Cathy Godbold
{{Short description|Australian actress (1974–2018)}}
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{{Infobox person
| birth_name = Catherine Malia Godbold
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1974|09|23}}
| birth_place = Australia
| death_date = {{Death date and given age|df=y|2018|5|4|43}}
| death_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| resting_place = Springvale Botanical Cemetery
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1990–2007
| parents = Rosemary Margan (mother)
Norman Godbold (father)https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/classifieds/ad/2896561/{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}
Ross Mitchell (step-father){{cite web|url=https://startsat60.com/entertainment/tv-movies/home-and-away-catherine-godbold-dies-age-43-after-mum-rosemary-margan-death|title=Home and Away star dies aged 43, months after mum Rosemary Margan's death|date=6 May 2018|publisher=|accessdate=7 May 2018|archive-date=28 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628072630/https://startsat60.com/entertainment/tv-movies/home-and-away-catherine-godbold-dies-age-43-after-mum-rosemary-margan-death|url-status=live}}
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Catherine Malia Godbold{{Cite web|url=https://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/remote/check_cookie.html?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.townsvillebulletin.com.au%2fclassifieds%2fad%2f2896971%2f|title=Townsville Bulletin|website=townsvillebulletin}} (23 September 1974 – 4 May 2018){{cite web|url=https://sbc.smct.org.au/deceasedsearch/result/864552|title=Deceased Details - SPRINGVALE BOTANICAL CEMETERY|website=sbc.smct.org.au|access-date=16 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417055338/https://sbc.smct.org.au/deceasedsearch/result/864552|archive-date=17 April 2019|url-status=dead}} was an Australian actress.
Career
Godbold was best known for her role as Deborah Hale Regnery on The Saddle Club and the ill-fated Meg Bowman in Home and Away. She also starred in Chances and Newlyweds in which she starred as Jules Carter. Following the cancellation of Newlyweds, Godbold began doing voice over work in between auditions. In 1997, she was cast as Sondra Pike in Neighbours.{{cite magazine|date=18 April – 1 May 1998|title='I'm back!'|magazine=Inside Soap|issue=99|page=20}}
Personal life
Godbold was the daughter of Australian broadcaster Rosemary Margan, whom she portrayed in the Graham Kennedy biopic The King.{{cite news|last=Dmytryshchak|first=Goya|date=5 May 2018|title=Australian actor Cathy Godbold dies after cancer battle|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/australian-actor-cathy-godbold-dies-after-cancer-battle-20180505-p4zdkt.html|url-status=live|access-date=7 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507222327/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/australian-actor-cathy-godbold-dies-after-cancer-battle-20180505-p4zdkt.html|archive-date=7 May 2018}}
Death
In May 2007, after The Saddle Club was picked up for a third season, Godbold was diagnosed with brain cancer, age 32. She had the tumour removed and began chemotherapy.
A second brain tumour developed in January 2018, which proved to be terminal. Godbold died on 4 May 2018, aged 43, just six months after the death of her mother.{{cite news|date=5 May 2018|title=Actress Cathy Godbold dies age 43|work=Nine News|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/05/05/15/04/cathy-godbold-actress-dies-age-43-brain-tumour|url-status=live|access-date=5 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505135428/https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/05/05/15/04/cathy-godbold-actress-dies-age-43-brain-tumour|archive-date=5 May 2018}}{{Cite web |date=5 May 2018 |title=Soapie star Cathy Godbold dies aged 43 |url=https://thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/2018/05/05/cathy-godbold-actress-dead |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417055918/https://thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/2018/05/05/cathy-godbold-actress-dead/ |archive-date=17 April 2019 |access-date=23 May 2018}} Godbold's funeral was held on 10 May 2018. Godbold and her mother are buried together at Springvale Botanical Cemetery.{{cite web|url=https://sbc.smct.org.au/deceasedsearch/advanced?cemeteries=Springvale+Botanical+Cemetery&LocationChk=on&LocationDescription=M+A+R+Synnot+Lawn,+Row+BG,+Grave+19&locationmatch=Match_all&Submit=Search&HasReadTerms=true#deceased-search-form|title=Advanced Search - SPRINGVALE BOTANICAL CEMETERY|website=sbc.smct.org.au|access-date=21 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722041312/https://sbc.smct.org.au/deceasedsearch/advanced?cemeteries=Springvale+Botanical+Cemetery&LocationChk=on&LocationDescription=M+A+R+Synnot+Lawn,+Row+BG,+Grave+19&locationmatch=Match_all&Submit=Search&HasReadTerms=true#deceased-search-form|archive-date=22 July 2018|url-status=dead}}
Filmography
=Film=
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! Type | |||
| 1992 | Alex: The Spirit of a Champion | Maggie Benton | Feature film |
| 2007 | The King: The Story of Graham Kennedy | Rosemary Margan | TV movie |
=Television=
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! Type | |||
| 1990 | More Winners | Sarah O'Grady | TV series, season 2, episode 1: "His Master's Ghost" |
| 1991 | Chances | Nikki Taylor | TV series, 71 episodes |
| 1992 | Home and Away | Meg Bowman | TV series, 40 episodes |
| 1993–94 | Newlyweds | Jules Carter | TV series, 52 episodes |
| 1994 | Hey Dad..! | Cassie | TV series, season 14, episode 5: "Romancing the Stunned" |
| 1994 | Frontline | Herself | TV series, season 1, episode 13: "This Night of Nights" |
| 1997 | Neighbours | Sondra Pike | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 1994; 2000 | Blue Heelers | Natalie Anderson / Gail Hutton | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Blonde | Assistant #2 | TV miniseries |
| 2001–03 | The Saddle Club | Deborah Hale Regnery | TV series, seasons 1 & 2, 32 episodes |
| 2002 | The Saddle Club: Adventures at Pine Hollow | Deborah Hale Regnery | Video special |
| 2007 | Get This | Herself | TV series, season 1, episode 69 |
Theatre
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! Venue / Co. | |||
| 1998 | Noises Off | Twelfth Night Theatre Brisbane, Newcastle Civic Theatre, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Gladstone Entertainment Centre, Townsville Civic Theatre, Empire Theatre, Toowoomba, Theatre Royal, Hobart, Walkington Theatre, Karratha, Carnarvon Civic Centre, Queens Park Theatre, Geraldton, Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre | |
| 1994–95 | Falling from Grace | Tessa Brompton-Story | Malthouse Theatre, West Gippsland Arts Centre, Monash University, Theatre Royal, Hobart, Capital Theatre, Bendigo, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre, Canberra Theatre, Wharf Theatre with STC with Playbox Theatre Company |
{{cite web | url=https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/249934 | title=AusStage }}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0323734|name=Cathy Godbold}}
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Category:Australian film actresses
Category:Australian television actresses
Category:Deaths from brain cancer in Australia
Category:20th-century Australian actresses
Category:21st-century Australian actresses
Category:Actresses from Melbourne
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