Helen Morse

Helen Morse (born 24 January 1947) is an Australian actress who has appeared in films, on television, and on stage.

Biography

Morse was born in Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, England. She was the oldest of four children; her parents were a doctor and nurse. She attended school at Presbyterian Ladies' College, in Burwood, Victoria, and studied acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney.

Morse won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the 1976 film Caddie. Her notable screen performances also include roles in the film Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and the television miniseries A Town Like Alice (1981). In the 2000s, she occasionally appeared in theatre productions in Australia.

Morse was married to Australian actor/director Sandy Harbutt, with whom she starred in Stone.

Theatre

Morse has worked with many companies including Melbourne Theatre Company, The Ensemble, The Independent, Nimrod, Marian Street, Sydney Theatre Company, Hunter Valley Theatre Company, Queensland Theatre Company, Harvest Theatre Company (South Australia) and the State Theatre Company of South Australia.

Her most recent award-winning roles in theatre include Theodora Goodman in Patrick White's The Aunt's Story and Nancy in Bryony Lavery's Frozen for the Melbourne Theatre Company.

Other theatre credits include

• Terror Australis
• A Taste of Honey
• The Woman in the Window by Alma de Groen
• Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music
• Stephanie Abrahams in Duet for One
• Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire
• Title Role in Hedda Gabler
• Katherine Mansfield in The Rivers of China
• Barbara in Europe by Michael Gow
• Carlotta in The Cherry Orchard
• Ariel in The Tempest
• Lizzie Morden in Our Country's Good
• Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible
• Hannah in Arcadia by Tom Stoppard
• Away by Michael Gow
• Good Works by Nick Enright
• The Twilight Series FED/FEST
• Death and the Maiden with Sydney Theatre Company
• The Funniest Man in the World with Keene/Taylor Theatre Projects
• Kaddish with Keene/Taylor Theatre Projects

Filmography

• Love and War (1967)
• You Can't See Round Corners (1967) (TV series)
• Contrabandits (1967) ... as Angela Carrol
• Homicide (1967–1972) (TV series) (three episodes)
• Riptide (1969) ... as Joanna Decker
• The Legend of Robin Hood (1971) (TV series) (voice)
• Spyforce (1971) (TV series - two episodes) ... as Joan
• The Kenneth Connor Show (1972) ... various roles
• Marco Polo (1972) (TV)
• Crisis (1972) (TV)
• Barrier Reef (1972) (TV) ... as Joan Norris
• Matlock Police (1972) (TV) ... as Susan Williams
• A Touch of Reverence (1974) (TV series)
• Marion (1974) (TV series) ... as Marion Richards
• Division 4 (1969–1974) (TV series) (six episodes)
• Ryan (1973–1974) (TV series - two episodes)
• Stone (1974) ... as Amanda ... (also Costume Designer)
• Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) ... as Mlle de Poitiers
• Luke's Kingdom (1976) (TV series) ... as Kate
• Caddie (1976) ... as Caddie Marsh
• Power Without Glory (1976) (TV series)
• Agatha (1979) ... as Evelyn Crawley
• A Town Like Alice (1981) (TV series) ... as Jean Paget
• Far East (1982) ... as Jo Reeves
• Silent Reach (1983) (TV series) ... as Antonia Russell
• Out of Time (1984) (TV) (voice) ... as Iris/Sammie
• The Adventures of Robin Hood (1985) (TV series) (voice) ... as Maid Marion
• Pozières (2000)
• Lost (2000) ... as Mrs Harris
• The Eye of the Storm (2011) ... as Lotte

External links

• Helen Morse at the Internet Movie Database
• Helen Morse at Allmovie
• Helen Morse at the National Film and Sound Archive