV series, 1 episode
1974 Marion Sue Rogers TV miniseries, 1 episode
1974–75 Certain Women Gillian Stone TV series, 17 episodes
1977–79 Cop Shop Sharon Vernon / Betty Stephens / Jan Reading / Janet Carter TV series, 6 episodes
1977 Young Ramsay Diana Frost TV series, 1 episode
1978 Chopper Squad Lauren TV series, 1 episode
1978 Glenview High TV series, 1 episode
1979 Ray Lawler Trilogy Kathy 'Bubba' Ryan TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1979 Prisoner Jean Vernon / Jean TV series, 29 episodes
1980 Spring And Fall Angela TV series, 1 episode
1981 Are You Being Served? Miss Nicholls TV series, 8 episodes
1981 Holiday Island TV series, 1 episode
1981 I Can Jump Puddles Rose TV miniseries, 1 episode
1981-1982 Home[8] Christine TV series, 6 episodes
1983–1984 Carson's Law Felicity Bryce / Felicity Carson TV series, 184 episodes Nominated Best Supporting Actress in a Series 1985 Logie Awards
1984 Special Squad Robyn Symons TV series, 1 episode
1986 Saturdee Ma Gimble[9] TV series, 10 episodes
1991 Eggshells Vanessa[10] TV series, 13 episodes
1992 Animal Park TV series
1992 The World Tonight Guest TV series, 1 episode
1992 The Morning Show Guest TV series, 1 episode
1992 The New Adventures of Skippy Di TV series, 1 episode
1993 Review Guest Presenter TV series, 1 episode
1993 Inside Edition Herself TV series, 1 episode
1993 Ernie and Denise Guest TV series, 1 episode
1993 Today Herself TV series, 1 episode
1994 Under The Skin SBS TV series, 1 episode
1995 Eat My Shorts TV series, 1 episode
1998 Misery Guts Mrs. Herman TV series, 2 episodes
2001–02 Cybergirl Mayor Buxton TV series, 11 episodes
2006 H2O: Just Add Water Louise Chatham TV series, 9 episodes
2009 East of Everything Matron TV series, 2 episodes
2023 Studio 10 Herself TV series, 1 episode

Stage

Year Title Role Venue Notes
1971 The Beggar's Opera The Old Tote Theatre
1973 Playing the Piper Madame Pinchard[11]
1973 Come Blow Your Horn St. Martin's Theatre[12]
1975 The Ride Across Lake Constance New Nimrod Theatre
1976 Some of My Best Friends Are Women[13] St Martin's Theatre
1976 Other Times
1976 Old Flames Sally Grant Street Theatre[14]
1977 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll[15]
1977 The Pleasure of His Company[15]
1979 Once a Catholic[16]
1992 Conjugal Rites Genevieve The Playhouse[17]
1992 Money and Friends
1993 Brilliant Lies Canberra Theatre[18]
2016 Quartet[19] Cecily

References

  1. Sheldon, Gordon (25 June 1992). "Coast troop out on scene stealing raid". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  2. Newcomb, Horace (3 February 2014). Encyclopedia of Television. Taylor & Francis. p. 1826. ISBN 978-1-135-19479-6. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  3. "About". Gold Coast Wedding Celebrant. Archived from the original on 20 June 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  4. Drew, Bernard A. (4 December 2013). Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide. Routledge. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-317-92894-2. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  5. 1 2 Shelley, Peter (30 August 2012). Australian Horror Films, 1973–2010. McFarland & Company. pp. 44, 136. ISBN 978-0-7864-6167-7. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  6. Murray, Scott; Caputo, Raffaele; Tanskaya, Alissa (1995). Australian Film, 1978–1994: A Survey of Theatrical Features. Oxford University Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-19-553777-2. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  7. "200 episodes of Division 4". The Age. 2 August 1973. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  8. "Top new ABC series for children". The Sun-Herald. 10 April 1983. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  9. Hooks, Barbara (9 May 1986). "A timeless theme: boys will be bad". The Age. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  10. Wallace, Lisa (11 February 1991). "McDonald set for lots more trouble with his women". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  11. "Sublime to ridiculous". The Age. 5 October 1973. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  12. Dexter, Nancy (13 June 1973). "Divall the dynamic is happy here". The Age. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  13. "Mark his words". The Age. 15 July 1976. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  14. "Flaming disaster at Grant Street". The Age. 18 November 1976. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  15. 1 2 "She gets no kicks from a plane". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 March 1977. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  16. Groves, Don (29 April 1979). "Morley and son plan Old Country". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  17. Nugent, Ann (20 July 1992). "Strikes a chord in the heart". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  18. "Williamson's play for the '90s". The Canberra Times. 25 November 1993. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  19. "The devilishly funny Quartet to tour Queensland" (PDF). Queensland Theatre Company. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.


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