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Profile of Rowena Wallace
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Rowena Wallace |
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23rd August 1948 |
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Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Rowena Wallace is an Australian actress. She was born on August 23, 1947 in Coventry, England.
Wallace an only child, moved to Australia when she was five with her parents; initially she grew up in Cairns and later moved to Brisbane at the age of 12 years. Here she attended Kedron State High School and was taken by her mother to dancing lessons and also persuaded to join the Twelfth Night Theatre in Bowen Hills.
At age sixteen, Wallace left school and attended a business college (a request insisted upon by her parents when she decided to become an actress) and also joined an advertising agency while still performing in the theatre at night. She then joined television in Brisbane as an entertainer on the variety show called Theatre Royal, and she also hosted the afternoon news and weather and a childrens' show. At the age of nineteen, Wallace was diagnosed with Scoliosis (curvature of the spine) - a condition which persists to this day.
Wallace was working in television in Brisbane when Barry Creyton persuaded the producers of a new series to fly Rowena down to Sydney to audition for the lead role in their show; as a result Wallace won the role of Margie Harris in You Can't See Round Corners and moved to Sydney.
After completing Corners, she went on to star as the juvenile lead in the hit comedy stage production with renowned performers John McCallum and Googie Withers. The show, Relatively Speaking, played to packed audiences in Melbourne.
On February 12, 1970, the film Squeeze A Flower had its world premiere in Sydney. Wallace starred in the movie as the female lead opposite international film veteran, Walter Chiari.
In 1985, Wallace was the first woman to win the Gold Logie since it was opened up to Most Popular Australian Personality. She has also received silver Logies for:
- Most Popular Lead Actress (1983);
- Most Popular Actress (1984);
- Best Actress in a Series (1984) and
- Best Lead Actress in a Series (1985).
In October 2005, Wallace was charged with social security fraud, and sentenced to six months imprisonment, yet she was released immediately. Between July 1999 and November 2003, Wallace was collecting a disability support pension, despite being actively employed by television series such as Water Rats, Beauty and the Beast, and Good Morning Australia.
Film and Television work
- 1995 Echo Point [TV Series]
- 1995 Blackwater Trail
- 1990 Flair
- 1989 Mission: Impossible: The Pawn
- 1989 Cappuccino
- 1986 Backstage
- 1984 The Dark Room
- 1981 Puberty Blues
- 1981 Sons and Daughters
- 1978 Catspaw
- 1977 Cop Shop [TV Series]
- 1973 ... And Millions Will Die
- 1970 Squeeze a Flower
- 1969 Division 4 [TV Series]
- 1969 You Can't See Round Corners
- 1969 Barrier Reef
External Links
- Comprehensive fan website
- Interview with Wallace
- Femail article
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