Pepe Trevor

{{Short description|Australian actress, screenwriter, journalist and author and visual artist}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Use Australian English|date=February 2014}}

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| name = Pepe Trevor

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| birth_name = Penelope Trevor

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1960}}"Life deals Pepe a Tough Hand", by Amanda Zachariah. TV Week. p.13. 15 June 1985

| birth_place = Sydney, Australia

| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|author|journalist|visual arts}}

| other_names = Pepe Trevor-Goodall

| years_active = 1977–2005 (as actress)

| notable_works = Prisoner {{small|(1985–86)}}

| parents = Marie Trevor {{small|(mother)}}

| spouse = Matthew Arnold ({{abbr|m.|marriage}}1985–?)

| children = 2

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Penelope Trevor (born 1960) professionally known as Pepe Trevor, is an Australian former actress, screenwriter, journalist and author and visual artist, who is perhaps best known for her role as young card sharp and trouble-maker, Alexis "Lexie" Patterson in television series Prisoner (1985–86).'Prison Break', TV Week, 1 June 1985

Biography

Trevor was born in Sydney, and moved to Melbourne at the age of six. She made a name as an actress in various Australian television series during the 1980s. Later in life, Trevor began writing, and won the Dobbie Award in the 1997 Nita Kibble Literary Awards for her first novel, Listening for Small Sounds. Her second novel, Another Man's Office, came out in 2000. As a journalist, Trevor has contributed articles for The Melbourne Weekly Magazine. Trevor was married to violinist and music teacher, Matthew Arnold, and they have two sons. She is the daughter of television producer, Marie Trevor (born Brisbane, Queensland, 1922 – 7 June 2000), who also worked on Prisoner.

She was portrayed by Sarah Snook in the 2015 Australian romantic drama film, Holding the Man, based on her friend, Timothy Conigrave's, memoir of the same name.

Bibliography

  • Listening for Small Sounds. (1996)
  • Another Man's Office. (2000)

Filmography

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1977The SullivansPatriciaTV series
1979SkywaysTV series
1980All the Green YearKittyTV series
A Country PracticeTV series
1981I Can Jump PuddlesPretty GirlTV miniseries
1979–81Cop ShopLindy Turner, Sarah Moore, Kidnap Victim, Sue Dawson, Sue PowellTV series
1982Lonely HeartsFeature film
1984Every Move She MakesJackieTV film
1985–86PrisonerLexie PattersonTV series
1991–92KellyAliceTV series
1991Coln CarpenterRadio hostTV series
1993Say a Little PrayerShop AssistantFilm
1994–96Blue HeelersCarla Houghton, Maria BakerTV series
1994–95JanusSandyTV series
1995CorrelliKaren HodgesTV miniseries
1996Law of the LandLisa BlakeTV series
1997Road to NhillAnneFeature film
2002StingersHelen VanderhovenTV series
2002Guinevere JonesMrs. BlattTV series
2004Fergus McPhailMatronTV series
2005MDALeonie JoyceTV series
2022Talking Prisoner''Self

References