Australian producer and actress
Susanne Haworth
Other names Susanne Howarth Susan Haworth Sue Haworth Occupation(s) Producer, film and television actress Years active 1964–67; 1976, 1980–99
Susanne Haworth is a retired Australian producer and film and television actress. She was a well-known child star during the 1960s, best known as Susan Wells in the children's adventure series Adventures of the Seaspray , but also had memorable guest appearances on Cop Shop , Prisoner Cell Block H and A Country Practice in her later career.
Haworth also became a successful television producer and was involved in the crime drama television series Phoenix , Secrets and Janus during the early-to mid 1990s and is the co-owner of Kuranya Pictures, a production company based in Bilgola, New South Wales , with Bill Hughes .
Biography
Susanne Haworth made her acting debut in the 1964 television film A Season in Hell . She followed this with minor roles in a second television film, Rape of the Belt (1964), and a leading role in the musical comedy film Funny Things Happen Down Under (1965).[ 1] [ 2] From 1965–67, Haworth was a regular cast member in the children's adventure series Adventures of the Seaspray as Susan Wells.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] Haworth also made appearances on children's television series The Magic Boomerang and the crime drama Homicide during the mid-to late 1960s.
After the Adventures of the Seaspray ended, Haworth took a break from acting. She returned briefly in 1976 with guest appearances on the TV series of Alvin Purple and a one-season comedy series, Who Do You Think You Are? followed by a stint in Cop Shop in 1978. In 1980, she was cast in the cult soap opera Prisoner Cell Block H . She was initially introduced as a neighbour of Meg Jackson (Elspeth Ballantyne ), the frustrated and overworked housewife Gail Summers ,[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] who is later sent to prison for child abuse .[ 10] [ 11] Following this, she made appearances on Holiday Island , Sons and Daughters , Taurus Rising and A Country Practice during the next two years.
In 1985, she was hired to design promos and recaps for the television miniseries A Fortunate Life . After her last acting role, Butterfly Island in 1987, she became interested in film production. In 1990, Haworth was the casting director and production assistant for the television film Jackaroo . She was also an assistant producer on the television series Phoenix , Secrets and Janus between 1992–95 and co-producer with Bill Hughes on the television film Fable in 1997.[ 12]
In 2007, she co-wrote a children's book with Bob Randall entitled Stories from Country: My Pony Hooky and Other Tales . Many of these stories were partly based on traditional Aboriginal folk tales , as told by Bob Randall, from native tribes in The Red Centre and northern Australia.
Filmography
Film
Television
Year
Title
Role
Type
1964
A Season in Hell
Guest role: Isabelle (child)
ABC Teleplay
1964
A Sound of Trumpets
Daphne
Teleplay
1964
Rape of the Belt
Role unknown
TV film
1964;1967
Homicide
Guest role: Pam Reynolds / Prue Ellison (as Susan Haworth)
TV series, 2 episodes
1965
The Magic Boomerang
Recurring Guest role: Penny
TV series, 2 episodes
1966-1967
Adventures of the Seaspray
Regular role: Sue Wells / Susan Wilder
TV series, 33 episodes
1967
Australian Playhouse
Guest role
ABC TV series, 1 episode
1976
Who Do You Think You Are?
Guest role: Marcia
ABC TV series, 1 episode
1976
Alvin Purple
Guest role: Jeanie
ABC TV series, 1 episode
1978-1981
Cop Shop
Guest roles: Crystal Connors / Katrina Stamos / Sandra Carter
TV series, 17 episodes
1980
Prisoner
Recurring role: Gail Summers
TV series, 10 episodes
1981
Holiday Island
Guest role: Jane Daniels
TV series, 1 episode
1981
Homicide Squad aka The Squad
Policewoman Marcie Hayes
TV pilot
1982
Sons and Daughters
Recurring Guest role: Miss Brooks (as Susan Haworth)
TV series, 3 episodes
1982
A Country Practice
Guest roles: Gail / Susan Flett
TV series, 4 episodes
1982
Taurus Rising
Regular role: Jane Lindsay
TV series
1987
Butterfly Island
Regular role: Laura
TV series, 1 episode
1999
M.U.G.E.N
Voice
Video game
References
^ Pike, Andrew and Ross Cooper. Australian Film, 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production . Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1980. (pg. 308) ISBN 0-19-554213-4
^ Paietta, Ann Catherine and Jean L. Kauppila. Animals on Screen and Radio: An Annotated Sourcebook . Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 1994. (pg. 114) ISBN 0-8108-2939-8
^ McNeil, Alex. Total Television: A Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to 1980 . New York: Penguin Books, 1980. (pg. 25–26) ISBN 0-14-004911-8
^ Castleman, Harry and Walter J. Podrazik. Harry and Wally's Favorite TV Shows . New York: Prentice Hall Press, 1989. (pg. 451) ISBN 0-13-933250-2
^ Terrace, Vincent. Encyclopedia of Television Subjects, Themes and Settings . Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2007. (pg. 296) ISBN 0-7864-2498-2
^ "Sailing Vessels: The Seaspray" . Transportation . TVAcres.com. 2000. Retrieved 9 August 2009 . [dead link ]
^ Terrace, Vincent. Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials: 1974–1984 . Vol. II. New York: New York Zoetrope, 1985. (pg. 333) ISBN 0-918432-61-8
^ Museum of Broadcast Communications (2004). "Prisoner." In H. Newcomb (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Television (Vol. I, 2nd ed.). New York and London: CRC Press. (pg. 1827) ISBN 1-57958-411-X
^ Curthoys, Ann; John Docker (2004). "Prisoner, Australian Prison Melodrama" . Australian Programming . Museum of Broadcast Communications . Retrieved 9 August 2009 .
^ "1980" . Prisoner: Eight Years Inside . Aussie Soap Archives. 1996. Retrieved 28 June 2009 .
^ "PCBH Characters, Section 13" . WWWentworth.co.uk. 23 August 2001. Retrieved 9 August 2009 .
^ "Fable" . AFC Searchable Film Database . Screen Australia . 2009. Retrieved 9 August 2009 . [dead link ]
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