Joanne Samuel
{{short description|Australian actress}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
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| birth_place = Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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| education = Independent Theatre
| occupation = Film and television actress
| years_active = 1973–present
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Joanne Samuel is an Australian film and television actress, who is best known for her role as the screen wife of Mel Gibson's title character in the 1979 film Mad Max.
Early life and education
Joanne Samuel was born in Camperdown, Sydney, Australia. She studied dance with Honeybrooks and drama at the Independent Theatre.{{cn|date=February 2024}}
Career
Prior to her appearance in Mad Max, Samuel had made guest appearances in police procedurals Matlock Police and Homicide. She was then a regular cast member in television soap operas Class of '74, The Sullivans and The Young Doctors. She left The Young Doctors after the producers wrote her out of the show when she was offered the Mad Max role after a fellow Young Doctors actress who had been due to take the role fell ill.{{Cite book |last1=Rayner |first1=Jonathan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o4pUdoA-HH4C&dq=Joanne+Samuel&pg=PA187 |title=Contemporary Australian Cinema: An Introduction |last2=Rayner |first2=Jonathan R. |date=2000 |publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=978-0-7190-5327-6 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=freddyinspace |date=2015-02-27 |title=Full Details on Scream Factory's Ass-Kicking Mad Max Collector's Edition Blu-ray |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/91291/full-details-scream-factorys-ass-kicking-mad-max-collectors-edition-blu-ray/ |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=Dread Central |language=en-US}}
Samuel later returned to television in the regular role of Kelly Morgan-Young in Skyways.{{cn|date=February 2024}}
Samuel's other film appearances included roles in Alison's Birthday (1981), Early Frost (1982), Queen of the Road (1984), The Long Way Home (1985), Nightmaster (1987, opposite Nicole Kidman), Gallagher's Travels (1987), and Spook (1988). She later guest starred in Hey Dad..! as Jeanette Taylor and All Saints, and played Mrs. Bingle in The Wiggles Movie (1997).{{cn|date=February 2024}}
Samuel is the vice chairman of BOOMPAA, Blue Mountains Performing Arts Association. She appeared as Doris Mercher in the 2017 family film My Pet Dinosaur, directed by Matt Drummond.{{cn|date=February 2024}}
Filmography
=Film=
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|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1979
| Mad Max | Jessie | Feature film |
| 1981
| Alison Findlay | Feature film |
| 1982
| Chris | Feature film |
| 1983
| Prostitute 1 | Feature film |
| 1984
| Rosy Costello | TV film |
| 1985
| Julie | TV film |
| 1986
| Sally | TV film |
| 1988
| Nightmaster (aka Watch The Shadows Dance) | Sonia Spane | TV film |
| 1988
| Spook | Carole Bradly | Feature film |
| 1993
| Rosie | Feature film |
| 1997
| Mrs. Rosemary Bingle | Feature film |
| 2008
| Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! | Herself | Feature film documentary |
| 2017
| Doris Mercher | Feature film |
| 2018
| Magistrate | Feature film |
| 2019
| Therese | Feature film |
| 2019
| The Greatest of These | Nan | Film short |
| 2021
| Christmas Down Under | Barbara Parker | Feature film |
| 2023
| What About Sal | Alice | Feature film |
=Television=
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!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1973; 1974
| Jenny / Cathy Phillips | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1974
| Sue Taylor | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1974
| Homicide | Lynn Fisher | TV series, 1 episode : I Keep Going Back to Be Certain |
| 1974
| The Box | Mr. Baker's daughter | TV series, episode #1.6 |
| 1975
| Felicity Maitland | TV series, episode: Trip to Nowhere |
| 1975–1976
| Caroline Stone | TV series, 29 episodes |
| 1976
| Cynthia Cavanaugh | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1976–1978
| Jill Gordon | TV series, 255 episodes |
| 1978
| Amy | TV series, episode: Second Time Around |
| 1979
| Cop Shop | Maureen Hamilton / Kenneth Willis | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1979–1980
| Skyways | Kelly Morgan Young | TV series, 136 episodes |
| 1981
| Ratbags | Various characters | TV series, 12 episodes |
| 1986
| Chris Brooking | TV series, 12 episodes |
| 1988–1990
| Jeanette Taylor | TV series, 7 episodes |
| 1997
| Helen Bader | TV series, episode: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes |
| 2001
| Ingrid Clements | TV series, spisode: Skeletons in the Closet |
| 2006
| Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2008
| Not Quite Hollywood: Deleted and Extended Scenes | Herself | Video |
| 2014
| Rake | Nurse | TV series, episode #3.7 |
| rowspan="3" |2015
| Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door | Bev Moulson | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| Mad Max: Cast and Crew Interviews
| Herself | Video |
| The Madness of Max
| Herself | Film documentary |
| 2016
| Brock | Louise Kraft | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2018
| Stinson Creek | Legal Aid | TV series, episode: "The Witness" |
| 2019
| Kapow! | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2022
| Mad Max Fans: Beyond The Wasteland | Herself as Joanne Samuel | Film documentary |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0760394|Joanne Samuel}}
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Category:Australian film actresses
Category:Australian television actresses
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