Belinda Giblin
| Belinda Giblin | |
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| Born |
Sue Belinda Giblin 2 March 1950 Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia |
Sue Belinda Giblin (born 2 March 1950) in Tamworth, New South Wales is an Australian actress, prominent in soap operas.
Career
She was offered a scholarship to the Australian Ballet School when she was 17, but chose to study arts at the University of Sydney. Then she studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, before leaving after a year to practise her craft.[1]
She played Kay Webster in the risqué, satirical 1970s soap opera The Box, and the scheming Alison Carr in the 1980s melodrama Sons and Daughters. The Alison Carr character was revealed to be the post-plastic surgery incarnation of the show's original and much vaunted villain, 'Pat The Rat' – Patricia Hamilton,[2] originally played by Rowena Wallace. Giblin was cast in the role because of her resemblance to Wallace.[3]
Other television roles include appearances in The Sullivans, Alvin Purple (1976), Bluey (1976), Heartbreak High, Skyways, Home and Away and Good Guys, Bad Guys.
She in 2013, also guest starred in The Horizon, a gay shortform web-series on YouTube, as Wilma (the drag queen's) mother.[4]
In 2016, she performed at the Sydney Opera House, 'Blonde Poison', a one-woman show about a Jewish woman who became a Nazi collaborator during World War II.[2]
Private life
Giblin is married to Axel Bartz (a set designer) and has two children, Romy and Nicholas and lives in Leichhardt.[2]
Selected filmography
- Petersen (1974)
- The Box (1974 - 1977)
- End Play (1975)
- Alvin Purple (1976)
- Say You Want Me (1977)
- Ripkin (1978)
- Sons and Daughters (1985 - 1987)
- The Horizon web series (2013 - present)
References
- ↑ Jo Litson, "The Face: Belinda Giblin", Weekend Australian, 27-28 April 2002, Review, R3
- 1 2 3 Veerhuis, Jennifer (25 April 2016). "For former Tamworth girl, Belinda Giblin, space was important so it was love at first sight when she found her dream property in Leichhardt". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ↑ Albert Moran and Chris Keating The A to Z of Australian Radio and Television, p. 347, at Google Books
- ↑ Bond, Nick (8 November 2013). "Slice of Sydney gains worldwide following". www.starobserver.com.au. Retrieved 15 December 2013.