Patsy King

She was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australiaand spent her early years in the United Kingdom.[1] King trained as a Shakespearean actress with the 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 Erica Davidson, the former governor of the fictional Wentworth Detention Centre on the cult soap opera Prisoner, (as well as appearing in a spin-off stage play), in 1979 King was an original member of the cast in a role that was originally offered to Googie Withers, who had played the governor in the British prison series Within These Walls she left in 1983, but returned for guest reappearances in 1984, after which she retired from television.[5]

King has appeared in numerous theatre roles including both modern period pieces since the early 1950s, and although retired from the small screen, she appeared in the theatre production Love Letters in 2009. Her theatre stage credits include 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. As of 1990, King was a regular theatre actress and performer, although briefly returned to the theatre in 2009 in the stage play, Love Letters[6]

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