Louise Pajo
{{Short description|New Zealand actress (1940–2020)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Louise Pajo
| image = File:Louise_Pajo.png
| imagesize =
| caption = Louise Pajo at age 28, playing Gia Kelly in the Doctor Who serial The Seeds of Death (1969)
| birth_name = Louise Elizabeth Pajo
| birth_date = 31 July 1940
| birth_place = Hastings, New Zealand
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2020|11|23|1940|07|31}}
| death_place =New South Wales, Australia
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1965-1999
| website =
}}
Louise Elizabeth Pajo (31 July 1940 – 23 November 2020) also credited as Louise R. Pajo, Louise Pago and Teresa Pajo. was a New Zealand-born television and film actress, who worked in productions in her native country, but also in Britain and Australia, starting from 1965 until 1999.
Biography
Born in Hastings, New Zealand of Estonian descent;Doctor Who: The Seeds of Death DVD release production subtitles she trained in RADA in the United Kingdom. After graduating in 1966 she went on to appear in many popular British television programmes, including The Avengers and Doctor Who in The Seeds of Death.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/louise-pajo-p261751|title=Louise Pajo - Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/seedsofdeath/detail.shtml|title=BBC - Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide - The Seeds of Death - Details|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}
Her British films included Jane Eyre (1970), Sex and the Other Woman (1972) and On the Game (1974).{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bac5550fa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170529074450/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bac5550fa|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 May 2017|title=Louise Pajo|website=BFI}}
She subsequently emigrated to Australia in the late 1970s where she continued her acting career, appearing in films such as Dawn! in 1979, Far East and Norman Loves Rose in 1982.
In 1977, Pajo joined the cast of Cop Shop as Don McKenna's wife, Carol.{{cite web|url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/cop-shop/cast.html|title=Australian Television: Cop Shop: cast|website=www.australiantelevision.net}} Other notable roles include the three episode guest role of Helen Masters in Prisoner in 1979.{{cite web|url=http://www.wwwentworth.co.uk/A28.htm|title=Prisoner Cell Block H: Actors List Section 28|website=www.wwwentworth.co.uk}} This was followed by the regular role of the snobbish Margery Carson in Carson's Law for its entire two-year run, airing from January 1983 to December 1984.{{cite web|url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/carsonslaw.html|title=Australian Television: Carson's Law|website=www.australiantelevision.net}} Other Australian series she has featured include roles in The Flying Doctors, Brides of Christ, A Country Practice and Home and Away. Her last known on screen role was in Big Sky in 1999, and she retired from acting in 2000 at age 60.{{cite web|url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/big-sky/series2.html|title=Australian Television: Big Sky: episode guide|website=www.australiantelevision.net}}
During her retirement, Pajo would occasionally appear at Doctor Who signings and question and answer events. Two of her most recent appearances at such events were at the "Fantom Autumn Signing Spectacular" in Chiswick on 21 October 2017, and at the Fantom Films Galaxy 4 event in Sheffield on 28 October 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.hrvt.org/andrewoday/guests/75.htm|title=Andrew O'Day and Guests|website=www.hrvt.org}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fantomevents.co.uk/october-signings__trashed/|title=October Signing Spectacular – Fantom Events|website=www.fantomevents.co.uk}}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/PBalOfficial/status/924251762088972289|title=Louise Pajo and Sonny Caldinez meeting fans at Galaxy 4 in Sheffield}}
Louise Pajo died on 23 November 2020, aged 80.[https://www.britmovie.co.uk/forum/cinema/obituaries/95708-louise-pajo-1940-2020-rip Louise Pajo (1940-2020) RIP]
Filmography
FILM
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| Year
!Title !Role !Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Sex and the Other Woman | Shirley | Feature film, UK |
| 1974 | On the Game | Veronica France (as Louise Pago) | Feature film, UK |
| 1979 | Dawn! | Woman Reporter | Feature film |
| 1979 | Tim | Secretary | Feature film |
| 1982 | Far East | Shirley | Feature film |
| 1982 | Norman Loves Rose | Shirley | Feature film |
TELEVISION
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
!Title !Role !Type |
|---|
| 1965
| Flower Girl / Nun / Page | TV film, UK |
| 1967
| Guest role: The Girl | TV series UK, 1 episode |
| 1967
| Guest role: Carol Harper | TV series UK, 1 episode |
| 1968
| Public Eye | Guest role: Angela | TV series UK, 1 episode |
| 1968
| Guest role: Laura Parry | TV series UK, 1 episode |
| 1968
| Guest role: Kathleen Kingara | TV series UK, 1 episode |
| 1968
| Guest role: Girl | TV series UK, 1 episode |
| 1968
| Guest role: Miss Craven | TV series UK, 1 episode |
| 1969
| Guest role: Gia Kelly | TV series UK, 6 episodes The Seeds of Death |
| 1969
| The Expert | Guest role: Sally | TV series UK, 1 episode |
| 1969
| Recurring role: Jenny Bolt | TV miniseries UK, 3 episodes |
| 1969
| Guest role: Marla | TV series UK, 1 episode |
| 1969;1970
| Guest roles: Art Gallery receptionist / June | TV series UK, 2 episodes |
| 1970
| UFO | Guest roles: Miss Scott / Nurse | TV series UK, 2 episodes |
| 1970
| Mary Lugram | TV film, UK/US |
| 1971
| Guest role: Genevieve | TV series UK, 1 episode |
| 1973
| Guest role: Nurse | TV series UK, 1 episode |
| 1973
| Guest role: Margaret-Ann Neyworth | TV series UK, 1 episode (English series not to be confused "General Hospital" US daytime soap) |
| 1973
| Spy Trap | Guest role: Deborah Monckton | TV series UK, 1 episode |
| 1976-1977
| Moynihan | Regular Lead role: Amy | TV series NZ, 15 episodes |
| 1977
| Guest role: Christine Balneavis | TV miniseries NZ, 1 episode |
| 1977-1978
| Cop Shop | Recurring role: Carol McKenna | TV series, 25 episodes |
| 1978
| Guest role | ABC TV series, 1 episode |
| 1979
| Prisoner | Recurring Guest role: Helen Masters | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1983-1984
| Regular lead role: Margery Carson | TV series, 184 episodes |
| 1984
| The 26th Annual TV Week Logie Awards | Audience member with 'Carson's Law' cast | TV Special |
| 1987
| Guest role | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1988
| Smyth's Secretary | TV film |
| 1988;1989
| Recurring Guest role: Maureen Redmond | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1991
| Recurring role: Jean Markham | ABC TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1992
| E Street | Guest role: Mrs. O'Brien | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1992
| Bony | Guest role: Audrey | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1993
| Recurring Guest role: Gwen Bannister (as Teresa Pajo) | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1993
| Guest role: Thelma | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1995
| Spellbinder | Guest role: TV Host | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1999
| Big Sky | Guest role: Mrs. Mitchell | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2012
| Second Time Around: The Troughton Years | Gia Kelly (archive footage) | Video |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0657035|name = Louise Pajo}}
- [http://etbl.teatriliit.ee/artikkel/pajo_louise_elisabeth2 Entry at Eesti teatri biograafiline leksikon]
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Category:New Zealand people of Estonian descent
Category:New Zealand film actresses
Category:New Zealand soap opera actresses
Category:New Zealand television actresses
Category:Australian film actresses
Category:Australian soap opera actresses
Category:British film actresses
Category:British soap opera actresses
Category:British television actresses
Category:People from Hastings, New Zealand
Category:20th-century Australian actresses
Category:20th-century British actresses
Category:20th-century New Zealand actresses
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