:Penne Hackforth-Jones
{{Short description|Australian actress (1949–2013)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Penne Hackforth-Jones
| image = Penne Hackforth-Jones.jpg
| occupation = Actress, biographer
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1949|8|5|df=y}}
| birth_name = Penelope Beatrix Hackforth-Jones
| birth_place = Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|5|17|1949|8|5|df=y}}
| death_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
}}
Penne Hackforth-Jones (5 August 1949{{spaced ndash}}17 May 2013){{cite web|title=Penelope Beatrix (Penne) Hackforth-Jones |work=The Age|date=21 May 2013|url=http://tributes.theage.com.au/obituaries/theage-au/obituary.aspx?n=penelope-beatrix-hackforth-jones-penne&pid=164895576|access-date=21 May 2013}} was an American-born Australian actress and biographer.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18470151|title=Social news and gossip|newspaper=Sunday Herald|location=Sydney|date=21 August 1949|access-date=22 May 2011|page=9|publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{IMDb name|0352517}}[http://www.canberratimes.com.au/entertainment/vale-hackforthjones-mainstay-of-film-and-tv-20130519-2juv3.html "Vale Hackforth-Jones, mainstay of film and TV"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503075125/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/entertainment/vale-hackforthjones-mainstay-of-film-and-tv-20130519-2juv3.html |date=3 May 2014 }} Canberra Times
Early life
Penelope Beatrix Hackforth-Jones was born in August 1949 in Greenwich, Connecticut, to Paul and Susan Felicity (née Gullett) Hackforth-Jones{{cite web|title=Susan Felicity (Gullett) Hackforth-Jones|work=The Age|date=16 July 2012|url=http://tributes.theage.com.au/obituaries/theage-au/obituary.aspx?pid=158576904|access-date=20 May 2013}} and was a granddaughter of Sir Henry Gullett and niece of Jo Gullett, both Australian politicians. She lived with her family in England before relocating to Australia in 1964. After completing her secondary education at St Catherine's School, Toorak in 1966{{cite web|title=Profiles of St Catherine's Old Girls|publisher=St Catherine's School|url=http://www.stcatherines.net.au/nil-magnum-nisi-bonum|access-date=20 May 2013}} she attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney until graduating in 1968.{{cite book|author1=Moran, Albert|author2= Keating, Chris|title=The A to Z of Australian Radio and Television|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OYRPAH2FrfcC&pg=PA195|access-date=20 May 2013|date=2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7022-2|page=195}}
Career
In 1969, Hackforth-Jones made her first credited on-screen appearance in the Australian television series Riptide. She later appeared in such Australian television series as Bellbird, Butterfly Island, Homicide, Matlock Police, Division 4, Cop Shop, Tandarra, Cash and Company, Young Ramsay, Punishment, Bellamy, A Country Practice, Mother and Son, Tanamera – Lion of Singapore, Murder Call, All Saints, Chandon Pictures, :30 Seconds and The Doctor Blake Mysteries. She also appeared in Episode 169 of Australian sitcom Hey Dad..!.
Her feature film roles included Dr. Sort in Alvin Purple (1973), the bridal shop manager in Muriel's Wedding (1994), Mrs Pike in Paradise Road (1997), Cynthia Dodds in Mao's Last Dancer (2009), and Mrs Johnson in The Tree (2010). She was featured in a long-running television advertisement series for Kellogg's Sultana Bran in the 1980s/90s.{{cite web|title=Penne Hackforth-Jones was a familiar face on Australian TV (video) (Australian actress Penne Hackforth-Jones dies aged 64)|work=ABC News|date=20 May 2013|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-20/australian-actress-penne-hackforth-jones-dies/4699354|access-date=21 May 2013}}
Writing
Hackforth-Jones was the author of a biography of her great-grandmother, novelist Barbara Baynton, titled Barbara Baynton – Between Two Worlds.[http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/bringing-to-life-dark-tales-from-literary-lady-of-the-bush/2007/11/04/1194117876167.html "Bringing to life dark tales from literary lady of the bush"], The Age, 4 November 2007
Death
Penne Hackforth-Jones died of lung cancer on 17 May 2013, aged 63, in Melbourne.[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/penne-hackforth-jones-dies-at-64/story-fn3dxiwe-1226646423077 Penne Hackforth-Jones dies at 64 (sic), The Australian, 20 May 2013] She never married, and was survived by her three sisters. The Daily Telegraph featured an article on Hackforth-Jones in its history section on 21 May.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 1972
| | TV movie |
| 1973
| Libido | Nun (segment "The Priest") | Feature film |
| 1973
| Liz Sort | Feature film |
| 1973
| | TV movie |
| 1974
| Woman Cricketer | Feature film |
| 1974
| The Wanderer | | Short film |
| 1975
| Sara | Feature film |
| 1977
| A Woman in the House | | TV movie |
| 1977
| Maureen | TV movie |
| 1977
| | Teleplay |
| 1978
| A Woman in the House | | TV movie |
| 1979
| Gillie Griffiths | Feature film |
| 1982
| Dave | Feature film |
| 1982
| Happy Endings (aka Last Breakfast In Paradise) | Angela Jones | Short film |
| 1983
| Hardy Wilson - A Living Memory | Narrator | Film documentary |
| 1984
| Voice | Animated TV movie |
| 1985
| Narrator | Film documentary |
| 1985
| Jane | TV movie |
| 1986
| That's Democracy | Narrator | Film documentary |
| 1988
| Gillian | TV movie |
| 1989
| Carol | Feature film |
| 1990
| Elizabeth Barnes | TV movie |
| 1991
| People First | | Film documentary |
| 1993
| For Whose Sake? | | Film short |
| 1993
| Lieutenant Governor | TV movie (US) |
| 1993
| The Door | Mother | Short film |
| 1993
| Mary Travers | TV movie |
| 1994
| Bridal Manageress #2 | Feature film |
| 1997
| Pollock | Feature film |
| 1997
| Mrs. Pike | Feature film |
| 1998
| Kissing Katie Sandstrom | | Short film |
| 2000
| Mrs. Aston | Feature film |
| 2002
| Annette Diver | TV movie |
| 2003
| Why We Ponder | Mother | Short film |
| 2005
| Barely Visible | | Short film |
| 2006
| Reasons Beyond Me | Jone | Short film |
| 2008
| Jackie Samvini | Feature film |
| 2009
| Cynthia Dodds | Feature film |
| 2010
| The Tree | Mrs Johnson | Feature film |
| 2010
| Purple Flowers | Grandmother | Short film |
| 2013
| We've All Been There | Joan | Short film |
=Television=
| class="wikitable"
! Title ! Year ! Role ! Type |
| 1968
| | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1969
| Riptide | Sally Tennant / Dancer | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1971-74
| Jo / Gwen / Sue Weston | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1971-74
| Kath Murphy / Amy Fielding / Holly Evans / Anne / Sue Mathews / Christine Miller | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 1972-74
| Homicide | Senior Constable Jill Cregan / Sharon Smith / Anne Kelly / Vicky Hill | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 1971
| Man from Property | | TV pilot |
| 1972
| Noelene Sutcliffe | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1972-74
| Bellbird | Ginny Campbell | TV series, 349 episodes |
| 1972
| | TV series, 1 episode: "Next Time Will Be Better" |
| 1973
| TV series, 1 episode |
| 1973
| Ryan | Jana / Helen | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1974
| Jeannie Martin | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1975
| Jessica Johnson | TV series, 13 episodes |
| 1976
| June Parker | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 1976
| Tandarra | Jessica Johnson | TV series, 13 episodes |
| 1977
| Emma Carroll | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1978-81
| Cop Shop | Sgt. Joan Dawson / Ann Connors / Jackie Warren / Jennifer Treloar | TV series, 7 episodes |
| 1979
| Marilyn | TV series, 1 episode: "One Day Miller" |
| 1979
| Skyways | Lady Pamela Griff | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1979
| Lois Norton | TV series |
| 1979
| | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1981
| Bellamy | Inez | TV series, 1 episode: "The Fizz" |
| 1981
| Dellie Kramer | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1981
| Heather Rogers | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1981
| | TV series |
| 1983; 1993
| Pam Foley / Martha Lynch / Cassandra James | TV series, 19 episodes |
| 1985-87
| Mary Travers / Mary | TV series, 30 episodes |
| 1986
| Community Medical Officer Joan | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1987; 1989
| Sinclair / Danielle | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1989; 1994
| G.P. | Adele de Beer / Mrs. Barton | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1989
| Angela Lang | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1989
| Tanamera - Lion of Singapore | Mama Jack | TV miniseries, 7 episodes |
| 1989
| | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1990
| Embassy | | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1991
| Kate Eastwood | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1991
| Mrs. Barrett | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1991
| Mrs. Craig | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1992
| Boney | Eve | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1997
| Ena Booth | TV series, 1 episode: "Ashes to Ashes" |
| 1997
| The Dragon Empress (voice) | Animated TV series, 1 episode |
| 1999-2003
| Dr. Nicola Hartley / Elise Fletcher | TV series, 11 episodes |
| 2003
| Lani Leonard | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2006
| Headland | Judge Hildegarde Rosedale | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2007
| Helen | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 2009
| Pat Evans | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2012
| Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Reverend Mother | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2012
| Sister Jerome | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2013
| Nell Clasby | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2013
| Camilla Parker-Bowles (voice recording) | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
=Television (as self)=
| class="wikitable"
! Title ! Year ! Role ! Type |
| 1973
| Inside Alvin Purple | Herself | TV special |
| 1984
| Herself | TV series, 1 episode: "Natives On Trial" |
| 1992
| English at Work | Herself | TV series |
| 1997
| Herself (with Bruce Beresford & Tessa Humphries) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1997
| Monday to Friday | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
Theatre
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0352517|name=Penne Hackforth-Jones}}
- Penne Hackforth-Jones in film clips at Australian Screen: [http://aso.gov.au/titles/features/alvin-purple/clip3 Alvin Purple] [http://aso.gov.au/titles/short-features/last-breakfast-paradise/clip1 Last Breakfast in Paradise] [http://aso.gov.au/titles/tv/chandon-champion-charles/clip1/ Chandon Pictures]
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Category:Actresses from Greenwich, Connecticut
Category:Writers from Greenwich, Connecticut