Joanne Samuel

Joanne Samuel (born 5 August 1957) is an Australian film and television actress, who is best known for her role as the screen wife of Mel Gibson's title character in the 1979 film Mad Max.[1]

Joanne Samuel
Born (1957-08-05) 5 August 1957
Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationFilm and television actress
Years active1979-present

Early life

Samuel was born in Camperdown, Sydney, Australia. She studied dance with Honeybrooks and drama at the Independent Theatre.

Career

Prior to her appearance in Mad Max, Samuel had made guest appearances in police procedurals Matlock Police and Homicide. She was then a regular cast member in television soap operas Class of '74, The Sullivans and The Young Doctors. She left The Young Doctors after the producers wrote her out of the show when she was offered the Mad Max role after a fellow Young Doctors actress who had been due to take the role fell ill.[2] Samuel later returned to television in the regular role of Kelly Morgan-Young in Skyways.

Samuel's other film appearances included roles in Alison's Birthday (1981), Early Frost (1982), Queen of the Road (1984), The Long Way Home (1985), Nightmaster (1987, opposite Nicole Kidman), Gallagher's Travels (1987), and Spook (1988). She later guest starred in Hey Dad..! as Jeanette Taylor and All Saints, and played Ms. Bingle in The Wiggles Movie (1997).

Samuel is the vice chairman of BOOMPAA, Blue Mountains Performing Arts Association. She appeared as Doris Mercher in the 2017 family film My Pet Dinosaur, directed by Matt Drummond.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1979 Mad Max Jessie
1981 Alison's Birthday Alison Findlay
1982 Early Frost Chris
1983 The City's Edge Prostitute 1
1987 Gallagher's Travels Sally
1988 Spook Carole Bradly
1993 You and Me and Uncle Bob Rosie
1997 The Wiggles Movie Mrs. Bingle
2017 My Pet Dinosaur Doris Mercher
2018 Acute Misfortune Magistrate
2019 Smoke Between Trees Therese
2021 Christmas Down Under Barbara Parker

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1973, 1974 Matlock Police Jenny / Cathy Phillips 2 episodes
1974 The Box Mr. Baker's daughter Episode #1.6
1974 Class of '74 Sue Taylor 2 episodes
1974 Homicide Lynn Fisher Episode: "I Keep Going Back to Be Certain"
1975 Shannon's Mob Felicity Maitland Episode: "Trip to Nowhere"
1975–1976 Certain Women Caroline Stone 29 episodes
1976–1979 The Young Doctors Jill Gordon 255 episodes
1978 Case for the Defence Amy Episode: "Second Time Around"
1979 Cop Shop Maureen Hamilton /

Kenneth Willis

 2 episodes
1979–1980 Skyways Kelly Morgan 136 episodes
1981 Ratbags Various 12 episodes
1984 Queen of the Road Rosy Costello Television film
1985 The Long Way Home Julie
1987–1988 Five Times Dizzy Chris Brooking 12 episodes
1988 Nightmaster Sonia Spane Television film
1988–1990 Hey Dad..! Jeanette Taylor 7 episodes
1997 Fallen Angels Helen Bader Episode: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
2001 All Saints Ingrid Clements Episode: "Skeletons in the Closet"
2014 Rake Nurse Episode #3.7
2015 Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door Bev Moulson 2 episodes
2016 Brock Louise Kraft
2018 Stinson Creek Legal Aid Episode: "The Witness"

References
  1. freddyinspace (27 February 2015). "Full Details on Scream Factory's Ass-Kicking Mad Max Collector's Edition Blu-ray". Dread Central. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  2. Rayner, Jonathan; Rayner, Jonathan R. (2000). Contemporary Australian Cinema: An Introduction. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-5327-6.
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