Linden Wilkinson
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Linden Wilkinson is an Australian
film, television and theatre actress and writer. She is perhaps best known for her recurring role in soap opera Home and Away
playing 'The Believers' cult leader Mumma Rose. Her other roles include appearances on Prisoner: Cell Block H
, A Country Practice
, Water Rats
, and Packed to the Rafters
. Wilkinson spends most of her time acting in and writing theatre productions, she has worked extensively in State Theatre Companies in Adelaide
, Melbourne
and Auckland
, some of her theatre credits include A Day in December, Family Favourites, Happy House Show, Nice Girls and Night of the Missing Bridegroom. She bagan writing and script-editing for television series such as Ocean Girl
and Outriders
, and she has also written for two feature films, Moon River
, an adaptation of the novel by Brenda Walker
of the same name, and Pearls, a romantic comedy.
Australian people
Australian people, or simply Australians, are the citizens of Australia. Australia is a multi-ethnic nation, and therefore the term "Australian" is not a racial identifier. Aside from the Indigenous Australian population, nearly all Australians or their ancestors immigrated within the past 230 years...
film, television and theatre actress and writer. She is perhaps best known for her recurring role in soap opera Home and Away
Home and Away
Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...
playing 'The Believers' cult leader Mumma Rose. Her other roles include appearances on Prisoner: Cell Block H
Prisoner (TV series)
Prisoner is an Australian television soap opera which was set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison. The series was produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation and ran on Network Ten for 692 episodes from 27 February 1979 to 11 December 1986.The series was inspired by the 1970s...
, A Country Practice
A Country Practice
A Country Practice is an Australian television drama series. One of the longest-running of its kind, produced by James Davern of JNP Productions, it ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from 18 November 1981 to 22 November 1993. It was produced in ATN-7's production facility at Epping,...
, Water Rats
Water Rats (TV series)
Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001. The series was based around the men and women of the Sydney Water Police who fight crime across Sydney Harbour and surrounding locales. The show was set on and around Goat Island in Sydney...
, and Packed to the Rafters
Packed to the Rafters
Packed to the Rafters is an Australian family-orientated television series which premiered on the Seven Network on Tuesday 26 August 2008 at 8:30 pm. The drama series features a mix of lighthearted comedy woven through the plot. It revolves around the Rafter family facing work pressures and...
. Wilkinson spends most of her time acting in and writing theatre productions, she has worked extensively in State Theatre Companies in Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
and Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, some of her theatre credits include A Day in December, Family Favourites, Happy House Show, Nice Girls and Night of the Missing Bridegroom. She bagan writing and script-editing for television series such as Ocean Girl
Ocean Girl
Ocean Girl is an Australian science fiction TV series aimed for family audiences and starring Marzena Godecki as the lead character...
and Outriders
Outriders
Outriders was an Australian children's television series that first screened on the Nine Network in 2001. It was a 26 part series produced by Southern Star Entertainment.-Synopsis:...
, and she has also written for two feature films, Moon River
Moon River
"Moon River" is a song composed by Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini in 1961, for whom it won that year's Academy Award for Best Original Song. It was originally sung in the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's by Audrey Hepburn, although it has been covered by many other artists...
, an adaptation of the novel by Brenda Walker
Brenda Walker
Brenda Walker is an Australian writer. She studied at the University of New England in Armidale and, after gaining a PhD in English at the Australian National University, she moved to Perth in 1984. She is now Winthrop Professor of English and Cultural Studies at the University of Western Australia...
of the same name, and Pearls, a romantic comedy.
Film
- 1978: Third Person Plural - as Danny
- 1984: My First WifeMy First WifeMy First Wife is a 1984 Australian drama film directed by Paul Cox. The film won several AFI Awards in 1984. The film follows the dissolution of John and Helen's marriage and the aftermath.-Awards:...
- as Ida Flagg - 1986: For Love AloneFor Love AloneFor Love Alone is a 1986 Australian film directed by Stephen Wallace and starring Helen Buday, Hugo Weaving and Sam Neill. The screenplay was written by Wallace, based on the 1945 novel of the same name by Christina Stead. The film marked the screen debut of Naomi Watts...
- as Miss Harviland - 1995: Vacant Possession - as Kate
- 1997: Thank God He Met LizzieThank God He Met LizzieThank God He Met Lizzie is a 1997 Australian romantic comedy film starring Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh. It was the directorial debut of Cherie Nowlan...
- as Poppy - 2000: Looking for AlibrandiLooking for AlibrandiLooking for Alibrandi is a 1999 Australian film written by Melina Marchetta based on the novel of the same name. The film sets in the 1990s Sydney, New South Wales and starring Australian actors, including Pia Miranda as Josephine Alibrandi, the film's main character, Anthony LaPaglia as her...
- as Mrs. Barton - 2000: The Monkey's MaskThe Monkey's MaskThe Monkey's Mask is a 2000 thriller film directed by Samantha Lang. It stars Susie Porter and Kelly McGillis. Porter plays a lesbian private detective who falls in love with a suspect in the disappearance of a young woman...
- as Mrs. Norris
Television
- 1979: Skyways - as Jill Ellis (1 episode)
- 1980: Water Under the Bridge (TV film)
- 1981–1983: PrisonerPrisoner (TV series)Prisoner is an Australian television soap opera which was set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison. The series was produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation and ran on Network Ten for 692 episodes from 27 February 1979 to 11 December 1986.The series was inspired by the 1970s...
- as Nurse (1 episodes, 1981), as Pauline Carter (6 episodes, 1983) - 1985: Winners - as Elsie Riordan (1 episode)
- 1987–1992: A Country PracticeA Country PracticeA Country Practice is an Australian television drama series. One of the longest-running of its kind, produced by James Davern of JNP Productions, it ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from 18 November 1981 to 22 November 1993. It was produced in ATN-7's production facility at Epping,...
- as Meg McKenzie (3 episodes, 1987/1988), as Trish Lennox (2 episodes, 1992) - 1988: Alterations (TV film) - as Martha
- 1989: Dearest Enemy - as Alex Taylor
- 1990: Raider of the South Seas (TV film) - as Elspeth Morrison
- 1990: Come in SpinnerCome In SpinnerCome In Spinner is an Australian novel by Dymphna Cusack and Florence James, originally published in 1951, and set in Sydney, Australia at the end of the second World War.The title refers to a phrase used in the Australian gambling game of two-up....
- as Barbara Carstairs - 1992: The Time Game (TV film)
- 1992: The Leaving of LiverpoolThe Leaving of LiverpoolThe Leaving of Liverpool is a 1992 television mini-series, an Australian–British co-production between the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and British Broadcasting Corporation...
(TV film) - Mrs. Hawkins - 1993: Seven Deadly Sins (mini-series) - as Pride
- 1993: Police RescuePolice RescuePolice Rescue was an Australian television series which originally aired on ABC TV between 1989 and 1996. It was produced by ABC and Southern Star Xanadu in association with the BBC....
- as Mrs. Glasel (1 episode) - 1994: Escape from JupiterEscape from JupiterEscape from Jupiter is an Australian children's science fiction drama which aired from 10 April 1994 to 3 July 1994. Concerning a small group of children on Jupiter's moon Io, the series ran for 13 episodes....
- Beth - 1994: G.P. - as Daphne Bond (1 episode)
- 1994: Mary (documentary) - Older Mary MacKillop
- 1996: Naked: Stories of Men - as Ren (1 episode)
- 1996: FireFire (TV series)Fire is an Australian television series transmitted on the Seven Network between 1995 and 1996. It was shown in the UK & Ireland on Sky One. In 1999 and 2000, the series was shown on Channel 5.The series explored the lives of a platoon of firefighters...
- as Ms. Black (1 episode) - 1996–1999: Water RatsWater Rats (TV series)Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001. The series was based around the men and women of the Sydney Water Police who fight crime across Sydney Harbour and surrounding locales. The show was set on and around Goat Island in Sydney...
- as Moira Randall (2 episodes, 1996), as Elaine Johnson (1 episode, 1999) - 1996–2006: Home and AwayHome and AwayHome and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...
- as Katherine Walker (6 episodes, 1996), as Mumma Rose (9 episodes, 2005/2006) - 1999: Murder CallMurder CallMurder Call was an Australian television series, created by Hal McElroy for the Southern Star Entertainment and seen on the Nine Network between 1997 and 2000. The idea to the series was born by the books of Tessa Vance by Jennifer Rowe: Suspect/Deadline and Something Wicked...
- as Rose van Zeller (1 episode) - 2000: Marriage Acts (TV film) - as Miriam Hawkins
- 2000: All SaintsAll Saints (TV series)All Saints is an Australian medical drama which first screened on the Seven Network. The series debuted on 24 February 1998 and concluded its run on 27 October 2009...
- as Helen Upton (1 episode) - 2009–2010: Packed to the RaftersPacked to the RaftersPacked to the Rafters is an Australian family-orientated television series which premiered on the Seven Network on Tuesday 26 August 2008 at 8:30 pm. The drama series features a mix of lighthearted comedy woven through the plot. It revolves around the Rafter family facing work pressures and...
- as Linda Brannon (2 episodes)