Lyn Collingwood

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Lyn Collingwood
Born	(1936-09-06) 6 September 1936 Sydney, Australia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1980–present

Lyn Collingwood (born 6 September 1936; Sydney) is an Australian actress. Collingwood was cast as Colleen Smart on Home and Away and was a recurring original character in 1988 to 1989, and returned in 1997 for a guest appearance and then returned in 1999 as a regular character until retiring in May 2012. Lyn made a brief return to the series on 27 November 2012.

Collingwood has worked as a social worker and an English, drama and history teacher. 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.

Filmography

1983: Scarface as Gina Gonaz
1988–1989, 1997, 1999–2012, 2013 Home and Away as Colleen Smart
1999: All Saints as Laraine Parkes
1997: Murder Call as Mother Agnes
1987–1990: A Country Practice as Jean Quigley/June Nunn

References

Lyn Collingwood at the Internet Movie Database
Lyn Collingwood biography, Home and Away, Network Seven.

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Persondata
Name	Collingwood, Lyn
Alternative names
Short description	Australian actor
Date of birth	6 September 1936
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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