Louise Pajo

Louise Elizabeth Pajo (31 July 1940 – 23 November 2020) also credited as Louise R. Pajo, Louise Pago and Therese Pajo. was a New Zealand-born television and film actress, who worked in productions in her native country, but also in Britain and Australia, starting from 1965 until 1999.

Louise Pajo
Born
Louise Elisabeth Pajo

31 July 1940
Died23 November 2020(2020-11-23) (aged 80)
OccupationActress
Years active1965-1999

Biography

Born in Hastings, New Zealand she trained in RADA in the United Kingdom. After graduating in 1966 she went on to appear in many popular British television programmes, including The Avengers and Doctor Who in The Seeds of Death.[1][2]

Her British film roles included Jane Eyre (1970) and Sex and the Other Woman (1972).[3]

She subsequently immigrated to Australia in the late 1970s where she continued her acting career, appearing in films such as Dawn! in 1979, Far East and Norman Loves Rose in 1982.[3]

In 1977, Pajo joined the cast of Cop Shop as Don McKenna's wife, Carol.[4] Other notable roles include the three episode guest role of Helen Masters in Prisoner in 1979.[5] This was followed by the regular role of the snobbish Margery Carson in Carson's Law for its entire two-year run, starting 1983.[6] Other Australian series she has featured include roles in The Flying Doctors, Brides of Christ, A Country Practice and Home and Away. Her last known role was in Big Sky in 1999.[7]

Louise died on 23 November 2020 at the age of 80.[8]

Filmography

Title Year Role
Romeo and Juliet (TV movie)1965Flower Girl/Nun/Page
Love Story (TV series)1967The Girl
The Revenue Men (TV series)1967Carol Harper
Public Eye (TV series)1968Angela
ITV Playhouse1968Laura Parry
Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)1968Kathleen Kingara
The Tyrant King (TV series)1968Girl
The Avengers (TV series)1968.Miss Craven
Doctor Who (TV series)1969Gia Kelly in The Seeds of Death
The Expert (TV series)1969Sally
The Gold Robbers (TV miniseries)1969Jenny Bolt
Strange Report (TV series)1969Maria
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)1969/1970June/Art Gallery Receptionist
UFO (TV series)Nurse/Miss Scott
Jane Eyre (TV movie)1970Mary Lugram
Crime of Passion (TV series)1971Genevieve
Sex and the Other Woman1972Shirley
Barlow at Large (TV series)1973Nurse
General Hospital (TV series)1973Margaret-Ann Neyworth
Spy Trap (TV series)1973Deborah Monckton
On the Game1974Veronica France (credited here as 'Louise Pago)
Moynihan (TV series)1977Amy
The Governor (TV mini-series)1977Christine Baineavis
Cop Shop (TV series)1978Carol McKenna
Run from the Morning (TV series)1978 ?
Dawn!1979Woman Reporter
Prisoner (TV series)1979Helen Masters
Tim1979Secretary (uncredited)
Far East1982Shirley
Norman Loves Rose1982Shirley
Carson's Law (TV series)1983/1984 (184 episodes)Margery Carson
The Riddle of the Stinson (TV movie)1987Smyth's Secretary
The Flying Doctors (TV series)1989Maureen Richmond
Brides of Christ (TV miniseries)1991Jean Markham
E Street (TV series)1992Mrs. O'Brien
Boney (TV series)1992Audrey
A Country Practice (TV series)1993Gwen Bannister (credited here as 'Therese Pajo
Home and Away (TV series)1993Thelma
Spellbinder (TV series)1995TV host
Big Sky (TV series)1999Mrs. Mitchell

References


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