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Mary Ann Severne

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Mary Ann Severne
Born
Auckland, New Zealand
OccupationActress
SpouseHenri Szeps

Mary Ann Severne (b. Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand-born Australian actress active in Australian made films and television programs from the 1970s.

Career

She began her acting career in various theatre productions including playing Paola in a production of There's a Girl in My Soup, and she was part of a company at the Wayside Chapel, Sydney. Late 1960s Australian television appearances include The Mavis Bramston Show, and Contrabandits.[1]

She made many television appearances throughout the 1970s, appearing several times in guest roles in the Crawford Productions police dramas Homicide, Division 4 and Matlock Police. She also worked in the UK, starring in the comedy feature film shot there The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972), and making appearances in the TV anthology series Thriller in 1973, Moonbase 3 in 1973, and Father Brown in 1974. Returning to Australia she played a leading regular role in soap opera Number 96 from 1975 until 1977, and played a guest role in situation comedy series Doctor Down Under in 1979. Roles in the 1980s include an appearance in feature film Run Rebecca, Run! (1981), four episodes of A Country Practice in 1982 and 1984, and a role in TV movie Barracuda (1988). She is married to actor Henri Szeps.

Filmography

Title Year Role
Three to Go 1971 Margaret
Owen, M.D. (TV series) 1971 Sister
Mogul (TV series) 1971 Fran Davies
Love Story (TV series) 1972 Alice
Crime of Passion (TV series) 1972 Denise Simon
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie 1972 Lesley
ITV Sunday Night Theatre (TV series) 1972 Nurse white
Thriller (TV series?) 1973 Young Woman
Moorbase 3 (TV series) 1973 Sandy
Romany Jones (TV series) 1973 Wendy
Father Brown (TV series) 1974 Beatrice
Matlock Police (TV series) 1975 Monica Pearson
Homicide 1969-1975 Various roles
Division 4 (TV series) 1969-1975
Number 96 (TV series) 1975-1977 Laura Trent Whittaker
Father Dear Father in Australia (TV series) 1978 Lesley Radford
Cop Shop (TV series) 1978/1979 2 roles
Patrol Boat (TV series) 1979 Mrs. Lewis
Doctor Down Under (TV series) 1979 Sister Potts
Menotti (TV series) 1981 ?
Run, Rebecca Run! 1981 Jean Porter
A Country Practice (TV series) 1982-1987 Various
The Rocks (TV movie) 1988 Mum on Ferry

Notes

  1. ^ Atterton, Margot. (Ed.) The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Australian Showbiz, Sunshine Books, 1984. ISBN 0-86777-057-0 p 201