Maggie Millar
Biography
Maggie Millar (born 6 January 1941) is an Australian former actress, artist, writer, radio personality and public relations officer and artist. She is known for her television series roles in Bellbird, The Sullivans and Prisoner. Millar came out of retirement when she was offered a part in Neighbours in 2002.
Known For & Full Filmography6 Titles
Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes • as Rev. Rosie Hoyland
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera. The show's storylines concern the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in Erinsborough, a fictional suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The series primarily centres around the residents of Ramsay Street, a short cul-de-sac, and its neighbouring areas, the Lassiters complex, which includes a bar, hotel, cafe, news office and park. Neighbours began with three families created by Watson – the Ramsays, the Robinsons and the Clarkes. Watson said that he wanted to show three families who are friends living in a small street. The Robinsons and the Ramsays had a long history and were involved in an ongoing rivalry.
Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes • as Marie Winter
Prisoner is an Australian soap opera that is set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison.
Drama Series - 1964, 16 episodes • as Ruth Reid
Homicide was an Australian television police drama series The series dealt with the homicide squad of the Victorian Police force and the various crimes and cases the detectives are called upon to investigate. Many episodes were based on real life crime cases.
Movie - 1988, 2h 15m • as Sister
Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia, claimed she witnessed a dingo take her baby daughter, Azaria, from their tent. Azaria's body was never found and, after investigations and two public inquests, she is charged with murder.
Movie - 1987, 2h 15m • as Mrs. Gullett
In the Australian outback, a small boy determines to see that a nasty, curmudgeonly miser gets the Christmas spirit.
Movie - 1977, 2h 15m • as Laura Montague
Jamie Carr is a young man growing up in Bundaberg, Northern Queensland during the closing years of World War I. Jamie, who is in his final year of high school, was brought up by his grandmother. Grandma Carr is known and loved by all in the town, and does her best to help Jamie through the emotional turmoil of adolescence and a society struggling under old traditions and beliefs in a new country.