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Briony Behets (born 1951, London, United Kingdom) is an English-Australian actress who found fame acting in Australian soap operas of the 1970s and 1980s

Briony Behets
Born1951 (age 7071)
London, England, United Kingdom
EducationGuildhall School of Music and Drama
OccupationActress
Years active1970-2008

Early life


Behets' father worked as a civil engineer, which took him around the world and as a result much of Behets' childhood was spent in Germany, Africa and Sierra Leone before returning to England. At age 17 she was accepted into the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, studying there for two years. After completing the course she travelled to the United States as part of a student exchange project, working there as a nightclub dancer.[1]


Career


At age 19, she travelled to Australia to take a regular role in comedy series Birds in the Bush (1972), and decided to stay in the country when production ceased on the series after 13 episodes.

Behets subsequently enjoyed several high-profile television roles in Australia. She was an original cast member of soap opera Number 96 playing Helen Eastwood[2] in 1972 but her character was written out of the serial after only a few months. She was subsequently a member of the original cast of another adult soap The Box starting in 1974 and her role in that series lasted 14 months. After leaving The Box she appeared for a short stint in Bellbird before taking an ongoing role in the school-based teen soap Class of '75.

Behets was also a longtime weather presenter on ATV-10 Melbourne's news bulletins during the mid-1970s. She also acted in television guest starring roles in Australian drama series, including Homicide, Matlock Police, Bluey, Cop Shop, The Young Doctors and Chopper Squad, also in the 1970s. In 1979 in the women's prison soap opera Prisoner she portrayed Susan Rice, the unbalanced wife of a popular celebrity.

Film roles included the joint lead with Judy Morris in The Trespassers (1976)[3] for which she was nominated for a Best Actress Award, Raw Deal (1977), Inside Looking Out (1977),[4] Long Weekend (1978).[5]

Later TV guest roles included A Country Practice and The Flying Doctors in the 1980s. Later soap roles included appearances in Possession as the mother of a spoiled child actor; Neighbours[6] as Amanda Harris the mother of regular character Jane Harris; and in E Street as Margaret Bennett, popular character Lisa Bennett's mother, for 6 months, in 1989. She acted in the feature film Cassandra in 1986.

Starting in 1990, she was a regular lead in the Granada Television soap Families. Into the 2000s, she continued acting in Australian television series and miniseries.

In 1996, Behets guest starred on the American television series Murder, She Wrote, Season 12, Episode 20, titled "Southern Double-Cross".

In the 2000s she also guest starred in some US drama series such as JAG. She returned to Neighbours in July 2008, in another role as Kate Newton a romantic interest for Harold Bishop (Ian Smith). She had also starred alongside Ian Smith in Neighbours 21 years earlier in 1987 when she played a different character. Her latest role saw her as a regular on The Saddle Club series three as the second actor to portray Mrs. Reg.[7]


Selected filmography


Year Film Role Notes
1972 Night of Fear Horse rider
1976 The Trespassers Penny Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Feature film
1977 Raw Deal Alex's Lady Feature film
Inside Looking Out Elizabeth Feature film
1978 Long Weekend Marcia Feature film
1980 Nightmares Angela Feature film
1983 Skin Deep Barbara TV film
1986 Cassandra Helen Feature film
1997 Allie And Me Woman in salon US Feature film
2008 Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! Herself Feature film Documentary

TELEVISION

Year Film Role Notes
1971 Tell The Truth Herself TV show
1972 Birds In The Bush Tuesday TV series, 13 episodes
1972 Number 96 Helen Eastwood TV series, 25 episodes
1972 All About Faces Herself TV game show
1972 The Big Bust-Up Herself TV documentary
1974-1975 The Box Judy Donovan TV series, 204 episodes
1974 The Evil Touch TV series, 1 episode
1974 Matlock Police Joyce Roberts TV series, 1 episode
1975 Class Of '75 Jorja Jones TV series, 98 episodes
1975;1977 Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal Herself TV telethon
1975 Homicide Helen Green TV series, 1 episode
1975 Pot Of Gold Herself TV talent show
1975 Bellbird Claire ABC TV series, 152 episodes
1975;1976 Ten Eyewitness News Melbourne Hereself - Weather News show
1976 Bluey Kate Wallace TV series pilot, 1 episode "The First Bloody Day"
1976 Alvin Purple Pam ABC TV series, 1 episode
1976 Power Without Glory Celia ABC TV miniseries, 1 episode
1976 Ernie Herself TV show
1976 Tandarra Esther Grafton TV series, 1 episode
1977 Young Ramsay Chrissie Thompson TV series, 1 episode
1978 The Lion's Share Janet Jackson TV movie
1978;1979;1980 Cop Shop Felicity Stafford/Julie Gaskin/Diana Elliot/Barbara Sauers/Janie Palmer TV series, 7 episodes
1979 Chopper Squad Debbie James TV series, 1 episode
1979 Prisoner Susan Rice TV series, 5 episode
1979 Skyways Pam McKinnon TV series, 1 episode
1980 The Talking Bow Tie Short film
1980 Romance In The Jurgular Vein TV film
1980 Water Under The Bridge Claire TV miniseries, 1 episode
1981 Bellamy Sharon TV series, 1 episode "The Axe-Man Cometh
1981 The Young Doctors Frances Taylor TV series, 15 episodes
1982 Winner Take All Carol Catani ABC TV miniseries, 10 episodes
1982 Holiday Island unknown role TV series, 1 episode
1984 Skin Deep Barbara Ramsay TV film
1984 A Country Practice Dee Dee Cash TV series, 2 episodes
1984 Special Squad Rhonda Watson TV series, 1 episode
1985 Possession Eve Cambridge TV series
1986 Hunger Mrs. Levey ABC TV film
1987;2008 Neighbours Amanda Harris/Kate Newton TV series, 20 episodes
1989 The Flying Doctors Jean Lambert TV series, 1 episode
1989 E Street Margaret Bennett TV series, 25 episodes
1989 The Heroes Alice TV miniseries
1989 Living With The Law ABC TV series
1990 Families Diana Stevens TV series, 9 episodes
1990 Flair Samantha Harmon TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1991 The Midday Show Herself TV show
1991 Chances Dr. Christine Marquette TV series, 2 episodes
1992 Bony TV series, 1 episode
1992 In Sydney Today Herself TV show
1994 G.P. Janet Ryan ABC TV series, 1 episode
1996 Murder, She Wrote Melba Drummond US TV series, 1 episode
2000 JAG Jenny US TV series, 2 episodes
2002 Marshall Law Sonia TV series, 1 episode
2002 Guinevere Jones Louise Rosen Children's TV series, 1 episode
2008 Neighbours Kate Newton TV series
2008-2009 The Saddle Club Mrs. Reg/Elizabeth Regnery/Mrs. Reg Children's TV series, 26 episodes

STAGE/THEATRE


References


  1. "Briony Behets - IMDb".
  2. "Number 96 episode guide for 1972".
  3. "Cast: The Trespassers". Allmovie. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  4. "Cast: Inside Looking Out". Allmovie. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  5. Armstrong, Derek. "Overview: Long Weekend". Allmovie. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  6. "Neighbours: The Perfect Blend | Interview: Briony Behets".
  7. "Mrs Reg on the saddle club". The saddle club. Retrieved 20 June 2010.





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