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Veronica Lang

{{short description|Australian actress}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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| nationality = Australian

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| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1964–present

| known_for = Don’s Party (1976)
Callan (1974)

| spouse = Michael Aitkens (div.)

| children = 2

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Veronica Lang is an Australian-born actress.

Career

Lang started her acting career in England in theatre and television, before working in her native country. She also briefly worked in America.{{Citation | last = Manning | first = Fiona | date = 9 September 1981 | title = Oh, but it's good to be back home | periodical = The Australian Women's Weekly | url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/59749391?searchTerm=%22veronica%20lang%22%20%20actress&searchLimits= }}

Lang's television credits are numerous. Her British appearances include Upstairs Downstairs, Crown Court, Inspector Morse, Moon and Sun, Murder in Mind, Grange Hill, Heartbeat and The Bill. Her Australian television credits include Matlock Police, Rush Bluey, The Young Doctors, Chopper Squad, Skyways, Cop Shop, A Country Practice, Halifax f.p. and Heartbreak High. She also appeared in the miniseries The Dismissal and Vietnam (alongside Nicole Kidman),

Lang's film credits Callan (1974), Don’s Party (1976), Say You Want Me (1977), A Good Thing Going (1978), The Clinic (1982) and Decadence (1994).

She won the 1977 AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in the film adaptation of Don's Party{{Citation | date = 1 October 1977 | title = The Australian Film Awards - Prizewinners | periodical = Filmnews | url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/213733925?searchTerm=%22veronica%20lang%22%20afi&searchLimits=}} and the 1980 Logie Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries/Telemovie for A Good Thing Going.{{Citation | date = 15 March 1980 | title = The Logie winners | periodical = Canberra Times| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110582893?searchTerm=%22veronica%20lang%22%20logie&searchLimits= }}

Filmography

=Film=

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!Year

!Title

!Role

!Type

1969Mini WeekendJennyFeature film, UK
1974CallanLiz, Hunter's SecretaryFeature film, UK
1976Don’s PartyJodyFeature film
1977The ClaimTV film
1977Say You Want MeTV film
1977Ballantyne's MissionTV film
1978A Good Thing GoingJane HarrisTV film
1979RoadhouseTV film
1982The ClinicNancyFeature film
1985After HoursEileen PhillipsFilm short
1990The Englishwoman: An Account of the Life of Emily Hobhouse (aka Burenkrieg)Emily HobhouseFeature film, US/South Africa
1994DecadenceThe EntourageFeature film, UK/Germany
2017FlowIreneFilm short

=Television=

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Type

1964

| Story Parade

| Rosie Darcy

| TV series UK, 1 episode

1964

| A World of His Own

| Guest role

| TV series UK, 1 episode

1965

| The Likely Lads

| Cecile

| TV series UK, 1 episode

1965

| Legend Of Death

| Estelle

| TV series UK, 2 episodes

1965

| Riviera Police

| Jean Howard

| TV series UK, 1 episode

1967

| Champion House

| Tania

| TV series UK, 1 episode

1971

| Justice

| Secretary

| TV series UK, 1 episode

1972

| Upstairs Downstairs

| The Jeweller's Wife

| TV series UK, 1 episode

1972

| Six Faces

| Receptionist

| TV series UK, 2 episodes

1973

| Harriet's Back in Town

| Louise Wimbourne

| TV series UK, 2 episodes

1973

| Crown Court

| Fiona Gray

| TV series UK, 3 episodes

1973

| Whodunnit?

| Jill Mather

| TV series UK, 1 episode

1973

| The Dragon's Opponent

| Mimi Crawford

| TV series UK, 2 episodes

1974

| Napoleon and Love

| Madame de Remusat

| TV miniseries UK, 5 episodes

1974

| Matlock Police

| Judy

| TV series, 1 episode

1975

| The Sweeney

| Sally Labbett

| TV series UK, 1 episode

1976

| Rush

| Melanie Parker

| TV series, 1 episode

1976

| Star Maidens

| Nola

| TV series UK, 1 episode

1976

| Space 1999

| Lyra / Maurna

| TV series UK, 1 episode

1976

| CBS Children's Film Festival

| Mrs. Graham

| TV series US, 1 episode

1976

| Chimpmates

| Mrs. Graham

| TV series UK, 3 episodes

1977

| Bluey

| Sylvia Granger

| TV series, 1 episode 30: "A Political Animal"

1977–1981

| Cop Shop

| Sue Brady / Ann Carter / Claire Scott

| TV series, 4 episodes

1977

| The Young Doctors

| Diane Pitt / Lesley Collins

| TV series, 7 episodes

1978

| Chopper Squad

| Margaret

| TV series, 1 episode 7: "Lifeboat"

1979

| Skyways

| Sarah Blake

| TV series, 3 episodes

1982; 1984

| A Country Practice

|Kate Darcy

| TV series, 2 episodes

1983

| A Country Practice

| Janet Swanson

| TV series, 2 episodes

1983

| The Dismissal

| Reporter

| TV miniseries, 1 episode

1984

| A Country Practice

| Lori Morgan

| TV series, 5 episodes

1985

| Theatre Night

| Lady Plymdale

| TV series UK, 1 episode

1985

| Winners

| Alison Trig

| TV film series, 1 episode: "Room to Move"

1987

| Vietnam

| Evelyn Goddard

| TV miniseries, 10 episodes

1987

| Rafferty's Rules

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| TV series, 1 episode

1987

| Willing and Abel

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| TV series, 1 episode

1991

| Inspector Morse

| Julia

| TV series UK, 1 episode

1992

| Moon and Son

| Annabelle Garvie

| TV series UK, 1 episode

1995

| Halifax f.p.

| Cheryl Daleford

| TV film series, 1 episode

1996

| Heartbreak High

| Vera Sumich

| TV series, 1 episode

1997

| Grange Hill

| Francesca

| TV series UK, 5 episodes

1997

| Heartbeat

| Mrs. Dobson

| TV series UK, 1 episode

2001

| Murder in Mind

| Alice Young

| TV series UK, 1 episode

2003

| The Bill

| Estate Agent

| TV series UK, 1 episode

Theatre

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!Year

!Title

!Role

!Type

1964BusybodyClaireHull New Theatre, Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth, & other locations with Audrey Lupton & Arthur Lane and Aytell Productions{{cite web|url= https://theatricalia.com/play/4ky/busybody/production/18zk |title= Busybody |publisher= Theatricalia}}
1967In at the DeathThe SecretaryYvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford and Phoenix Theatre, London with Cooney Productions & Enterprises{{cite web|url= https://theatricalia.com/play/azp/in-at-the-death/production/16m8 |title= In at the Death |publisher= Theatricalia}}
The Nature of RevolutionRoyal Court Theatre, London
We Bombed in New HavenLeadForum Theatre
The Sum of UsJoyceWarehouse Theatre, Croydon
The Ant and the GrasshopperZelda FitzgeraldBasement Theatre
1971Prometheus BoundSea Bird 3Mermaid Theatre, London{{cite web|url= https://theatricalia.com/play/e21/prometheus-bound/production/wb9 |title= Prometheus Bound |publisher= Theatricalia}}
Ordinary PeopleBethGreenwich Theatre, London
1975Don's PartyJodyRoyal Court Theatre, London with The English Stage Company
1977The Norman ConquestsAnnieSeymour Centre, Sydney with Old Tote Theatre Company
Soldiering on Talking HeadsMurielFrinton Rep Theatre
1980Pyjama TopsYvonne CharlesNewcastle Civic Theatre, Regal Theatre, Perth, Theatre Royal Sydney, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Canberra Theatre with Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust & J. C. Williamson
2006Blithe SpiritMadame Arcati / Mrs BradmanFrinton Summer Theatre with Connaught Productions{{cite web|url= https://theatricalia.com/play/3gx/blithe-spirit/production/1dv8 |title= Blithe Spirit |publisher= Theatricalia}}
2011–2013Barefoot in the ParkUK tour to Malvern Theatres, Worcestershire, Theatre Royal, Bath, Oxford Playhouse, Richmond Theatre, London, Cambridge Arts Theatre with Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
2014DaytonaUK tour with Lee Dean
2018AwayBondi Pavilion, Sydney{{cite web|url= https://suzygoessee.com/2018/07/05/review-away-bondi-pavilion-theatre/ |title= Prometheus Bound |publisher= www.suzygoessee.com |date= 5 July 2018}}
2020HamletGertrudeOnline - Australia with Streamed Shakespeare

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Awards

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! Year

! Award

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! Work

! Result

1977

| AFI Awards

| Best Supporting Actress in Film

| Don’s Party

| {{Won}}

1980

| Logie Awards

| Best Supporting Actress in a Mini-Series/Telemovie

| A Good Thing Going

| {{Won}}

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|0485940}}

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Category:Australian television actresses

Category:Australian film actresses

Category:Possibly living people

Category:Year of birth missing

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