Ilona Rodgers

Ilona Rodgers (born 28 April 1942) is a British actress and television presenter who has lived and worked in several countries.

In the United Kingdom in 1964 she played the role of Carol in The Sensorites, a six episode adventure of the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who. Other television roles included guest appearances in The Saint and The Avengers.

Rodgers lived in New Zealand from 1973, appearing in Close to Home. She lived in Australia between 1978 and 1985. She appeared in nine episodes of the Australian television drama Prisoner in 1983. Her character, Zara Moonbeam, was a medium who claimed to have clairvoyant powers. In the story she was coerced by Nola McKenzie (Carole Skinner) into impersonating Bea Smith's (Val Lehman) deceased daughter Debbie while suggesting to Bea that it was Debbie's ghost. Nola hoped it would drive Bea to suicide. However Bea figured out she was being tricked and got her revenge.

Other Australian appearances included the drama programs The Sullivans, Sons and Daughters (as Patricia Hamilton's sister, Margaret Dunne) and the miniseries The Anzacs.

After relocating to New Zealand her work included the soap opera Shortland Street and presenting duties on a light entertainment and advertorial program called Good Morning. From 1987 to 1990 she appeared in a television drama series Gloss as magazine doyenne Maxine Redfern. The series was about a fictional publishing empire run by the Redfern family. Another acting credit was on "The Billy T James Show" (1990) as Thelma.

Stage work has included the one-woman play Shirley Valentine,^[1] By Degrees written by Roger Hall and Three Tall Women by Edward Albee.

Filmography

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External links

• Ilona Rodgers at the Internet Movie Database
• Biography http://www.nzonscreen.com/person/ilona-rodgers/biography