Australian actress
Mary Ann Severne (b. Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand-born Australian actress active in Australian made films and television programs from the 1970s.
Career
Severne began her acting career in various theatre productions including playing Paola in a production of There's a Girl in My Soup, and was part of a company at the Wayside Chapel, Sydney.
Late 1960s Australian television appearances included The Mavis Bramston Show, and Contrabandits.[1] Throughout the 1970s Severne made many television appearances, appearing several times in guest roles in the Crawford Productions police dramas Homicide, Division 4 and Matlock Police.
Severne also worked in the UK, starring in film comedy The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972), and making appearances in the TV anthology series Thriller and Moonbase 3 in 1973, and Father Brown in 1974.
Returning to Australia, Severne played a leading regular role in soap opera Number 96 from 1975 until 1977, and played a guest role in sitcom Doctor Down Under in 1979. Roles in the 1980s included an appearance in feature film Run Rebecca, Run! (1981), four episodes of A Country Practice (1982 and 1984), and a role in TV movie Barracuda (1988).
Personal life
Severne has been married to actor Henri Szeps since 1969, after meeting on the set of a play. Together they have two sons, Amos and Josh.[2]
Filmography
Film
Television
Title
|
Year
|
Role
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Type
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Late 1960s
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The Mavis Bramston Show
|
|
TV series
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Contrabandits
|
|
TV series
|
1969–75
|
Homicide
|
Various roles
|
TV series, 6 episodes
|
Division 4
|
Various roles
|
TV series, 10 episodes
|
1971
|
Owen, M.D.
|
Sister
|
TV series, 2 episodes
|
Mogul
|
Fran Davies
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
1972
|
Love Story
|
Alice
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
Crime of Passion
|
Denise Simon
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
|
Nurse White
|
TV series, 1 episode: "Just in Time for Christmas"
|
1973
|
Thriller
|
Young Woman
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
Moonbase 3
|
Sandy
|
TV series, 2 episodes
|
Romany Jones
|
Wendy
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
1974
|
Father Brown
|
Beatrice
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
1974–75
|
Play School
|
Self
|
TV series
|
1975
|
Matlock Police
|
Monica Pearson
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
1975–77
|
Number 96
|
Laura Trent Whittaker
|
TV series, 73 episodes
|
1978
|
Father Dear Father in Australia
|
Lesley Radford
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
1978, 1979
|
Cop Shop
|
Margot Palmer / Senator Susan Pearce
|
TV series, 3 episodes
|
1979
|
Patrol Boat
|
Mrs. Lewis
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
Doctor Down Under
|
Sister Potts
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
1981
|
Menotti
|
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
1982–87
|
A Country Practice
|
Cynthia Wallace / Colleen Whitton / Ros Peterson
|
TV series, 6 episodes
|
Theatre
[3]
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