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Rowena Wallace (born 23 August 1947) is an English-born Australian stage and screen actor, most especially in the genre of television soap opera. She is best known for her Gold Logie-winning role as conniving Patricia "Pat the Rat" Hamilton/Morrell/Palmer in Sons and Daughters, being the first soap star to win the Gold Logie. After leaving the series and being replaced in the role by Belinda Giblin, Wallace returned in the final season as Patricia's sister Pamela Hudson.
Rowena Wallace | |
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| Born | 23 August 1947 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1962–current |
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She started her career on the small screen in the late 60's in serial You Can't See 'Round Corners as well as appearing in that serial's film version and then had regular roles in TV series including Crawford Productions Division 4, Number 96 and Cop Shop and in 1980-1981 became well known for her stint as Anne Griffin in cult series Prisoner.
After Sons and Daughters, she subsequently appeared primarily in guest roles and cameos in numerous TV serials, before again returning to more permanent fixtures in regular roles from 2000 to 2003 in Home and Away as June Reynolds, in Neighbours in 2007 as Mary Casey and in Deadly Women as gangland figure Judy Moran in 2012.
She has appeared as herself as a panellist on talk show Beauty and the Beast and featured regularly on Bert Newton's popular morning breakfast show Good Morning Australia.
Early life
Rowena Wallace was born in Coventry, West Midlands, England, as an only child. She moved to Australia with her parents when she was five, settling in the state of Queensland. Her father was a pilot for Ansett Airlines. Initially she grew up in Cairns and later moved to Brisbane at the age of 12 years. There, she attended Kedron State High School. After finishing school she became interested in acting and was taken by her mother to dancing lessons at, and was also persuaded to join, the Twelfth Night Theatre under the artistic direction of Joan Whalley.
At age fifteen, having left school and attended a business college at the insistence of her parents, Wallace decided to become an actress. She joined an advertising agency while still performing in the theatre at night. Her first television role was in Brisbane as an entertainer on the variety show Theatre Royal hosted by George Wallace Jnr (no relation). She also presented the afternoon news and weather and a children's show. At the age of nineteen, Wallace was diagnosed with scoliosis. She has required painkillers almost continuously since then.
Career
While Wallace was working in television in Brisbane, Barry Creyton persuaded the producers of a new series to fly her down to Sydney to audition for the lead role in their show; as a result Wallace won the role of Margie Harris in You Can't See 'Round Corners in 1967 and moved to Sydney. She would also feature in the 1969 film version.[1]
After completing Corners, she went on to star as the juvenile lead in a hit comedy stage production with John McCallum and Googie Withers. The show, Relatively Speaking, played to packed audiences in Melbourne.[1]
On 12 February 1970, the film Squeeze a Flower had its world premiere in Sydney. Wallace starred in the movie as the female lead, opposite international Italian film star Walter Chiari. By 1972, she had found work intermittently. In 1973 she married George Assang, some 20 years her senior, a Thursday Island-born jazz singer and actor known professionally as Vic Sabrino.[2] The marriage lasted just over a year, and Wallace has had no long-term relationships since then.[citation needed]
Number 96 and Prisoner
In the late 1970s she appeared frequently on Australian television, with an ongoing role in the soap opera Number 96 in 1975–1976, followed by a regular role in the police drama Cop Shop, playing policeman's wife Pamela Taylor.[1] After leaving that series she played a mentally unbalanced remand prisoner named Anne Griffin in Prisoner for several weeks in late 1980.
Awards
Rowena Wallace's most famous role was in the soap opera Sons and Daughters, in which she played Patricia Dunne/Hamilton/Morrell/Palmer; starting in 1981.[1] Nicknamed Pat the Rat, the character became an immensely popular bitch figure in the series; its most famous character.
| Year | Association | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Logie Awards | Silver Logie for Most Popular Lead Actress | Sons and Daughters | Won |
| 1984 | Logie Awards | Gold Logie | Sons and Daughters | Won |
| 1984 | Logie Awards | Silver Logie for Most Popular Actress | Sons and Daughters | Won |
| 1984 | Logie Awards | Silver Logie for Best Actress in a Series | Sons and Daughters | Won |
| 1985 | Logie Awards | Silver Logie for Best Lead Actress in a Series | Sons and Daughters | Won |
In 1984 Wallace won a Gold Logie for the portrayal[1] during an era when Gold Logies were usually won by major television personalities and hosts but not actors. She was the first woman soap actress to win the award since it was opened up to Most Popular Australian Personality.[clarification needed]. She was not the first female to win the Gold Logie, that honour going to Australian actress Lorrae Desmond.
Wallace also received 4 Silver Logies
Sons and Daughters
Wallace left Sons and Daughters after three years, with her final scenes going to air early in 1985 just after her Gold Logie win.[1] Wallace claimed in a reunion documentary that she left due to exhaustion from playing such an intense character. She also claimed she regretted walking away from the role as she did not get the later acting offers she had anticipated. The popularity of her character led to it being recast, with Belinda Giblin assuming the role of a returning Patricia after extensive cosmetic surgery had altered her facial features. Late in the show's run, with ratings in decline, Wallace was returned to the series in an attempt to boost the show's popularity. With Giblin remaining in the show, Wallace now played a new character, that of Patricia's long-lost identical twin sister Pamela. Her return lasted ten weeks but did little to halt the show's dwindling ratings, and the show was cancelled shortly afterwards.
Home and Away and Neighbours
Between years 2000 and 2003 Wallace appeared in the weeknight soap opera Home and Away as June Reynolds.[3]
In 2007 Wallace joined the cast of Neighbours for several months.[4] She played Mary Casey, an unstable woman[4] who ended up in prison for the false imprisonment of Pepper Steiger. Mary's cellmate turned out to be Sky Mangel.
Other roles
In 2012 Wallace starred as Melbourne gangland matriarch Judy Moran in the Foxtel series Deadly Women.[5]
In September 2016 Wallace had a cameo in Wonthaggi Theatrical Group's production of Little Shop of Horrors as the narrator.
Personal life
Between July 1999 and November 2003, Wallace was collecting a disability support pension, despite being actively employed by television series such as Water Rats, Beauty and the Beast, and Good Morning Australia.[6] In October 2005, she was charged with social security fraud, and given a suspended sentence of six months imprisonment.[6]
In August 2010, Wallace was the subject of a Today Tonight special feature on the Seven Network, where she was reportedly nearly broke and on the verge of becoming homeless. The following week, a number of offers to take her in were made by Australians around the country.
In March 2011, she was the subject of more media coverage, this time because the unit she occupied at subsidised rent in Wonthaggi, Victoria was due for demolition in August 2011 and she feared she would have nowhere to live. The rents in Wonthaggi had doubled or even tripled due to the Wonthaggi Desalination Plant being constructed nearby, but her pension would not even cover her rent.[7]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | You Can't See 'Round Corners | Margie Harris | Feature film |
| 1970 | Squeeze a Flower | June Phillips | Feature film |
| 1976 | A Break In The Music | Role unknown | Film short |
| 1981 | Puberty Blues | Mrs. Knight | Feature film |
| 1982 | The Dark Room | Liz Llewellyn | Feature film |
| 1985 | Relatives | Nancy Peterson | Feature film |
| 1986 | Backstage | Evelyn Hough | Feature film |
| 1987 | Strike of the Panther | Lucy Andrews | Feature film |
| 1989 | Cappuccino | Anna | Feature film |
| 1995 | Blackwater Trail | Beth | Feature film |
| 1998 | Desire | Role unknown | Film short (Tropfest) |
| 2012 | Ryder Country | Rebecca Ryder | Feature film |
| 2019 | Magdala Rose | Lady Corba de Péreille | Feature film [8] |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Theatre Royal | Herself | TV series |
| 1964 | Beauty And The Beast | Herself | TV series |
| 1967-1968 | You Can't See 'Round Corners | Lead regular role: Margie Harris | TV series, 26 episodes |
| 1968 | Contrabandits | Guest role: Carole | TV series, 1 Episode: "A Game for Two Players" |
| 1968 | Hunter | Guest role: Sue | TV series, 1 Episode: "Sue" |
| 1969 | Riptide | Guest role: Cathy Smith | TV series, Episode 3: "Affair at Mangrove Creek" |
| 1969 | Riptide | Guest role: Xena | TV series, 1 Episode 21 : "Good Friday Island" |
| 1969–1970 | The Rovers | Lead regular role: Rusty Collins | TV series, 39 episodes |
| 1970–1971 | Dynasty | Betty Westlake / Jill Campbell | ABC TV series, 2 episodes 4:"Young Jim Westlake", "Corrida For A Stuntman" |
| 1970–1971 | Barrier Reef | Regular lead role: Tracey Deane | TV series, 22 episodes |
| 1971 | Spike Milligan Special | Herself | TV special |
| 1971 | What For Marianne? | Role unknown | TV film |
| 1971 | Spyforce | Patricia "Trish" Mathews | TV series, 1 episode 24: "The Lovers" |
| 1971; 1973 | Matlock Police | Guest roles: Sally Broughton / Kate White / Susan Stone | TV series, 3 episodes: "Olsen's Ghost", "Cup Fever", "Jeff's Missing" |
| 1971–1974; 1975 | Division 4 | Guest roles: Andrea Hayes / Betty Miller / Brenda Kelly / Ann Marshall / WPC Diane Webster, Recurring role: WPC Jane Bell | TV series, 15 episodes |
| 1971 | Vision Escalator | Role unknown | ABC TV film |
| 1972 | Boney | Kat Loader | TV series, 1 episode 3: "Boney Meets The Daybreak Killer" |
| 1972–1973 | Homicide | Guest role: WPC Primrose Taylor / Ruth Morgan | TV series, 2 episodes: "I Love You Primrose Taylor", "Follow The Leader" |
| 1973 | A Brace And A Bit | Role unknown | TV pilot |
| 1973 | And Millions Will Die! | Recurring role: Maggi Christopher | TV film US/AUSTRALIA |
| 1973–1974 | Ryan | Kate / Sue Ogilvie / Zita / Holly Beckett | TV series, 4 episodes: "King's Bishop to Queen Three"; "Miss. Ogilvie Repents"; "Red Alert"; "Goodbye Holly Beckett" |
| 1974 | The Evil Touch | Guest role: Jean Lewis | TV series, 1 episode 20: "Kadaitcha Country" |
| 1974 | Silent Number | Guest role: Sylvia Marsh | TV series, 1 episode 8: "Dark Corridors" |
| 1974 | Out of Love | Guest role: Julia Martin | ABC TV series, 1 episode 1: "I Don't Want To Know" |
| 1975 | Shannon's Mob | Estelle | TV series, 1 episode 9: "Loser Takes All" |
| 1975 | Prophet In Love | Role unknown | TV film |
| 1975–1976 | Number 96 | Recurring role: Muriel Thompson | TV series, 18 episodes |
| 1976 | McCloud | Guest lead role: Jennifer McGee | TV series / TV film US/AUSTRALIA, 1 episode Season 6, episode 7: "Night Of The Shark" |
| 1976 | Power Without Glory | Recurring role: Harriet Marshall | ABC TV miniseries, 11 episodes |
| 1976 | Murcheson Creek | Recurring role: Karen Fields | TV film |
| 1976 | Taggart's Treasure | Role unknown | TV film |
| 1976 | Bobby Dazzler | Guest role: Ruth Rierdon | TV series, 1 episode 14: "The New Guard" |
| 1977 | Bluey | Jean Anderson | TV series, 1 episode 26: "The Changeling" |
| 1977 | Moynihan | Guest role | ABC TV series NZ, 1 episode |
| 1977 | Going Home | Jacqueline Newton | ABC TV film, Screened during 'Stuart Wagstaff's World Playhouse' series |
| 1977–1979 | Cop Shop | Regular role: Pamela Taylor | TV series, 158 episodes |
| 1977 | Glenview High | Guest role: Pam Wilson | TV series, 1 episode 10: "Quiet Nights and Silent Deaths" |
| 1978 | Catspaw | Regular lead role: Kate Keppel | TV series, 7 episodes |
| 1979 | Burn the Butterflies | Dr. Trish Morrison | ABC Teleplay / TV film |
| 1979 | Ray Lawler Trilogy | Herself - Presenter | Teleplay series, 3 episodes |
| 1980 | Water Under the Bridge | Recurring role: Honor Mazzini | TV miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 1980 | Skyways | Guest role: Ann Wallace | TV series, 1 episode 148: "Spaces" |
| 1980–1981 | Prisoner | Recurring role: Anne Griffin | TV series, 8 episodes |
| 1981 | Holiday Island | Guest role: Marjorie Quinn | TV series, 2 Episodes 5: "Zack", 6: "Island Queen" |
| 1981 | Outbreak of Love | Diana Von Flugel | TV miniseries |
| 1981 | The Willow Bend Mystery aka 'The Mesmerist' | Regular role: Linda | TV miniseries, 5 episodes screened during 1983. |
| 1982–1985; 1987 | Sons and Daughters | Regular lead role: Patricia Hamilton / Patricia Morrell / Patricia Palmer; Recurring role: Pamela Hudson | TV series, 558 episodes |
| 1982-1985; 1989 | The Annual TV Week Logie Awards | Herself | TV special |
| 1982-1988 | Channel 7 Perth Telethon | Herself | TV special |
| 1983 | Parkinson In Australia | Herself with Lorrae Desmond & Lorraine Bayly | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1984 | On The Edge Of Survival | Herself - Presenter | TV special |
| 1985 | Glass Babies | Dr Gloria McCrae | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1985; 1989 | The Midday Show | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1985 | Return To Children In Crisis | Herself | TV special |
| 1986 | A Chance To Live | Herself & Shane Withington | TV special |
| 1987 | Fight For Survival | Herself | TV special |
| 1987 | Sons And Daughters | Recurring role: Pamela Hudson | TV series, 15 episodes |
| 1988 | Tender Loving Care | unknown role | TV pilot (filmed in studio) never aired on TV. |
| 1988 | All the Way | Regular lead role: Elaine Seymour | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1988-1989 | All The Way | Regular lead role: Elaine Seymour | TV series, 26 episodes |
| 1989 | The 31st Annual TV Week Logie Awards | Herself with Pat McDonald, Denise Drysdale, Hazel Phillips, Jeanne Little & Lorrae Desmond | TV special |
| 1989 | Save The Children | Herself | TV special |
| 1989 | The Midday Show | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1989 | Mission: Impossible | Guest role: Major Natalia Zorbuskaya | TV series US/AUSTRALIA, 1 episode 8: "The Pawn" |
| 1989 | G.P. | Guest role | ABC TV series, 1 episode |
| 1990 | Flair | Pamela Winter-Smith | TV miniseries; 2 episodes |
| 1990 | Some Of My Children | Herself | TV special |
| 1990 | More Winners: The Big Wish | The Queen | ABC TV film series, 1 episode |
| 1991 | Cry Children | Herself | TV special |
| 1991 | Tonight Live With Steve Vizard | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1991 | In Sydney Today | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1992 | 60 Minutes | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1992 | Hinch | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1992 | The Morning Show | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1992 | The Flying Doctors | Guest role: Paulina Giglia | TV series, 1 episode Season 9, episode 27: "Wimp" |
| 1992 | A Country Practice | Guest role: Justice Patricia Lincoln | TV series, 1 Episode Season 12, episode 71: "Nothing But the Truth: Part 1" |
| 1993 | Ray Martin At Midday | Herself with Donald McDonald & Maggie Kirkpatrick | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1993 | Real Life | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1993 | The Great Outdoors | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994 | Midday With Derryn Hinch | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994 | Ernie And Denise | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994 | Live It Up | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994 | Seven Nightly News | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994-2002 | Good Morning Australia | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994 | Kilroy Down Under | Herself | TV series UK/AUSTRALIA, 1 episode |
| 1994 | Day To Day | Herself - Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994;1995 | World Vision: Vision For A Better World Appeal | Herself | TV special |
| 1995 | Roy And HG | Herself - Guest | ABC TV series, 1 episode |
| 1995 | G.P. | Guest role: Elizabeth Armstrong | ABC TV series, 1 episode 24: "Private Faces, Public Places" |
| 1995-1998 | Midday | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1995 | Echo Point | Recurring role: Elizabeth O'Connor | TV series, 5 episodes |
| 1995;2010;2011 | A Current Affair | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1995 | World Vision: Vision For A Better World Appeal | Herself | TV special |
| 1996;2000 | This Is Your Life | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1996 | Shark Bay | Regular lead role: Clarissa Delaney | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1997 | Wheel Of Fortune | Herself - Contestant | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1997-1998 | Pacific Drive | Recurring role: Mara de Villenois / Mara Devlin | TV series |
| 1998 | Mouthing Off | Herself - Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1998 | McFeast Live | Herself | ABC TV series, 1 episode |
| 1998 | Midday With Kerri-Anne | Herself - Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2000 | Beauty And The Beast | Herself | TV series |
| 2000 | Denise | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2000 | All Saints | Guest role: Katrina Ford | TV series 1 episode Season 3, episode 4: "Eye Of The Beholder" |
| 2000 | Pizza | Guest role: Anne Griffin | SBS TV series, 1 episode 9: "Gambling Pizza" |
| 2000 | Water Rats | Guest role: Dolly Munro | TV series, 1 episode Season 5, episode 30: "Remember This" |
| 2000 | This Is Your Life | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2000–2003 | Home and Away | Recurring role: June Reynolds | TV series, 20 episodes |
| 2001 | Ground Zero | Herself & Judy Nunn | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2001 | The Finder | Lead role: Irene Davidson | TV film |
| 2002 | The Best Of Aussie Cop Shows | Herself | TV special |
| 2002 | The Best Of Aussie Drama | Herself | TV special |
| 2003 | Code 11-14 | Recurring role: Mrs. Shaw | TV film US |
| 2005 | Getaway | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2005 | Celebrity Overhaul | Herself | TV series |
| 2005;208;2010;2011 | Today Tonight | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2005 | Ten News | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2005 | Nine News | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2005 | Seven News | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2005 | ABC News | Herself | ABC TV series, 1 episode |
| 2006 | Temptation | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2006 | Sunday | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2007 | Where Are They Now | Herself with 'Sons And Daughters' cast | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2007 | Neighbours | Recurring role: Mary Casey | TV series, 14 episodes |
| 2008 | Today Tonight | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2010;2011 | Today Tonight | Herself | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2010;2011 | A Current Affair | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2011 | Today Tonight | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2011 | A Current Affair | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2012 | Deadly Women | Guest lead role: Judy Moran | TV series[9] |
| 2012 | Micro Nation | Guest role: Tottie Nesbit | Episode: "Meet Pullamawang" |
| 2013 | The 1980s | Herself / Pat the Rat | TV series US/AUSTRALIA, 1 episode |
| 2014;2020 | Studio 10 | Herself - Studio Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2016 | The Morning Show | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2017 | Decades: The 1980s | Herself / Pat the Rat | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2020 | Studio 10 | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2022 | Sunday Night: The Fame Game - What Happens After The Applause Fades | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
STAGE/THEATRE
- Hamlet (1963)
- Calamity Jane (1964)
- King Lear (1965)
- Little Red Riding Hood (1965)
- God Save The Queen (1966)
- Relatively Speaking (1970)
- By Candlelight (1973)
- Old Times (1978)
- Rattle Of A Simple Man (1981)
- Stepping Out (1985)
- A Coupla White Chicks (1986-1987)
- Bedroom Farce (1987)
- How The Other Half Loves? (1989)
- 42nd Street (1989)
- Blithe Spirit (1990)
- Double Act (1991)
- Same Time, Next Year (1992)
- Lend Me A Tenor (1993)
- Deceptions (1993)
- Night Of 1001 Stars (1994)
- Rebecca (1997)
- Follies (2000)
- The Sound Of Music (2001)
- The Vagina Monologues (2001)
- Bench (2002)
- Theatresports (2008)
- Little Shop Of Horrors (2016)
- The Secret Garden (2020)
References
- "Rowena Wallace Career Page". Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- "Classic Australian Television Interview Rowena Wallace". TV Eye No 3. October 1994.
- "Best Character Awards : 68 to 40..." p. 66. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- Casey, Marcus (11 April 2007). "Pat the Rat is back". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- https://m.facebook.com/FOXTEL/photos/a.10150236821355074.476209.14922765073/10152072044190074 [user-generated source]
- Kate McClymont (12 October 2005). "Actor spared jail for benefits fraud". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- Herald Sun, 21 March 2011, Gold Logie winner Rowena Wallace needs a home
- Magdala Rose (2019) - IMDb, retrieved 7 December 2020
- "Foxtel". m.facebook.com. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
External links
- Rowena Wallace at IMDb
- Femail article
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