Jane Clifton
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Jane Clifton | |
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| Born | 10 April 1949 |
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| Years active | 1970–present |
| Known for | Margo Gaffney (Prisoner) Singer with Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons |
| Website | www |
Jane Clifton (born 10 April 1949)[1] is a Gibraltar-born Australian actress, singer, writer and voice artist.
She is best known for her role in TV serial Prisoner as tough prison bookie Margo Gaffney.
As a singer, she had a stint with Jo Jo Zep and has recorded an album featuring Jenny Morris and Wendy Matthews, Mark Williams and Marc Hunter[1]
Biography
Family and citizenship
Clifton was born in Gibraltar to British Army parents. In 1961 she emigrated to Perth, Australia, before later settling in Melbourne. She became a naturalised citizen of Australia in 1992.[1]
Radio and voice-over career
Clifton started out her career on Melbourne community radio stations 3CR and 3RMT-FM in the 1970s. She then worked for commercial stations 3AK, Radio National and 774 ABC. Clifton has also done voice-over work for commercials and audio books.[2]
Film, television and stage
Clifton has acted extensively in film and the stage and in various television programs. Beginning in cult favorites Stork (1971) and Pure S (1975), her films include The Clinic and A Slice of Life. Her stage roles include The Pack of Women and Mum's the Word. She has also made a number of television appearances, starting in the mid 70s with the Crawford's series Division 4, Homicide and Bluey, Against the Wind, Skyways, Holiday Island, Sweet and Sour, Carson's Law and Shock Jock, but her best-known acting role is probably that of tough prison bookie Margo Gaffney in Prisoner. Clifton played the role for 107 episodes from 1980 until 1984 on an intermittent basis as the script allowed, having previously appeared in the minor role of Yvonne, from episode 9, and even appeared in the Prisoner in Concert special.
Clifton also performed with Betty Bobbitt and Colette Mann as part of a three-woman troupe, The Mini Busettes, in the 1980s in RSLs across Australia.[3]
In September 2010, it was announced that Clifton would be joining the cast of Neighbours as Judge Willow.[4] Her scenes aired in November of that year.[4]
In 2015 she appeared in the television series The Doctor Blake Mysteries as Sister Josephine.
Music
Clifton is also a singer. In the late 1970s she was a member of new wave band Stiletto which had a number of releases on the Oz label.[5]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details |
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| The Marriage of Style |
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Soundtracks
| Title | Album details |
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| Dancing Daze (by Jenny Morris, Wendy Matthews, Mark Williams, Marc Hunter & Jane Clifton) |
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Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [6] | |||
| 1982 | "Taxi Mary" (Jo Jo Zep featuring Jane Clifton (who is uncredited on the song)) |
11 | Cha |
| 1984 | "Turn to Dust" | - | non album single |
| "Girl On the Wall" | 13 | ||
| "My Machines" | - |
Awards and nominations
Countdown Australian Music Awards
Countdown was an Australian pop music TV series on national broadcaster ABC-TV from 1974 to 1987, it presented music awards from 1979 to 1987, initially in conjunction with magazine TV Week. The TV Week / Countdown Awards were a combination of popular-voted and peer-voted awards.[7][8]
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | herself - "Girl on a Wall" | Best Female Performance in a Video | Nominated |
Author
Clifton is the author of the novels Half Past Dead and A Hand in the Bush.[9]
Filmography
FILM
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Stork | Student (uncredited) | Feature film |
| 1975 | Pure S aka 'Pure Shit' | Party Girl | Feature film |
| 1982 | A Slice of Life | Fay | Feature film |
| 1982 | The Clinic | Sharon | Feature film |
| 1984 | Anna Who? | Herself | Film short |
| 1988 | As Time Goes By | Mechanic | Feature film |
| 1990 | A Kink in the Picasso | Bella | Feature film |
| 1992 | Garbo | Mayor | Feature film |
| 2010 | Matching Jack | Fin's Doctor | Feature film |
| 2014 | Helen Garner's Monkey Grip | Herself | Film short |
| 2017 | Beast | Bea | Film short |
| 2017 | Lost Gully Road | Mother | Feature film |
TELEVISION
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971;1973 | Division 4 | Guest roles: Anne Mason / Hippy Girl | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1973 | Ryan | Guest role: Jenny | TV series, 1 episode 'A Little Something Special' |
| 1975-1976 | Homicide | Guest roles: Cheryl / Jenny Walker / Janice Thelgood | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1977 | Bluey | Guest role: Seaboots | TV series, 1 episode 'Father And Son' |
| 1978 | Rockturnal | Herself - Band 'Stiletto' | ABC TV series, 1 episode |
| 1978;1982;1984 | Countdown | Herself - Band 'Stiletto' sing 'Goodbye Johnny' | ABC TV series, 1 episode |
| 1978 | Against The Wind | Recurring role: Convict Woman | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1979;1980-1984 | Prisoner | Guest role: Yvonne | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1979 | Skyways | Guest role: Shelley | TV series, 1 episode 'The Flying Sleuths' |
| 1980 | Working Up | Herself | Film documentary |
| 1980-1984 | Prisoner | Regular role: Margo Gaffney | TV series, 104 episodes |
| 1981 | Holiday Island | Guest role: Fran | TV series, 1 episode 'A Mother's Revenge' |
| 1981 | Prisoner In Concert | Herself | TV special |
| 1982 | Countdown | Herself & Jo Jo Zep sing 'Taxi Mary' | ABC TV series, 1 episode |
| 1983 | For Love Or Money | Herself | Film documentary |
| 1983 | Home | Guest role: Kearns | ABC TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1984 | Countdown | Herself - Co-host | ABC TV series, 1 episode |
| 1984 | Carson's Law | Guest role: Mrs. Watkins | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1984 | Special Squad | Guest role | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1985 | A Single Life | Support role: Lee | ABC TV movie |
| 1986 | Dancing Daze | Lead role: Lee Harper | ABC TV miniseries, |
| 1986 | Five Times Dizzy | Regular role: Mrs. Wilson | SBS TV series, 12 episodes |
| 1986 | The Pack Of Women | Herself | ABC TV special |
| 1988-1989 | The Bert Newton Show | Herself - Regular Guest Singer | TV series |
| 1989 | The Power, The Passion | Regular role: Carla Grant | TV series |
| 1990 | The Flying Doctors | Guest role: Greta | TV series, 1 episode 'The Last Carnival' |
| 1991 | Col'n Carpenter | Guest role: Emily Sutcliffe | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1992 | World Series Debating | Herself | ABC TV series, 1 episode |
| 1993-2005 | Good Morning Australia | Herself - Regular singer | TV series |
| 1995 | Janus | Guest role: Phillipa Strong | TV series, 1 episode 'A Lawful Apprehension' |
| 1998 | In Melbourne Tonight | Herself - Guest / Singer | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1999;2000 | Denise | Herself - Guest | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Round The Twist | Guest role: Producer | ABC TV series, 1 episode 'TV or Not TV' |
| 2001 | Shock Jock | Guest role: Joy Gold | ABC TV series, 1 episode 'Cops And Dobbers' |
| 2011 | A Current Affair | Herself with Patsy King, Carol Burns, Elspeth Ballantyne & Val Lehman | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2010;2019 | Neighbours | Guest recurring role: Judge Nerida Willow | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 2011 | Spicks and Specks | Herself | ABC TV series, 1 episode |
| 2014 | Winners & Losers | Guest role: Lynette Vanderthorpe | TV series, 1 episode 'The New Me' |
| 2015 | The Doctor Blake Mysteries | Guest role: Sister Josephine | ABC TV series, 1 episode 'This Time And This Place' |
| 2016 | Bringing Our Stories Home | Guest role: Miss Mulholland | TV series, 1 episode 'Doing Our Bit' |
| 2017 | Classic Countdown | Herself - Narrator | ABC TV series, 1 episode '1978' |
| 2019 | Neighbours | Guest role: Meg Fletcher | TV series, 1 episode |
References
- ^ a b c "Bio". Jane Clifton. Archived from the original on 8 June 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ "Radio". Jane Clifton. Archived from the original on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ "Actress". Jane Clifton. Archived from the original on 8 June 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Pranita moves into Neighbourhood". Herald Sun. The Herald and Weekly Times. 7 September 2010. p. 21.
- ^ Down, Jennifer (7 February 2015). "The Carlton few". The Saturday Paper. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 66. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Countdown to the Awards" (Portable document format (PDF)). Countdown Magazine. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). March 1987. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
- ^ "Final episode of Countdown". 1970scountdown. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ Writers on the Road Archived 25 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine – State Library of Victoria
External links
- Use dmy dates from June 2013
- 1949 births
- Australian film actresses
- Australian soap opera actresses
- Australian women novelists
- Living people
- Gibraltarian emigrants to Australia
- Singers from Melbourne
- Naturalised citizens of Australia
- 20th-century Australian actresses
- 20th-century Australian women singers
- 21st-century Australian actresses
- 21st-century Australian novelists
- 21st-century Australian women singers
- 21st-century Australian women writers
- Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons members