Carole Skinner
Carole Skinner (born 8 May 1944) is an Australian actress who worked mainly in the theatre and at times in long-running television soap operas and films, particularly during the 1970s and 1980s.
Carole Skinner | |
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| Born | 8 May 1944 (age 76) Australia |
| Years active | 1971-2015 |
Theatre and television credits
Carole is best known for playing psychopathic characters in some of Australia's biggest soap opera's. In 1983, she was triple murderess top dog Jean Carter/Nola McKenzie in Prisoner. This role lasted 6 months with Carole later admitting it was her choice to leave Prisoner after producers offered to extend her contract to continue playing Nola. The character was killed-off in one of the series most iconic scenes. Her next role was as Doris Hudson in Sons and Daughters, a house-keeper obsessed with her boss; Doris tried to smother toddler Robert Palmer in the series' 1985 cliffhanger episode.
Skinner also has made appearances in Neighbours as Laura Dennison, the step-sister of established character Helen Daniels in 1986 (a framed picture of Skinner as Laura adorned a shelving unit in the Robinson house for several years after her appearance); Home and Away as Annie Mathews during 1999; A Country Practice in two separate roles during 1987 and 1993; The Flying Doctors as Joan Morgan; The Young Doctors as 'fake' Doctor Judith Napier in 1980; E Street as kidnapper Cathy Gordon who was subsequently blown-up by her own bomb after kidnapping young Claire Fielding in 1992; small roles in HeadLand, All Saints, McLeod's Daughters as well as many other Australian soaps and dramas.
She is very well known for her roles in Ruth Park's mini-serials The Harp in the South and Poor Man's Orange. Her performance as Olive in Summer of the Seventeenth Doll for the Melbourne Theatre Company in 1977 was also met with high regard.[1] She made a cameo appearance on Minder when they did the Australian episodes.
Film
Skinner's film appearances include Alvin Purple, Eliza Fraser (1976), My Brilliant Career, Monkey Grip, The Good Wife Heatwave, Napoleon, The Howling III: The Marsupials and Moulin Rouge!.