Jane Harders Explained

Jane Harders is an Australian actor. She has appeared in films, on television and in plays and musicals. She played Janet in the original Australian production of The Rocky Horror Show in 1974.

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1972	Shirley Thompson vs. the Aliens	Shirley Thompson
1973	The Three Musketeers	voice
1976	Caddie	Vikki
1978	The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith	Mrs. Healey
1979	The Journalist	Wendy Morris
1980	The Earthling	Molly Ann Hogan
1994	The Roly Poly Man	Jane Lewis
2009	Mao's Last Dancer	Senator's wife

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	Andersen Monogatari	voice
1973	The Aunty Jack Show	Woman on Television	ep.1 season 2
1976	Rush	Jessie Farrar	10 eps.
1976	Alvin Purple	guest
1977	Hotel Story		^[1]
1979	The Mismatch	Marsha Harrington	^[2]
1979	TV Follies	Linda Zimmerman
1983	The Weekly's War	Tilly Shelton-Smith	2 eps.^[3]
1984	Bodyline	Mrs Jardine	2 eps.
1988	The Alien Years	Edith	^[4]
2010–2011	Spirited	Rita	17 eps.

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1969	The Royal Hunt of the Sun	Dello, a wife of Atahuallpa	^[5]
1970	Biggles		^[6]
1974	The Rocky Horror Show	Janet	^[7]
1977	Inner Voices	Anna / Princess / Ali / Baby Face	^[8]
1985	Arms and the Man		^[9]
2002	Copenhagen	Margrette Bohr	^[10]
2005	The Woman with Dog's Eyes	Penny Boyce	^[11]

Notes and References

1. Salter, June. June Salter: A Pinch of Salt. Angus & Robertson: Pymble NSW, 1995. p 133-4.
2. News: 19 October 1979 . Channel 3 . 17 September 2024 . . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 26 . National Library of Australia . 54 . 16,095.
3. O'Brien . Denis . 1983-09-27 . Just how The Weekly went to war . The Australian Women's Weekly . 103 . 5384 . 40 . 0007-4039.
4. Web site: The Alien Years . 2024-09-17 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
5. Web site: The Royal Hunt of the Sun . 2024-09-17 . AusStage.
6. Web site: Biggles . 2024-09-17 . AusStage.
7. Web site: The Rocky Horror Show . 2024-09-17 . AusStage.
8. Web site: Inner Voices . 2024-09-17 . AusStage.
9. Web site: Arms and the Man . 2024-09-17 . AusStage.
10. Web site: Copenhagen . 2024-09-17 . AusStage.
11. Web site: Boland . Michaela . 2004 . The Woman With Dog's Eyes . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071121055846/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117925483.html?categoryid=33&cs=1 . 2007-11-21 . 2024-09-17 . Variety.