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Melissa Jaffer (born 1 December 1936)[1] is an Australian actress. She is best known for her stage and television roles, but has also appeared in many films.[2]

Melissa Jaffer
Born	(1936-12-01) 1 December 1936 (age 86) Gladstone, South Australia, Australia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1955-1960, 1967-2004, 2012-present

Career

Jaffer started her career in theatre productions in the mid 1950s[3] has made many appearances in television series, including Kings, Mother and Son, G. P., Brides of Christ, Grass Roots and All Saints. Jaffer is probably best known to international audiences for her role as aging mystic Utu-Noranti Pralatong in the science fiction series Farscape. In 1976, Jaffer tied for the first AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role opposite Jacki Weaver for her performance in Caddie. In 1980 she played the part of Cousin Edie in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's children's television series The Nargun and the Stars.

In the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road she played the role of "Keeper of the Seeds".

Filmography

FILM

Year	Title	Role	Type
1970	3 to Go	Lady on phone (uncredited) - Segment "Toula"	Feature film
1970	Toula	Lady on phone (uncredited)	Film short
1973	Gretel	Role unknown	Film short
1974	Between Wars	Matron	Feature film
1974	The Cars That Ate Paris	Beth	Feature film
1975	Ride a Wild Pony	Mrs. Pirie	Feature film
1976	Caddie	Leslie	Feature film
1978	Weekend of Shadows	Vi	Feature film
1982	Starstruck	Mrs. Booth	Feature film
1983	Molly	Aunt Jenny	Feature film
1983	Kindred	Shirley	Film short
1984	The Coolangatta Gold	Ballet Teacher	Feature film
1989	The Delinquents	Aunt Westbury	Feature film
1992	El Besodel Sueno	Role unknown	Feature film, SPAIN
1993	You and Me and Uncle Bob	Sylvie	Feature film
1999	Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien	Granny Marshall	Feature film
1999	Komodo	Patrick's Grandmother	Feature film, US/AUSTRALIA
2000	My Mother Frank	Sister Sebastian	Feature film
2000	Cheek To Cheek	Beryl	Film short
2012	Dear Life	Barbara Larkin	Film short
2015	Mad Max: Fury Road	Keeper of the Seeds	Feature film
2019	Strangers	Lillian	Film short
2022	Three Thousand Years of Longing	Clementine	Feature film

TELEVISION

Year	Title	Role	Type
1956	Barry Humphries Revues	Role unknown	TV series
1959	Trip-Tease And High C's	Herself	TV special
1960	You Too Can Have A Body	Role unknown	Teleplay
1961	Consider Your Verdict	Guest role	TV series, 1 episode
1967	Bellbird	Guest role	ABC TV series, 1 episode
1968;1969	Homicide	Recurring Guest role: Lorna Stacy	TV series, 2 episodes
1970	A Summer Storm	Role unknown	Teleplay
1970	Beauty and the Beast	Herself - Regular	TV series
1973	How Could You Believe Me?	role unknown	Teleplay
1973	The Taming Of The Shrew	Widow	Teleplay
1973	Division 4	Guest role: June Ross	TV series, 1 episode
1974	Matlock Police	Guest role: Linda Davis	TV series, 1 episode
1974	Out Of Love	Guest role	ABC TV series, 1 episode 2: "I Don't Want To Know"
1974	Silent Number	Guest role: Thelma	TV series, 1 episode
1974	Essington	Role unknown	TV film
1975	Behind the Legend	Guest role	ABC TV series, 1 episode 10 "Christopher Brennan"
1975	The Seven Ages of Man	Guest role	TV series, 1 episode 2: "The Schoolboy"
1975	Certain Women	Guest role	ABC TV series
1975	Ben Hall	Recurring role: Mrs. Daley	ABC TV series, 3 episodes
1975	Games For Parents And Other Children	Role unknown	Teleplay
1975	The Tichborne Affair	Role unknown	TV film
1976	The Outsiders	Guest role: Betty Kurts	ABC TV series GERMANY/AUSTRALIA, 1 episode
1976	Stories From Around The World	Guest role: Mrs. Hoddel	TV series UK, 1 episode
1976	Do I Have to Kill My Child?	Mrs. Hammond	TV film
1979	The Wonderful World of Disney	Angus' Wife	TV series US, 2 episodes
1980	The Nargun and the Stars	Recurring role: Cousin Edie	TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1981	Cop Shop	Guest role	TV series
1983	Learned Friends	Recurring role	ABC TV series
1983-1984	Kings	Regular role: Rosie King	TV series, 19 episodes
1984	Five Mile Creek	Guest role: Mrs. O'Bannion	TV series, 1 episode
1984	Singles	Recurring role: Gloria	ABC TV series, 5 episodes
1984;1986;1991	A Country Practice	Guest role: Barbara Kennedy	TV series, 2 episodes
1985;1994	Mother And Son	Recurring Guest role: Lorna	ABC TV series, 1 episode
1986	Shout! The Story of Johnny O'Keefe	Lead role: Thelma O'Keefe	TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1986;1991	A Country Practice	Guest role: Agatha Muldoon	TV series, 2 episodes
1986	Land of Hope	Recurring role: Old Nesta Quinn	TV miniseries
1986	Studio 86	Guest role	ABC TV series, 1 episode 5: "What We Did In The Past"
1987	The Harp in the South	Recurring role: Miss Sheily	TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1987	The Butcher's Son	Role unknown	TV film
1987	Poor Man's Orange	Recurring role: Miss Sheily	TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1987	Willing and Abel	Guest role	TV series, 1 episode
1988	Swap Shop	Regular role: Mimi	ABC TV series
1989	E Street	Recurring role: Queenie	TV series, 4 episodes
1990;1996	G.P.	Guest role	ABC TV series, 1 episode
1991	A Country Practice	Guest role: Anthea Garrick	TV series, 2 episodes
1991	Brides of Christ	Recurring role: Sister Attracta	ABC TV miniseries, 1 episode
1991	Good Vibrations	Recurring role: Annie	TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1992	The Distant Home	Mrs. Webster	TV film
1994	Mother And Son	Recurring Guest role: Lorna	ABC TV series, 2 episodes
1994	Heartland	Guest role: Meredith Lovell	ABC TV series, 1 episode
1995	On The Dead Side	Role unknown	TV film
1995	Police Rescue	Guest role: Gwen	ABC TV series, 1 episode
1995	The New Adventures of Flipper	Guest role: Shopkeeper	TV series US/AUSTRALIA, 1 episode
1996	Monday To Friday	Herself - Guest	TV series, 1 episode
1996	G.P.	Recurring role: Dr. Maureen Riordan	ABC TV series, 18 episodes
1997	Big Sky	Guest role: Lily Bateman	TV series, 1 episode
1997	Fallen Angels	Guest role: Marion	ABC TV series, 1 episode
1999-2000	All Saints	Recurring role: Eileen Sullivan	TV series, 8 episodes
2000	Grass Roots	Recurring role: Fran Smith	ABC TV series, 8 episodes
2000-2003	Farscape	Recurring Guest roles: Utu-Noranti Pralatong / Dominar Rygel XVI / Female Pilot / Nilaam	TV series US/AUSTRALIA, 24 episodes
2000	The Lost World	Guest role: Crazy Old Woman	TV series NZ/CANADA/AUSTRALIA, 1 episode
2001	People Who Still Use Milk Bottles	Herself - Narrator	Film documentary
2001	The Farm	Recurring role: Helen Cooper	ABC TV miniseries, 3 episodes
2001	Head Start	Regular role: Amanda Villiers	ABC TV series, 9 episodes
2003	BlackJack	Recurring role: Helen Kirsten	TV film series, 1 episode "Murder Archive"
2003	Snobs	Regular role: Gwen	TV series, 16 episodes
2004	Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars	Recurring role: Utu-Noranti Pralatong	TV miniseries US/AUSTRALIA, 2 episodes
2012	Packed To The Rafters	Guest role: Mrs. Montague	TV series, 1 episode
2017	Glitch	Recurring role: Adeline Fitzgerald	ABC TV series, 2 episodes
2018	True Story With Hamish And Andy	Guest role: Mrs. Rose	TV series, 1 episode
2021	The Newsreader	Guest role: Ruth	ABC TV series, 1 episode

References

External links

• Melissa Jaffer at IMDb

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