Lyn Collingwood
{{Short description|Australian actress}}
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| name = Lyn Collingwood
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1936|9|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1963, 1979–present
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| known_for = Colleen Smart in Home and Away (1988-1989, 1997, 1999-2012, 2013)
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Lyn Collingwood (born 6 September 1936 in Sydney), credited also as Lynn Collingwood, is an Australian actress, writer and historian.
Collingwood was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and started her early career as an English, drama and history teacher and a social worker, and didn't begin a career in the arts, until later in life, in the early 1960s.
Career
Collingwood worked in the theatre in the early 1960s and appeared in a film short, before appearing in a few TV roles starting from the late 1970s, she became most known however when she was cast in serial Home and Away as gossip comic character Colleen Smart, (later Stewart), and was a recurring original character in 1988 to 1989. In 1997 she returned for a guest appearance, before returning again in 1999, this time as a regular character remaining a permanent member of the cast for the next 14 years until leaving in May 2012, she made a brief guest return to the series on 27 November 2012.Oram, James "Home and Away: Behind the Scenes p.8 publiashed 1989{{Cite web |last=Eames |first=Tom |date=2012-05-07 |title='Home and Away': Colleen to leave soap |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/home-and-away/a380338/home-and-away-lyn-collingwoods-colleen-confirms-departure/ |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}
Lynn has had guest roles in numerous other TV serials including E Street, G.P. and All Saints.
She has also worked in research and as an editor of The Australian Encyclopaedia, as well as The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Australia and The New Age Encyclopaedia. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070715081355/http://www.seven.com.au/homeandaway/meetthecast_lyn-collingwood]
She is a historian and writer and member of the Glebe Society.{{cite web|url=https://dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/lyn-collingwood-on-glebe-societys-50th-birthday-festival-video/9ced39d1c9d1c9b55foe60080fb9860d8|title=Lyn Collingwood on Glebe Society's 50th Birthday Festival}}
Filmography
=Film=
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 1963
| It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain | | Short film |
| 1980
| Mrs. Adams | Feature film |
| 1980
| Myrtle | Feature film |
| 1982
| Woman in Van | Feature film |
| 1984
| Mrs. O'Farrell | Feature film |
| 1986
| Fay | Feature film |
| 1990
| Woman Caller at Phone Box | Feature film |
| 1994
| Boss | Feature film |
| 1995
| From Sand to Celluloid: Round Up | Matron | Short film |
| 2009
| The Makeover | Gran on Beach | |
| 2013
| Worm | Aunty Beth | Short film |
=Television=
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 1979
| Swain's Wife | Season 1, episode 6 |
| 1980
| Maisie Stanley | TV movie |
| 1981
| Bellamy | Mrs. Marks | Season 1, episode 1 |
| 1982
| Sister | Season 2, episode 2 |
| 1983
| Mrs. Y. | TV movie |
| 1985
| Iris Dawson | Season 1 |
| 1985
| Archer | Shoekeeper | TV movie |
| 1987
| Nursing Sister | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1987
| Janine Graham | Season 3, episode 4 |
| rowspan="2"|1987, 1990
| rowspan="2"|A Country Practice | June Nunn | Season 7, episode 42 |
| Jean Quigley
| Season 10, episode 20 |
| 1988–1989, 1997, 1999–2012, 2012–2013 | Seasons 1–2 (recurring), Season 10 (guest) |
| rowspan="2"|1989
| rowspan="2"|E Street | Mrs. Wilson | Season 1, episode 1 |
| Mrs. Jenkins
| Season 1, episode 50 |
| 1990
| | Season 2, episode 10 |
| 1991
| G.P. | Marge Slater | Season 3, episode 6 |
| 1995
| Nurse | Season 1, episode 15 |
| 1997
| Mother Agnes | Season 1, episode 12: "Wages of Sin" |
| 1999
| Laraine Parkes | Season 2, episode 5 |
| 2002
| Home and Away: Secrets and the City | Direct-to-video special |
| 2016
| Helen | Season 2, episode 1 |
| 2022
| Remember My Name | Grandma Doris | Season 1, episode 3 |
Theatre
=As actor=
=As director=
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
| 2002 | Stop Laughing, This is Serious - 70 Years of Review at the New | Director | New Theatre, Sydney |
| 2002 | One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest | Director | New Theatre, Sydney |
| 2004 | Hating Alison Ashley | Director | New Theatre, Sydney |
| 2004 | A Christmas Carol | Adaptor / Director | New Theatre, Sydney |
| 2005 | Manly Mates | Director | New Theatre, Sydney |
{{cite web | url=https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/226163 | title=AusStage }}
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb name| id=0172084| name=Lyn Collingwood}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070715081355/http://www.seven.com.au/homeandaway/meetthecast_lyn-collingwood Lyn Collingwood biography], Home and Away, Network Seven.
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Category:Australian film actresses
Category:Australian soap opera actresses
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