Colleen Anne Fitzpatrick
{{Short description|Australian model, actress and filmmaker (1938–2017)}}
{{About|the Australian actress|the American pop singer born Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick|Vitamin C (singer)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Colleen Anne Fitzpatrick
| image =
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1938|1|5}}
| birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2017|8|12|1938|1|5}}
| spouse = Max Cullen (1973–1987)
| occupation = Model, actress, filmmaker
| children = Katharine Cullen
}}
Colleen Anne Fitzpatrick (5 January 1938 – 12 August 2017) was an Australian model, actress and filmmaker.{{Citation needed |date=April 2021}}
Early life
Fitzpatrick was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and was of Irish descent. Fitzpatrick trained as an actor with American Hayes Gordon at The Ensemble Studios of Sydney's Ensemble Theatre. Later in life, she completed a Bachelor of Arts (Communications) majoring in film at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS).
Career
=Modelling=
A prominent international catwalk, television and photographic model from 1959 to 1972, Fitzpatrick appeared in over 200 commercials, on countless magazine covers, and was contracted for various campaigns including Ford cars, becoming famous for her comedic flair working with the likes of John Cleese.
=Theatre=
She was a company member of The Sydney Theatre Company, formerly The Old Tote Theatre Company from 1972 to 1974 appearing in productions of King Lear,{{cite web | url=https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/59439 | title=University News, the University of Newcastle, No. 66, 12 July 1973 }} Threepenny Opera, Playboy of the Western World, Richard II, Macbeth and David Williamson's What If You Died Tomorrow? opening at the Sydney Opera House in 1973. Other theatre work included Pride and Prejudice, The House of Bernarda Alba, In the Boom Boom Room, Crimes of the Heart for the Ensemble Rep, When in Rome for the Ensemble Theatre, and 'night, Mother and A Day in the Death of Joe Egg for Belvoir St Theatre.
=Film and television=
Film and television work includes lead roles in The Pleasure Girls{{Citation needed |date=April 2021}} made in 1965 about a model finding herself swept up in swinging sixties London, Games for Parents and Other Children,{{Citation needed |date=April 2021}} A Girl's Own Story by Jane Campion,{{Citation needed |date=April 2021}} Rebel, starring Matt Dillon,{{Citation needed |date=April 2021}} the Bodyline (miniseries) as Don Bradman's mother,{{Citation needed |date=April 2021}} Police Rescue,{{Citation needed |date=April 2021}} 12 episodes of Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series) as the evil Jean Hopkins,{{Citation needed |date=April 2021}} Home and Away,{{Citation needed |date=April 2021}} Outbreak of Hostilities,{{Citation needed |date=April 2021}} The Four Minute Mile,{{Citation needed |date=April 2021}} A Country Practice,{{Citation needed |date=April 2021}} Whipping Boy{{Citation needed |date=April 2021}} and Soldier Soldier.{{Citation needed |date=April 2021}}
Filmography
=Film=
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
| 1965 | The Pleasure Girls | Cobber | Feature film |
| 1975 | Games for Parents and Other Children | TV movie | |
| 1983 | Outbreak of Hostilities | Barbara Benton | TV movie |
| 1984 | A Girl's Own Story by Jane Campion | Mother | Short film |
| 1985 | Rebel | Nosy neighbour's wife | Feature film |
| 1996 | Whipping Boy | Cass's mother | Feature film |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
| 1984 | Bodyline | Mrs Bradman | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1985 | A Country Practice | Mrs Kirby | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1986 | Sons and Daughters | Jean Hopkins | TV series, 12 episodes |
| 1988 | Home and Away | Helen Patterson | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1988 | The Four Minute Mile | Elva Landy | TV miniseries |
| 1992-93 | Police Rescue | Fay McClintock | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1994 | Heartbreak High | Bibi Taggart | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1995 | Soldier Soldier | Mary Jane Harvey | TV series, 1 episode |
Theatre
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| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
| 1973 | King Lear | Cordelia / Regan | Sydney Theatre Company |
| 1973 | Threepenny Opera | Sydney Opera House for Old Tote Theatre Company | |
| 1973 | Playboy of the Western World | Sydney Opera House for Old Tote Theatre Company | |
| 1973 | Richard II | Queen Isabel | Sydney Opera House for Old Tote Theatre Company |
| 1973 | What If You Died Tomorrow? | Sydney Opera House for Old Tote Theatre Company | |
| 1974 | Macbeth | Sydney Opera House for Old Tote Theatre Company | |
| Pride and Prejudice | Ensemble Rep | ||
| The House of Bernarda Alba | Ensemble Rep | ||
| In the Boom Boom Room | Ensemble Rep | ||
| Crimes of the Heart | Ensemble Rep | ||
| 1976 | Falling Apart | New Theatre, Sydney | |
| 1981 | When in Rome | Margaret Reilly | Phillip Street Theatre & Ensemble Theatre |
| 1990 | The Compositor & Twenty Minutes With an Angel | Lookout Theatre | |
| 1992 | 'night, Mother | Belvoir St Theatre | |
| A Day in the Death of Joe Egg | Belvoir St Theatre |
Personal life
Fitzpatrick was formerly married to actor Max Cullen from 1973 to 1987. Together they have one daughter, actress Katharine Cullen (born 9 June 1975), and a grandson William Richards (born 17 August 2013).
Fitzpatrick died peacefully on 12 August 2017 from Motor Neurone Disease.
References
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Category:20th-century Australian actresses