Maggie Dence
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Maggie Dence is an Australian actress who after high profile television comedy work became better known for several soap opera roles.
From 1966–1968 she had played various characters in the influential Australian satirical sketch comedy program The Mavis Bramston Show
. One of her characters was Mavis Bramston – the joke being that Mavis appeared in only the opening segment of each episode and was not seen again thereafter. She was also a recurring guest actor in the popular 1980s sitcom Kingswood Country
, playing the snob
bish Merle Bulpitt.
Her best known soap opera roles include the sweet Rose Sullivan in The Sullivans
between 1976–1978, as evil psychopath and murdereress Bev "The Beast" Baker in Prisoner Cell Block H in 1984, and as school teacher Dorothy Burke
in Neighbours
in the early 1990s. Dence also had guest roles in A Country Practice
, The Flying Doctors
, All Saints
and Heartbreak High
.
In 2005 she appeared in the award winning Australian film Look Both Ways
. In 2008 she appeared in the BBC/Southern Cross soap Out of the Blue
.
, Australia) is an Australian actress who after high profile television comedy work became better known for several soap opera roles.
From 1966–1968 she had played various characters in the influential Australian satirical sketch comedy program The Mavis Bramston Show
. One of her characters was Mavis Bramston – the joke being that Mavis appeared in only the opening segment of each episode and was not seen again thereafter. She was also a recurring guest actor in the popular 1980s sitcom Kingswood Country
, playing the snob
bish Merle Bulpitt.
Her best known soap opera roles include the sweet Rose Sullivan in The Sullivans
between 1976–1978, as evil psychopath and murdereress Bev "The Beast" Baker in Prisoner Cell Block H in 1984, and as school teacher Dorothy Burke
in Neighbours
in the early 1990s. Dence also had guest roles in A Country Practice
, The Flying Doctors
, All Saints
and Heartbreak High
.
In 2005 she appeared in the award winning Australian film Look Both Ways
. In 2008 she appeared in the BBC/Southern Cross soap Out of the Blue
.
, Australia) is an Australian actress who after high profile television comedy work became better known for several soap opera roles.
From 1966–1968 she had played various characters in the influential Australian satirical sketch comedy program The Mavis Bramston Show
. One of her characters was Mavis Bramston – the joke being that Mavis appeared in only the opening segment of each episode and was not seen again thereafter. She was also a recurring guest actor in the popular 1980s sitcom Kingswood Country
, playing the snob
bish Merle Bulpitt.
Her best known soap opera roles include the sweet Rose Sullivan in The Sullivans
between 1976–1978, as evil psychopath and murdereress Bev "The Beast" Baker in Prisoner Cell Block H in 1984, and as school teacher Dorothy Burke
in Neighbours
in the early 1990s. Dence also had guest roles in A Country Practice
, The Flying Doctors
, All Saints
and Heartbreak High
.
In 2005 she appeared in the award winning Australian film Look Both Ways
. In 2008 she appeared in the BBC/Southern Cross soap Out of the Blue
.
Maggie Dence was named (on 29 September) the 2011 receipient of the Equity Lifetime Achievement Award for her outstanding services to the performing arts - both stage and screen - and her longstanding involvement with the NSW Actors' Benevolent Fund. The award, presented by Foxtel, is from Maggie's peers and members of her union, the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance Equity (Performers) Section, which Maggie joined in 1962.
From 1966–1968 she had played various characters in the influential Australian satirical sketch comedy program The Mavis Bramston Show
The Mavis Bramston Show
The Mavis Bramston Show was a popular and award-winning Australian TV satirical sketch comedy series of the mid-1960s.-Introduction:The tremendous impact that The Mavis Bramston Show had in Australia in the mid-1960s was heightened because of its unique place in the history of the Australian TV...
. One of her characters was Mavis Bramston – the joke being that Mavis appeared in only the opening segment of each episode and was not seen again thereafter. She was also a recurring guest actor in the popular 1980s sitcom Kingswood Country
Kingswood Country
Kingswood Country is an Australian sitcom that screened from 1980 to 1984 on the Seven Network. The series started on 30 January 1980 and was a spin-off from a sketch on comedy program The Naked Vicar Show that had featured Ross Higgins as a blustering bigot...
, playing the snob
Snob
A snob is someone who believes that some people are inherently inferior to him or her for any one of a variety of reasons, including real or supposed intellect, wealth, education, ancestry, taste, beauty, nationality, et cetera. Often, the form of snobbery reflects the snob's personal attributes...
bish Merle Bulpitt.
Her best known soap opera roles include the sweet Rose Sullivan in The Sullivans
The Sullivans
The Sullivans is an Australian drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran from 1976 until 1983. The series told the story of an average middle-classMelbourne family and the effect World War II had on their lives...
between 1976–1978, as evil psychopath and murdereress Bev "The Beast" Baker in Prisoner Cell Block H in 1984, and as school teacher Dorothy Burke
Dorothy Burke
Dorothy Miriam Burke is a fictional character from the Australian Network Ten soap opera Neighbours, played by Maggie Dence. She made her first on-screen appearance on 7 March 1990...
in Neighbours
Neighbours
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
in the early 1990s. Dence also had guest roles in 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,...
, The Flying Doctors
The Flying Doctors
The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia....
, All Saints
All 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...
and Heartbreak High
Heartbreak High
Heartbreak High is an Australian television series that ran for seven years from 1994 to 1999. The series dealt with the students of Hartley High, a tough high school in a multi-racial area of Sydney, and proved to be a more gritty and fast-paced show than many of its contemporaries...
.
In 2005 she appeared in the award winning Australian film Look Both Ways
Look Both Ways
Look Both Ways is a 2005 Australian independent film, written and directed by Sarah Watt, starring an ensemble cast, which was released on 18 August 2005. The film was supported by the Adelaide Film Festival fund and opened the 2005 festival. It won four AFI Awards, including Best Film and Best...
. In 2008 she appeared in the BBC/Southern Cross soap Out of the Blue
Out of the Blue (2008 TV series)
Out of the Blue is an Australian serial drama commissioned by the BBC, produced by Australia's Southern Star Entertainment. It began screening on BBC One on weekday afternoons on 28 April 2008. The programme attracted lower than desired ratings figures, prompting the broadcaster to shift it to its...
.
Television & Film Credits
Maggie Dence (born 1 February 1942 in VictoriaVictoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia) is an Australian actress who after high profile television comedy work became better known for several soap opera roles.
From 1966–1968 she had played various characters in the influential Australian satirical sketch comedy program The Mavis Bramston Show
The Mavis Bramston Show
The Mavis Bramston Show was a popular and award-winning Australian TV satirical sketch comedy series of the mid-1960s.-Introduction:The tremendous impact that The Mavis Bramston Show had in Australia in the mid-1960s was heightened because of its unique place in the history of the Australian TV...
. One of her characters was Mavis Bramston – the joke being that Mavis appeared in only the opening segment of each episode and was not seen again thereafter. She was also a recurring guest actor in the popular 1980s sitcom Kingswood Country
Kingswood Country
Kingswood Country is an Australian sitcom that screened from 1980 to 1984 on the Seven Network. The series started on 30 January 1980 and was a spin-off from a sketch on comedy program The Naked Vicar Show that had featured Ross Higgins as a blustering bigot...
, playing the snob
Snob
A snob is someone who believes that some people are inherently inferior to him or her for any one of a variety of reasons, including real or supposed intellect, wealth, education, ancestry, taste, beauty, nationality, et cetera. Often, the form of snobbery reflects the snob's personal attributes...
bish Merle Bulpitt.
Her best known soap opera roles include the sweet Rose Sullivan in The Sullivans
The Sullivans
The Sullivans is an Australian drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran from 1976 until 1983. The series told the story of an average middle-classMelbourne family and the effect World War II had on their lives...
between 1976–1978, as evil psychopath and murdereress Bev "The Beast" Baker in Prisoner Cell Block H in 1984, and as school teacher Dorothy Burke
Dorothy Burke
Dorothy Miriam Burke is a fictional character from the Australian Network Ten soap opera Neighbours, played by Maggie Dence. She made her first on-screen appearance on 7 March 1990...
in Neighbours
Neighbours
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
in the early 1990s. Dence also had guest roles in 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,...
, The Flying Doctors
The Flying Doctors
The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia....
, All Saints
All 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...
and Heartbreak High
Heartbreak High
Heartbreak High is an Australian television series that ran for seven years from 1994 to 1999. The series dealt with the students of Hartley High, a tough high school in a multi-racial area of Sydney, and proved to be a more gritty and fast-paced show than many of its contemporaries...
.
In 2005 she appeared in the award winning Australian film Look Both Ways
Look Both Ways
Look Both Ways is a 2005 Australian independent film, written and directed by Sarah Watt, starring an ensemble cast, which was released on 18 August 2005. The film was supported by the Adelaide Film Festival fund and opened the 2005 festival. It won four AFI Awards, including Best Film and Best...
. In 2008 she appeared in the BBC/Southern Cross soap Out of the Blue
Out of the Blue (2008 TV series)
Out of the Blue is an Australian serial drama commissioned by the BBC, produced by Australia's Southern Star Entertainment. It began screening on BBC One on weekday afternoons on 28 April 2008. The programme attracted lower than desired ratings figures, prompting the broadcaster to shift it to its...
.
Television & Film Credits
Maggie Dence (born 1 February 1942 in VictoriaVictoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia) is an Australian actress who after high profile television comedy work became better known for several soap opera roles.
From 1966–1968 she had played various characters in the influential Australian satirical sketch comedy program The Mavis Bramston Show
The Mavis Bramston Show
The Mavis Bramston Show was a popular and award-winning Australian TV satirical sketch comedy series of the mid-1960s.-Introduction:The tremendous impact that The Mavis Bramston Show had in Australia in the mid-1960s was heightened because of its unique place in the history of the Australian TV...
. One of her characters was Mavis Bramston – the joke being that Mavis appeared in only the opening segment of each episode and was not seen again thereafter. She was also a recurring guest actor in the popular 1980s sitcom Kingswood Country
Kingswood Country
Kingswood Country is an Australian sitcom that screened from 1980 to 1984 on the Seven Network. The series started on 30 January 1980 and was a spin-off from a sketch on comedy program The Naked Vicar Show that had featured Ross Higgins as a blustering bigot...
, playing the snob
Snob
A snob is someone who believes that some people are inherently inferior to him or her for any one of a variety of reasons, including real or supposed intellect, wealth, education, ancestry, taste, beauty, nationality, et cetera. Often, the form of snobbery reflects the snob's personal attributes...
bish Merle Bulpitt.
Her best known soap opera roles include the sweet Rose Sullivan in The Sullivans
The Sullivans
The Sullivans is an Australian drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran from 1976 until 1983. The series told the story of an average middle-classMelbourne family and the effect World War II had on their lives...
between 1976–1978, as evil psychopath and murdereress Bev "The Beast" Baker in Prisoner Cell Block H in 1984, and as school teacher Dorothy Burke
Dorothy Burke
Dorothy Miriam Burke is a fictional character from the Australian Network Ten soap opera Neighbours, played by Maggie Dence. She made her first on-screen appearance on 7 March 1990...
in Neighbours
Neighbours
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
in the early 1990s. Dence also had guest roles in 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,...
, The Flying Doctors
The Flying Doctors
The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia....
, All Saints
All 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...
and Heartbreak High
Heartbreak High
Heartbreak High is an Australian television series that ran for seven years from 1994 to 1999. The series dealt with the students of Hartley High, a tough high school in a multi-racial area of Sydney, and proved to be a more gritty and fast-paced show than many of its contemporaries...
.
In 2005 she appeared in the award winning Australian film Look Both Ways
Look Both Ways
Look Both Ways is a 2005 Australian independent film, written and directed by Sarah Watt, starring an ensemble cast, which was released on 18 August 2005. The film was supported by the Adelaide Film Festival fund and opened the 2005 festival. It won four AFI Awards, including Best Film and Best...
. In 2008 she appeared in the BBC/Southern Cross soap Out of the Blue
Out of the Blue (2008 TV series)
Out of the Blue is an Australian serial drama commissioned by the BBC, produced by Australia's Southern Star Entertainment. It began screening on BBC One on weekday afternoons on 28 April 2008. The programme attracted lower than desired ratings figures, prompting the broadcaster to shift it to its...
.
Television & Film Credits
| Years | Program | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2008— | Out of the Blue Out of the Blue (2008 TV series) Out of the Blue is an Australian serial drama commissioned by the BBC, produced by Australia's Southern Star Entertainment. It began screening on BBC One on weekday afternoons on 28 April 2008. The programme attracted lower than desired ratings figures, prompting the broadcaster to shift it to its... |
Olive |
| 2008 | Chad Chucker | Daisy |
| 2006 | Small Claims: The Reunion | Roma |
| 2005 | Look Both Ways | Joan |
| 2003 | Peter Pan Peter Pan (2003 film) Peter Pan is a 2003 fantasy film released as a joint venture of Universal Studios, Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios. P. J. Hogan directed a screenplay co-written with Michael Goldenberg which is based on the classic play and novel by J. M. Barrie. Jason Isaacs plays the roles of Captain... |
Lady Quiller Couch |
| 1998—2003, 2007 | All Saints All 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... |
Lyn Brown, June Markham, Maggie Cooper |
| 2003 | Danny Deckchair Danny Deckchair Danny Deckchair is a 2003 Australian comedy film written and directed by Jeff Balsmeyer. The majority of Danny Deckchair was shot in Bellingen, a Mid North Coast town in New South Wales.... |
Meredith Butcher |
| 2002 | Always Greener Always Greener Always Greener was an Australian television drama/comedy series that aired on the Seven Network which followed the fortunes of two families, one from the city and the other from the country, when they decide to switch homes and start a new direction in life for themselves... |
Sister. Stern |
| 2000 | Stingers Stingers Stingers was an Australian police drama television series. It ran for eight seasons on the Nine Network before it was canceled in late 2004 due to declining ratings and the late timeslot Channel Nine gave the program... |
Celia Jones |
| 2000 | Grass Roots | Ellen Leonard |
| 2000 | 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... |
Joy Turner |
| 1998 | Driven Crazy | Granny Rose |
| 1998 | Blue Heelers Blue Heelers Blue Heelers is an Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of police officers stationed at the fictional Mount Thomas police station in a small town in Victoria.- Overview :... |
Liz Schulz |
| 1995 | Corelli | Maureen Barnes |
| 1990—1993 | Neighbours Neighbours Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems... |
Dorothy Burke Dorothy Burke Dorothy Miriam Burke is a fictional character from the Australian Network Ten soap opera Neighbours, played by Maggie Dence. She made her first on-screen appearance on 7 March 1990... |
| 1990 | More Winners: The Big Wish | Lady Mikeevil |
| 1989 | Luigi's Ladies | Shandra |
| 1981—1989 recurring cast member | 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,... |
Jan Hardy, Courtney Fraser, Blanche Mitchell, Victoria Fleming |
| 1988 | Edens Lost | Producer |
| 1988 | Act of Betrayl | Dorothy |
| 1988 | Cherith | |
| 1987 | The Perfectionist | Rosie Peters |
| 1987 | The Flying Doctors The Flying Doctors The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia.... |
Helen Manning |
| 1985 | Possession | Lady Shannon |
| 1979—1984 | Kingswood Country Kingswood Country Kingswood Country is an Australian sitcom that screened from 1980 to 1984 on the Seven Network. The series started on 30 January 1980 and was a spin-off from a sketch on comedy program The Naked Vicar Show that had featured Ross Higgins as a blustering bigot... |
Merle Bulpitt |
| 1984 | Prisoner 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... |
Bev Baker |
| 1983 | The Return of Captain Invicible | Italian Woman |
| 1981 | A Town Like Alice | Mrs. O'Connor |
| 1981 | The Best of Friends | Shop Assistant |
| 1980 | Trial by Marriage | |
| 1979 | Doctor Down-Under | Mrs. Peabody |
| 1976 | The Sullivans The Sullivans The Sullivans is an Australian drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran from 1976 until 1983. The series told the story of an average middle-classMelbourne family and the effect World War II had on their lives... |
Rose Sullivan |
| 1967—1975 recurring cast member | Homicide | Anne, Elaine Flemming |
| 1974 | Silent Number | Janet Kay |
| 1973 | Division 4 Division 4 Division 4 was an Australian television police drama series made by Crawford Productions for the Nine Network between 1969 and 1975 for 300 episodes.... |
Marion Evans |
| 1973 | Boney | Mrs. Coutts |
| 1972 | Nice Day at the Office | |
| 1971 | Wake in Fright | Receptionist |
| 1970 | The Link Men | Edie Whitman |
| 1968—1969 | I've Married a Bachelor | |
| 1966—1968 | The Mavis Bramston Show The Mavis Bramston Show The Mavis Bramston Show was a popular and award-winning Australian TV satirical sketch comedy series of the mid-1960s.-Introduction:The tremendous impact that The Mavis Bramston Show had in Australia in the mid-1960s was heightened because of its unique place in the history of the Australian TV... |
Mavis Bramston |
Maggie Dence was named (on 29 September) the 2011 receipient of the Equity Lifetime Achievement Award for her outstanding services to the performing arts - both stage and screen - and her longstanding involvement with the NSW Actors' Benevolent Fund. The award, presented by Foxtel, is from Maggie's peers and members of her union, the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance Equity (Performers) Section, which Maggie joined in 1962.
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