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2
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Director
Joanne Samuel
Acting
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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 58401
IMDb ID: nm0760394
Known for: Acting
Born: August 5, 1957
Age: 68
Place of birth: Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1976 - 2024
Years active: 49
Average TMDB rating: 5.88
Wikidata: Q543496
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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joanne Samuel (born 1957 in Camperdown, Sydney, Australia) is an actress who remains best known for her role as the screen wife of Mel Gibson in the 1979 film Mad Max. Prior to her appearance in the film, Samuel had made guest appearances in police procedurals Matlock Police and Homicide. She was then a regular cast member in television soap operas Class of '74, The Sullivans and The Young Doctors. She left The Young Doctors very suddenly – the producers kindly wrote her out of the show quickly as she was offered the Mad Max role after a fellow Young Doctors actress who had been due to take the role fell ill. Samuel later returned to television in the regular role of Kelly Morgan-Young in Skyways (TV series). Samuel later guest starred in Hey Dad! as Jeanette Taylor and All Saints, and played the school principal in The Wiggles in their film The Wiggles Movie. Samuel is married to Tony Ahern. They have several children. They live in the Blue Mountains suburb of Blackheath and Samuel has retired from acting. Samuel is active in the local Baptist church. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joanne Samuel, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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6.7
Mad Max
as Jessie Rockatansky
1979 Movie
7.4
Mad Max 2
as Jessie Rockatansky (archive footage) (uncredited)
1981 Movie
4.5
The Legend of The Five
Director
2020 Movie
5.4
My Pet Dinosaur
as Doris Mercher
2017 Movie
6.8
Not Quite Hollywood
as Self
2008 Movie
7.3
The Madness of Max
as Self
2015 Movie
5.6
The Wiggles Movie
as Mrs. Bingle
1997 Movie
3.3
Acute Misfortune
as Magistrate
2018 Movie
4.0
Nightmaster
as Sonia Spane
1988 Movie
6.2
The Red Shoes: Next Step
Director
2023 Movie
5.0
Alison's Birthday
as Alison Findlay
1981 Movie
2.0
Christmas Down Under
as Barbara Parker
2021 Movie
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7.0
What About Sal?
as Alice
2024 Movie
6.6
Mad Max Exposed
as self
2022 Movie
2.0
Christmas Down Under
as Barbara Parker
2021 Movie
Smoke Between Trees
as Therese
2019 Movie
3.3
Acute Misfortune
as Magistrate
2018 Movie
5.4
My Pet Dinosaur
as Doris Mercher
2017 Movie
7.3
The Madness of Max
as Self
2015 Movie
6.8
Not Quite Hollywood
as Self
2008 Movie
5.6
The Wiggles Movie
as Mrs. Bingle
1997 Movie
4.0
Nightmaster
as Sonia Spane
1988 Movie
Gallagher's Travels
as Sally Woodrow
1987 Movie
5.5
Queen of the Road
as Rosy Costello
1984 Movie
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