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Patsy King (born 1928, Melbourne, Australia)^[1]^[2] is a retired Australian character actress of theatre and television and commercial voice over. King trained as a Shakespearean actress with the Melbourne National Theatre, she spent her early years in the United Kingdom. After appearing in a few made for TV movies in the 1960s she subsequently started in television during the 1970s, and appeared in many Australian television series, including: Power Without Glory; Homicide; Division 4; Hunter; Bellbird; The Sullivans; Chopper Squad; Bluey; Out of Love; Good Morning, Mr. Doubleday; The Long Arm. She was also a hostess of children's television programs Play School and Adventure Island. She found her largest audience as well-coiffured prison governor Erica Davidson, an original cast member of the cult soap opera Prisoner, (as well as appearing in a spin-of stage play) from 1979 to 1983, with guest reappearances in 1984, after which she retired from television.^[3] Patsy King has appeared in numerous theatre roles including both modern period pieces since the early 1960s, and although retired from the small screen, she appeared in the theatre production Love Letters in 2009

Theatre

Her theatre stage credits are diverse, from the 1960s onwards, including the Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Blithe Spirit, Absurd Person Singular, A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur, Half a Sixpence, Love for Love. She earned the Erik Award for her portrayal of Agnes in Fourposter, and has also received the Melbourne critics' award. King is still a regular theatre actress and performer, and in 2009 toured in the stage play, Love Letters^[4]

Selected Plays

Awards

Award	Role
Erik Award	Fourposter as Agnes (Theatre role)^{[citation needed]}
Melbourne Critics Award	^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1961	The Rivals	Unknown
1962	Suspect	Janet
1964	Wind from the Icy Country	Ella
1965	A Time to Speak
1965	Photo Finish
1967	Bellbird	Kate Andrews
1967	Adventure Island	Miss Behaviour
1968	Hunter	Jean Gallagher
1969	Good Morning, Mr Doubleday	Bridget O'Connor
1969	Dynasty	Kathy Mason
1970	The Long Arm	Naomi
1972	The Journey
1974	This Love Affair
1971–1974	Matlock Police	3 roles Jan Ross -Joan -Lilly
1974	The Box	Gloria
1974	Out of Love (It Will Never Work part 2)
1965–1975	Homicide	14 Roles - Joy Nelson - Betty Nyborg - Carol Long - Joan Preston - Mary Hamilton - Sybil Cochrane - Pat Palmer - Janet Smith - Policewomen Burke - Kate Loder - Shirley Wallace - Trin Turner - Helen Taylor - Sarah Adams
1970–1975	Division 4	5 roles - Valerie Fisher - Marion Dalton - Carol Foster - Susan Hill - Mrs. Carr
1976	The Sullivans	Beryl Fletcher
1976	Power Without Glory	Vera McGuire
1977	Bluey	Tina Golding
1977	Hotel Story
1978	Cop Shop	2 roles - Sarah Fitzsimmons - Julie Gibbons
1978	Chopper Squad	Iris Deacon
1979–1984	Prisoner	Erica Davidson
1981	Prisoner in Concert	Erica Davidson

References

^ Lane, Richard (1991). Prisoner Cell Block H. London: Thames Mandarin. ISBN 0-7493-0929-6.
^ Murray Sinclair. "Prisoner Cell Block H". Pinnacle Books.
^ "Patsy King at the IMDB". Retrieved 25 April 2009.
^ David Knox. "Governor's play for love".

External links

Patsy King at IMDb

[1] Lane, Richard (1991). Prisoner Cell Block H. London: Thames Mandarin. ISBN 0-7493-0929-6.

[wbb-2] Murray Sinclair. "Prisoner Cell Block H". Pinnacle Books.

[3] "Patsy King at the IMDB". Retrieved 25 April 2009.

[tvtonight-4] David Knox. "Governor's play for love".

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-'''Patsy King''' (born 1928, [[Melbourne, Australia]])<ref>{{citebook |last=Lane |first=Richard |title=Prisoner Cell Block H |year=1991 |publisher=Thames Mandarin |location=London |isbn=0-7493-0929-6}}</ref><ref name="wbb">{{cite web|url=https://www.bookfinder.com|title=Prisoner Cell Block H|author= Murray Sinclair|publisher=Pinnacle Books}}</ref> is a retired Australian character actress of theatre and television and commercial voice over. King trained as a Shakespearean actress with the [[National Theatre, Melbourne|Melbourne National Theatre]], she spent her early years in the United Kingdom. After appearing in a few made for TV movies in the 1960s she subsequently started in television during the 1970s, and appeared in many [[Australian television]] series, including: ''[[Power Without Glory]]''; ''[[Homicide (Australian TV series)|Homicide]]''; ''[[Division 4]]''; ''[[Hunter (Australian Crawfords TV series)|Hunter]]''; ''[[Bellbird (soap opera)|Bellbird]]''; ''[[The Sullivans]]''; ''[[Chopper Squad]]''; ''[[Bluey (TV series)|Bluey]]''; ''[[Out of Love]]''; Good Morning, Mr. Doubleday; ''[[The Long Arm (TV series)|The Long Arm]]''. She was also a hostess of children's television programs ''[[Play School (Australian TV series)|Play School]]'' and ''[[Adventure Island (TV series)|Adventure Island]]''. She found her largest audience as Erica Davidson, an original cast member of the cult soap opera ''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]'', (as well as appearing in a spin-of stage play) from 1979 to 1983, with guest reappearances in 1984, after which she retired from television.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455124/ |title=Patsy King at the IMDB |accessdate=2009-04-25}}</ref> Patsy King has appeared in numerous theatre roles including both modern [[Historical period drama|period pieces]] since the early 1960s, and although retired from the small screen, she appeared in the theatre production Love Letters in 2009
+'''Patsy King''' (born 1928, [[Melbourne, Australia]])<ref>{{citebook |last=Lane |first=Richard |title=Prisoner Cell Block H |year=1991 |publisher=Thames Mandarin |location=London |isbn=0-7493-0929-6}}</ref><ref name="wbb">{{cite web|url=https://www.bookfinder.com|title=Prisoner Cell Block H|author= Murray Sinclair|publisher=Pinnacle Books}}</ref> is a retired Australian character actress of theatre and television and commercial voice over. King trained as a Shakespearean actress with the [[National Theatre, Melbourne|Melbourne National Theatre]], she spent her early years in the United Kingdom. After appearing in a few made for TV movies in the 1960s she subsequently started in television during the 1970s, and appeared in many [[Australian television]] series, including: ''[[Power Without Glory]]''; ''[[Homicide (Australian TV series)|Homicide]]''; ''[[Division 4]]''; ''[[Hunter (Australian Crawfords TV series)|Hunter]]''; ''[[Bellbird (soap opera)|Bellbird]]''; ''[[The Sullivans]]''; ''[[Chopper Squad]]''; ''[[Bluey (TV series)|Bluey]]''; ''[[Out of Love]]''; Good Morning, Mr. Doubleday; ''[[The Long Arm (TV series)|The Long Arm]]''. She was also a hostess of children's television programs ''[[Play School (Australian TV series)|Play School]]'' and ''[[Adventure Island (TV series)|Adventure Island]]''. She found her largest audience as well-coiffured prison governor Erica Davidson, an original cast member of the cult soap opera ''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]'', (as well as appearing in a spin-of stage play) from 1979 to 1983, with guest reappearances in 1984, after which she retired from television.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455124/ |title=Patsy King at the IMDB |accessdate=2009-04-25}}</ref> Patsy King has appeared in numerous theatre roles including both modern [[Historical period drama|period pieces]] since the early 1960s, and although retired from the small screen, she appeared in the theatre production Love Letters in 2009
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