Lyn Collingwood (born 6 September 1936, Sydney), credited also as Lynn Collingwood, is an Australian actress, writer and historian.
Lyn Collingwood | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 September 1936 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1963, 1979–present |
| Known for | Colleen Smart in Home and Away (1988-1989, 1997, 1999-2012, 2013) |
Collingwood was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and started her early career as an English, drama and history teacher and a social worker, and didn't begin a career in the arts, until later in life, in the early 1960s.
Career
editCollingwood worked in the theatre in the early 1960s and appeared in a film short, before appearing in a few TV roles starting from the late 1970s, she became most known however when she was cast in serial Home and Away as gossip comic character Colleen Smart, (later Stewart), and was a recurring original character in 1988 to 1989. In 1997 she returned for a guest appearance, before returning again in 1999, this time as a regular character remaining a permanent member of the cast for the next 14 years until leaving in May 2012, she made a brief guest return to the series on 27 November 2012.[1][2]
Lynn has had guest roles in numerous other TV serials including E Street, G.P. and All Saints.
She has also worked in research and as an editor of The Australian Encyclopaedia, as well as The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Australia and The New Age Encyclopaedia. [1]
She is a historian and writer and member of the Glebe Society.[3]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain | Short film | |
| 1980 | Palm Beach | Mrs. Adams | Feature film |
| 1980 | ...Maybe This Time | Myrtle | Feature film |
| 1982 | A Dangerous Summer | Woman in Van | Feature film |
| 1984 | Annie's Coming Out | Mrs. O'Farrell | Feature film |
| 1986 | Dead End Drive-In | Fay | Feature film |
| 1990 | Call Me Mr. Brown | Woman Caller at Phone Box | Feature film |
| 1994 | Cops and Robbers | Boss | Feature film |
| 1995 | From Sand to Celluloid: Round Up | Matron | Short film |
| 2009 | The Makeover | Gran on Beach | |
| 2013 | Worm | Aunty Beth | Short film |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Patrol Boat | Swain's Wife | Season 1, episode 6 |
| 1980 | People Like Us | Maisie Stanley | TV movie |
| 1981 | Bellamy | Mrs. Marks | Season 1, episode 1 |
| 1982 | Spring & Fall | Sister | Season 2, episode 2 |
| 1983 | Chase Through the Night | Mrs. Y. | TV movie |
| 1985 | Possession | Iris Dawson | Season 1 |
| 1985 | Archer | Shoekeeper | TV movie |
| 1987 | The Harp in the South | Nursing Sister | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1987 | Rafferty's Rules | Janine Graham | Season 3, episode 4 |
| 1987, 1990 | A Country Practice | June Nunn | Season 7, episode 42 |
| Jean Quigley | Season 10, episode 20 | ||
| 1988–1989, 1997, 1999–2012, 2012–2013 |
Home and Away | Colleen Smart | Seasons 1–2 (recurring), Season 10 (guest) Seasons 12–25 (regular), Season 25–26 (guest)[a] |
| 1989 | E Street | Mrs. Wilson | Season 1, episode 1 |
| Mrs. Jenkins | Season 1, episode 50 | ||
| 1990 | The Money or the Gun | Season 2, episode 10 | |
| 1991 | G.P. | Marge Slater | Season 3, episode 6 |
| 1995 | Spellbinder | Nurse | Season 1, episode 15 |
| 1997 | Murder Call | Mother Agnes | Season 1, episode 12: "Wages of Sin" |
| 1999 | All Saints | Laraine Parkes | Season 2, episode 5 |
| 2002 | Home and Away: Secrets and the City | Colleen Smart | Direct-to-video special |
| 2016 | A Shared House | Helen | Season 2, episode 1 |
| 2022 | Remember My Name | Grandma Doris | Season 1, episode 3 |
Theatre
editAs actor
editAs director
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Stop Laughing, This is Serious - 70 Years of Review at the New | Director | New Theatre, Sydney |
| 2002 | One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest | Director | New Theatre, Sydney |
| 2004 | Hating Alison Ashley | Director | New Theatre, Sydney |
| 2004 | A Christmas Carol | Adaptor / Director | New Theatre, Sydney |
| 2005 | Manly Mates | Director | New Theatre, Sydney |
Notes
edit- ^ Collingwood departed the series during the 25th season in 2012, but did return in a guest role towards the end of the season, and remained until the beginning of the 26th season in 2013.
References
edit- ^ Oram, James "Home and Away: Behind the Scenes p.8 publiashed 1989
- ^ Eames, Tom (7 May 2012). "'Home and Away': Colleen to leave soap". Digital Spy. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Lyn Collingwood on Glebe Society's 50th Birthday Festival".
- ^ https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/226163
External links
edit- Lyn Collingwood at IMDb
- Lyn Collingwood biography, Home and Away, Network Seven.
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