Louise Pajo

Louise Elizabeth Pajo (31 July 1940 – 23 November 2020) was a New Zealand-born television and film actress, who worked in productions in her native country, but also in Britain and Australia, starting from 1965 until 1999.

Born in Hastings, New Zealand she trained in RADA in England. After graduating in 1966 she went on to appear in many popular programs there including The Avengers and is remembered by fans of Doctor Who for her role as Gia Kelly in the 1969 serial The Seeds of Death.[1][2]

Her other British film roles included Jane Eyre (1970) and Sex and the Other Woman (1972).[3]

She subsequently immigrated to Australia in the 1970s where she continued her acting career, appearing in films such as Dawn! in 1979, Far East and Norman Loves Rose in 1982.[3]

In 1977, Pajo joined the cast of Cop Shop as Don McKenna's wife, Carol.[4] Other notable roles include the three episode guest role of Helen Masters in Prisoner in 1979.[5] This was followed by the regular role of the snobbish Margery Carson in Carson's Law for its entire two-year run, starting 1983.[6] Other Australian series she has featured include roles in The Flying Doctors, Brides of Christ, A Country Practice and Home and Away. Her last known role was in Big Sky in 1999.[7]

Louise died in November 2020 at the age of 80.[8]