Kate Fitzpatrick
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| Kate Fitzpatrick | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kate Fitzpatrick October 1, 1947 Nedlands, Western Australia |
| Occupation | Television Actress |
| Years active | 1967- |
Kate Fitzpatrick (born October 1, 1947 in Nedlands, Western Australia) is an Australian-based television, film and theatre actress.
Theatre roles include The Lady of the Camellias, Hamlet, Celluloid Heroes, The Ride Across Lake Constance, Shadows of Blood, Rooted, Kennedy's Children. With the Old Tote Theatre Company she acted in The Legend of King O'Malley, The Season at Sarsparilla, The Misanthrope, The Threepenny Opera, and Big Toys. She acted in Visions for the Paris Theatre Company, and in The Recruiting Officer for the Melbourne Theatre Company. She played Magenta in the original Australian production of The Rocky Horror Show in 1974.
Fitzpatrick's film roles included appearances in The Removalists, Summer of Secrets, The Night Nurse, The Office Picnic, The Promised Woman, Salute to the Great McCarthy [1]. Her television series appearances include Birds in the Bush, Boney, Something in the Air, Scooter: Secret Agent, Blue Heelers, Marshall Law, Always Greener and All Saints. In 2006, Fitzpatrick briefly joined the cast of soap opera Neighbours in the role of Loris Timmins.
In 1983, Fitzpatrick joined the Nine Network cricket commentating team in an attempt to add a more female approach to the game and attract female audiences. The move was not successful and she didn't return for the following season.
In 1990 Fitzpatrick had a son named Joseph 'Albertini' Fitzpatrick (sometimes named as Joe), with French architect Jose' Albetini.
[edit] References
- Kate Fitzpatrick (2004). Name dropping : an incomplete memoir. Pymble, N.S.W. : HarperCollins. ISBN 0-732-27468-0.
- Kate Fitzpatrick (2005). Air Mail : Three women Letters from five continents. John Wiley & sons Australia LTD.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Atterton, Margot. (Ed.) The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Australian Showbiz, Sunshine Books, 1984. ISBN 0-86777-057-0 p 76
