Judi Farr

Judi Farr (born 1936), also credited as Judy Farr,[1] is an Australian actress of theatre, film and television best known for several situation comedy roles on Australian television. Farr has also appeared in Australian films such as December Boys.

Judi Farr
Born1936 (age 8485)
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
OccupationActress, director[1]
Years active1958-present[1]
TelevisionA Place to Call Home
Grass Roots
Kingswood Country

Career

Farr first became known for her role of Rita in the situation comedy My Name's McGooley, What's Yours? (1967–1968).[2] She continued to play the character in that show's short-lived sequel series Rita and Wally in 1968.[3]

Later she played a similarly high-profile regular role in a successful sitcom, portraying dizzy wife Thelma in Kingswood Country starting in 1980. She left the series in 1982, and in the script Thelma was sent off on a world cruise. She later sent word she would not be returning to her husband and Farr did not return to the series.

Aside from these roles Farr has had a long and busy career acting in dramatic roles in film and theatre, and television. She has had guest roles in drama series, television movies and miniseries. Television roles of the 1970s include guest spots on dramas including the Crawford Productions police shows, and a recurring role in soap opera Number 96 in 1974 and 1975, playing in comedy storylines. Later guest appearances include roles in A Country Practice, All Saints and CrashBurn.

Her first film role was a brief appearance in They're a Weird Mob (1966). Later films include Fatty Finn (1980), The Year My Voice Broke (1987), Flirting (1991) and Oscar and Lucinda (1997). Her film and television roles of the 2000s include Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004) TV movie, The Alice (2004) TV movie, Thunderstruck (2004), Go Big (2004) TV movie, Walking on Water (2002) and Changi (2001) (miniseries). She toured nationally and internationally with Cloudstreet and has worked for all major theatre companies in productions which include Death of a Salesman, Lettice and Lovage (opposite June Salter) and Angels in America. She was awarded the 1992 Theatre Critics Award for Women of Troy as well as the winner of the 2002 AFI Best Supporting Actress for Walking on Water she is soon to be seen in the documentary film Unfolding Florence.

She is also known for portraying the role of aunt Peg in the first season of Please Like Me.

Filmography

Title Year Role
The Taming of the Shrew (TV movie)1962unknown
Split Level (TV movie)1964unknown
They're a Weird Mob1966Telephonist in Hotel (uncredited)
The Interpretaris (TV mini-series)1966Alys-Computer
My Name's McGooley, What's Yours? (TV series)1966-1968
Rita and Wally (TV series?)`1968Rita Stiller
The Link Men (TV series)1970Anna Seberg
Division 4 (TV series)1970-1971Trish Carstairs/Lillian Walker
A Nice Day at the Office (TV series)1972Christine
Matlock Police (TV series)1972Jill
The Evil Touch (TV series)1973Anne Sullivan
Mac and Merle (TV series)1974unknown
The Fourth Wish (TV mini-series)1974
Behind the Legend (TV series)1975Harriet
Number 96 (TV series)1974-1975Alderman April Bullock
Alvin Purple (TV series)1976Slater
Tickled Pink (TV series)1978Rachel Bneson
Father, Dear Father in Australia (TV series)1978Aunty Tom
Dawn! (film)1979New Resident
Just Out of Reach1979Mother
Fatty Finn1980Mrs. Hogan
Kingswood Country (TV series)1980-1982Thelma Bullpitt
Scales of Justice (TV miniseries)1983Mary Miles
Who Killed Hannah Jane? (TV movie)1984Hannah Jane Peden
Winners (TV series)1985Abbatoir Manager's Wife
Mother and Son (TV series)1986Matron
For Love Alone1986Aunt Bea
Double Skulls (TV movie)1986Eilen Bayliss
The Year My Voice Broke1987Sheila Embling
Rafferty's Rules (TV series)1988Rhonda White
Melba (TV miniseries)1988Amy Davidson
Australians (TV series)1988Lottie Lyall
Come in Spinner (TV miniseries)1990Mrs. Gartred
Flirting1991Sheila Embling
Boys from the Bush (TV series)1991Phillis
A Country Practice (TV series)1983/1986/19913 roles Faye Simpson/Norma Hammond/Grace Mullens
G.P. (TV series)1989/1994/19963 roles Joan/Helen Kendall/Kathleen Sutton
Turning April1996Mother
Medivac (TV series)1997Aches Mother
Murder Call (TV series)1997Mrs. Perkins
Oscar and Lucinda (film)1997Mrs. Smith
AllSaints (TV series)1999Kathleen O'Hara
Stingers (TV series)2000Aunty Jan
Water Rats (TV series)2001Liz Cunio
Changi (TV mini-series)2001Older Joyce
Walking on Water2002Margaret
Grass Roots (TV series)2000-2003Janice Corniglio
Crashburn (TV series)2003Marg
Go Big (TV movie)2004Marion Katz
Thunderstruck2004Mrs. Jones
The Alice (TV movie)2004Lee
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (TV miniseries)2004Scarren Doctor
Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America (TV movie)2006Mrs. Koppel
December Boys2007Reverent Mother
The Sound of Shadows (film short)2008Christina
Laid (TV series)2011/2012Nan/Pearl
Jack Irish: Bad Debts (TV movie) 2012Mrs Bishop
Please Like Me' (TV series)Aunty Peg
Twentysomething (TV series)2013Marie
Camp (TV series)2013Dorothy Jessup
A Place to Call Home (TV series)(2013-2015)Peg Maloney



References

  1. AusStage. "Judi Farr".
  2. Moran, Albert. Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, Allen & Unwin, 1993. ISBN 0-642-18462-3 p 306–07
  3. Moran, Albert. Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, Allen & Unwin, 1993. ISBN 0-642-18462-3 p 389


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